Kona

About

Northern Canada, 1970. A strange blizzard ravages Atamipek Lake.

Read more
8
Based on
1480 reviews
Country Compatibility:
Languages:
Developer:
Parabole
Publisher:
Deep Silver
Engine:
Unity
Release date:
17 March 2017
Recent Steam reviews:
Mixed (20)
All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (1480)

Game features

Similar offers

Description

Northern Canada, 1970. A strange blizzard ravages Atamipek Lake. Step into the shoes of a detective to explore the eerie village, investigate surreal events, and battle the elements to survive. Kona is a chilly, narrative-driven interactive tale you won't soon forget.

"Parabole has created a stunning game of duality, effortlessly blending survivalism with detective work and well-researched history with dying folklore."
- Stephen Turner, Destructoid

"It’s tremendous at creating its distinct atmosphere and then drawing you deeper in. It’s witty, spooky, and achieves an ideal sense of urgency. Weird, clamant and intriguing, this is well worth a look."
- John Walker, Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Setting

October 1970. W. Hamilton, a rich industrialist who owns a hunting manor in Northern Canada, reports several cases of vandalism perpetrated against his property. Unable to find out who dared to commit these acts, Hamilton calls Carl Faubert, a renowned private detective to handle the affair.

In Kona, Carl becomes trapped up in the deep north, engulfed in an unexpected snowstorm, and is unable to find his client —or any other living inhabitant for that matter. The player incarnated detective Faubert, who must shed light on the mysterious events befalling the area.

Key Features

  • Step into a surreal interactive tale of mystery and investigate the perplexing quietness in the entire town
  • Explore a vast, frigid Northern environment and battle the elements to survive
  • Enjoy the atmospheric soundtrack featuring music by Quebec folk band CuréLabel
  • Experience the tale through the omniscient, third-person storyteller
  • Go back in time with a vintage look and feel reminiscent of 1970s rural communities

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS *:
Windows 7 and up
Processor:
i5 2.0 ghz+
Memory:
4 GB RAM
Graphics:
GeForce GTX 460 / ATI Radeon 6850 / Intel HD 5000+
DirectX:
Version 11
Storage:
5 GB available space

recommended*

OS *:
Windows 7 and up
Processor:
i5 2.5 ghz+
Memory:
6 GB RAM
Graphics:
GeForce GTX 660 / ATI Radeon 7850
DirectX:
Version 11
Storage:
5 GB available space

User reviews

Behaarter_bock
Recommended | 19 Apr 2026
11.7h played

That game was amazing! Le jeu était vraiment très bon! When I learned that the game was set in Québec, I immediatly switch to french and was agreably surprised by the voiceover from Guy Nadon. Amazing narator and its

Helpful: 7
Vlad_Molibozhenko
Not recommended | 09 May 2026
6.7h played

The atmosphere is great, but the rest is not Well, yes, I cannot argue that this game is great when it comes to capturing the culture and mood of its time and place. And it does this not only by carefully placing

Helpful: 10
Flo
Recommended | 20 Apr 2026
14.6h played

---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just

Helpful: 5
dollopsoffrosting
Not recommended | 23 Feb 2026
13.1h played

I like the idea behind this game for sure. However, the darkness made things so tough and you have to turn your gamma up just to beat the game. The map was awful to use while driving and having to get off the snow

Helpful: 0
rremillard19
Recommended | 29 Mar 2026
3.3h played

I liked this game so much. What was crazy was when I could not complete the game .. on my own .. watched YouTube of game played and was like .. I would have never figured that out and solved those puzzles.

Helpful: 1
nwfonseca
Recommended | 17 Feb 2026
6.4h played

Pretty cool. I put off getting the game and I shouldn't have. It is a nice change of pace from what I normally play. I'm looking at getting the sequel now.

Helpful: 2