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Is Dear Agony Aunt worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Readers who enjoy email-based stories with choices that shape character outcomes
- Players looking for a short narrative game, rather than a long campaign
- Fans of British magazine settings and stories about giving advice
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a long experience may find a playthrough of approximately half an hour too brief.
- Those looking for action-oriented gameplay may find the email-reading and reply-choice structure too text-focused.
- Players seeking a game with extensive replay sessions may find the two outcomes per character a limited structure.
Our take on Dear Agony Aunt
The central mechanic is choosing email replies during a trial job, with those choices determining whether the magazine hires or fires the player.
What is Dear Agony Aunt?
Set in 2006, Dear Agony Aunt is a reading game about working a trial period for a British magazine that may hire a professional agony aunt.
The story is told through emails from 24 characters, each with a problem to solve. Players choose advice to send, and those replies determine whether the job ends in being hired or fired. Each character has two possible outcomes based on those choices. The game contains over 15,000 words and over 80 emails, and a playthrough takes approximately half an hour.
How Dear Agony Aunt plays
- 01Character outcomes
- Advice choices determine which of two possible outcomes each of the 24 characters receives.
- 02Email-based story
- The narrative unfolds through more than 80 emails, with over 15,000 words of text.
- 03Trial-period result
- The replies sent during the job trial decide whether the magazine hires or fires the player.
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Dear Agony Aunt: platforms & release
Is Dear Agony Aunt worth it?
It is worth it if: readers who enjoy email-based stories with choices that shape character outcomes. Skip it if: players seeking a long experience may find a playthrough of approximately half an hour too brief.
Where can I download Dear Agony Aunt?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Dear Agony Aunt's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Dear Agony Aunt on?
Windows and Linux.
