An short adventure game where you don't control the adventurer

A fearless knight has come to a medieval village on an epic quest to slay a legendary beast. But that's not you.
Take control of four typical 'side-characters' and choose to help or hinder the adventurer in their mission. Demo now on Steam!



With beautiful hand-drawn characters and animations by the amazing Elena Grossi, and deep and engrossing backgrounds from the peerless Lucy Gillespie, we've created a cosy and wholesome medieval-fantasy world to explore. There’s a full score performed on real Celtic instruments, and a full voice cast from the stars of Edinburgh stand-up and stage including:

Asher Learmouth as The Adventurer,
Natasha Mott as The Shopkeeper,
Richard Werner as The Monk, and
Vincent Guy as The Beastie.


Written by Daniel Turner, Suilin Lavelle and Andy McKinlay

Play our game!

The Protagonish will release on October 24th 2024, on Steam and itch.io. You will be able to play on Windows, Mac, Linux and in your browser. Play the demo, and wishlist today to get notified when the full short game is released!

Read our devlog, or follow us on Mastodon for more updates!

Press Kit October 2024