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A Story Beside

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App ID 634410
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Wayward Prophet
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies RPGMaker Engine
Last Changenumber 30084942
Last Record Update 16 July 2025 – 08:28:31 UTC ()
Release Date 24 May 2022 – 17:17:04 UTC ()
❓ 87.77%
301 reviews
0
In-Game

Step into the shoes of Lyric, the humble innkeeper in a quiet mountain village, as she reflects upon a lifetime of poignant memories, heartwarming friendships, and bittersweet choices — proving along the way that you don't have to slay dragons to be the hero of your own story.

Additional Information

Developer Wayward Prophet
metacritic_name A Story Beside
controller_support partial
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Wayward Prophet
Store Release Date 24 May 2022 – 17:17:07 UTC ()
osarch empty string
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Casual (4)
Store Genres Adventure (25), Casual (4), Indie (23)
Steam Release Date 24 May 2022 – 17:17:04 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 22 May 2022 – 20:44:46 UTC () (1653252286)
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height_pct100
review_score 8
review_percentage 96
Detected Technologies (?) RPGMaker Engine, Greenworks SDK, NWJS SDK, NodeJS SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 22 June 2023 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 8800660
  • configuration:
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    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs1
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-8.0-2
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
Early Access Release Date 26 September 2019 – 00:00:00 UTC ()
First seen on SteamDB 4 May 2017 – 18:26:40 UTC (), in changelist #2950303

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes

Tags

📚 Story Rich 🧞 Choices Matter 💔 Emotional 👩 Female Protagonist 🧫 Life Sim 💘 Romance 🗺️ Top-Down 📚 Interactive Fiction 🧰 RPGMaker 🗺 Exploration 🧘 Relaxing 🗺️ Adventure 👾 Pixel Graphics 😌 Casual 🌫 Atmospheric 🎭 Fantasy 🧚 Choose Your Own Adventure 🎨 Colorful 👤 Singleplayer 🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+

Categories

Single-player Steam Cloud Family Sharing

Hardware Categories

Partial Controller Support

Assets

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Assets
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timestamp25 February 2023 – 02:23:14 UTC
Trailers
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User File System

Key Value
quota 95.37 MiB (100000000)
maxnumfiles 100
savefiles
0 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathwww/save
pattern*.rpgsave
platforms/1Windows

Save File Locations

Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.

Read more about cloud saves in Steamworks documentation.

Platform Path Pattern
Windows [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/A Story Beside/www/save *.rpgsave
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