The 39 Steps

Got caught in a spy thriller just as I forgot my apartment keys - now I’m running on trains with a secret in my sock and suspect every man with tea. This game sticks like a rainy night detective novel.

1 found this helpful, 2026-04-18

Owned this game for years and finally sat down to play, or read, really, the whole thing. If you're into visual novels and are looking for a classic 20th century English twist then look no further. Solid experience, for sure. Also, super easy achievements.

0 found this helpful, 2026-05-31

It's sad to see so many people were turned off of this adaptation for in my mind unfair reasons. First everyone complained you had to rotate the mouse to continue the text, when if you actually read the controls it said you can also do this by using the left and right arrow keys. The optional mouse movement control is to mimic turning the pages of a book. Many people also complain that this adaptation is not as in...

0 found this helpful, 2026-04-02

This is a Visual Novel. That means there are no real puzzles, no real gameplay, and it is just the story. If you like point and click adventure games, a visual novel isn't a big step backwards from that sort of thing. You just don't get the puzzles that come along with the adventure genre. So when you want a totally relaxing time of just visualizing a story a graphic novel will succeed in doing that without making...

157 found this helpful, 2015-01-26

Original example of how a novel can be transformed into a game The 39 Steps is a unique interactive visual novel, developed by The Story Mechanics and first released on Steam in april 2013. The game is based on the novel with the same title by John Buchan, which got quite well-known thanks to its being the inspiration for Ian Flemmings James Bond books. The novel tels the story of Richard Hannay, a bored-to-death...

89 found this helpful, 2015-09-07

The 39 Steps is (as most have previously stated) an interactive novel, and NOT a game. There are some elements of interactivity in the form of mouse clicks and even "drawing" patterns with the mouse from time to time, but that's about it. That said, if you know going in you're going to read and occasionally watch/listen to a story, you shouldn't be disappointed. For the most part, I thoroughly enjoyed my time in...

90 found this helpful, 2013-12-14