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2017-04-06Hello everyone! Franz Kafka left a fragmented heritage of ideas and stories, so what if they’re developed further…?!
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Denis Galanin (mif2000) / Apr 6, 2017 / Adventure, Indie
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CompareAn original puzzle/adventure game inspired by the writings of Franz Kafka.
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Hello everyone! Franz Kafka left a fragmented heritage of ideas and stories, so what if they’re developed further…?!
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56% positive, 272 reviews
This is Franz Kafka's literary ethos translated flawlessly into interactive space. Most games misuse "Kafkaesque" as a shallow shorthand for bureaucracy or weirdness. This title, however, grasps the true essence of Kafka's world—including its subtle, ludicrous, and deeply absurd sense of comedy: that exact brand of deadpan humor Kafka himself found in the human condition. It brilliantly captures the spatial and...
1 found this helpful, 2026-09-13
The Franz Kafka Videogame is a surreal puzzle adventure that fully embraces absurdity, ambiguity, and dreamlike storytelling in a way few games attempt. Developed by Denis Galanin and published by Daedalic Entertainment, the game takes inspiration from the themes and atmosphere commonly associated with Franz Kafka’s literary works. Rather than adapting one specific novel, it creates an original narrative shaped...
2 found this helpful, 2026-05-13
A short game but actually pretty cool! Kafka's my favourite author and this game was pretty fun, the Point & Click asthetic is already great, but with Kafka's chaotic stories it's even better.
2 found this helpful, 2026-04-25
The creator obviously read Kafka's stories (Not just his popular ones, but more obscure ones like "On the Tram" and "Before the Law") , and you could say the design is somewhat "Kafkaesque," in the sense that the puzzles are irreducably busted and pointless. Unfortunately, as an experience, it doesn't push things far enough to truly be good or compelling. The crummy thing about this game's design is that you are just...
0 found this helpful, 2026-04-20
Well. That was. Different.
3 found this helpful, 2026-04-11
One of the worst games I have probably played in the past year. Easily the most "meta" point-and-click puzzle game of all time, and it's horrible for it. Extremely shallow and short. The game just throws random passing references about Franz Kafka but isn't really much about him or his themes. It just brings up certain details or pieces of his work, like Metamorphosis, but does not make anything sensible about all...
146 found this helpful, 2017-11-19
The thing about puzzle adventures is that the player and the creator have to "click", sharing a common logic. There's nothing more satisfying than moving to a new location in an adventure game and having something weird pop up at you, feeling that warm rush of a eureka moment. Catching the end of the line that needs to be unravelled, discovering a discrepancy, and consequently solving a puzzle is incredibly...
70 found this helpful, 2017-05-31
Kafka was anything but random, but this game sure is. It seems that the creator of the game had no clue what Kafka is really all about. Sure, there are plenty of absurdities in the writings of one of the best authors of all time, that one might find random, but they are grotesque and unsettling, they will make you feel insignificant, helpless and powerless against the weight of the system. They serve a purpose. Here...
33 found this helpful, 2017-10-01
Short version: 78% This is the kind of video game where players either fall in love with the art & narration style and the absurdity, or you cannot see anything more than just a random collection of strange and quick puzzles. Long version: Despite what many would think, ‘The Franz Kafka Videogame’ is not an adaptation of Kafka’s works but more like a game that feels like as if a contemporary Kafka created it. His...
59 found this helpful, 2017-12-13
Mixed rating, hmmm Why? Nothing technical atleast. It's probably because the puzzles are not logical, or better said, not logical in the average mind. To understand that, you have to vaguely know who this Kafka is, because I certainly didn't know. Wikipedia: 1883-1924 (Austria) novelist/short story writer. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic. It typically features isolated protagonists facing...
44 found this helpful, 2021-01-08