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Search a fantastical world for your missing uncle in a first-person platform adventure built around grappling swings and boosted jumps.
Released 28 May 2014
Swing Between Platforms
Chain Midair Grapples
Fly With Rocket Boots
A Story About My Uncle is a first person platforming adventure game about a boy who searches for his lost uncle, and ends up in a world he couldn’t imagine existed. The movement is a crucial part of the games core gameplay – focusing on swinging through the world with a grappling hook that gives the player a wonderful sense of speed and...
Developed by Gone North Games · Published by Coffee Stain Publishing





You play a boy searching for his missing uncle, following clues into a strange world of caves, canyons, lost civilizations, and fantastical creatures. The adventure is presented as a story being told to his daughter.
Movement is the central challenge. Use a grappling glove to latch onto surfaces and swing or pull yourself through the air, combine grabs with jumps, and later use rocket boots to cover more distance. Momentum and timing help you reach platforms and cross gaps.
Explore each area for clues and lore objects as you make your way through the levels. Collectible blueprints unlock cosmetic effects, and optional time trials provide movement challenges after the story.
Players often enjoy the grappling-based movement, especially the sense of speed and freedom when they learn to link swings and jumps. Many also appreciate the gentle, bedtime-story framing, atmospheric scenery, and short, relaxed adventure. Some find the platforming imprecise or frustrating, particularly in later sections, and others feel the story or limited set of mechanics could have been developed further.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Achievements | 15 |
| Age ratings |
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| Players | 1 |
| Multiplayer | The provided information indicates single-player support. Steam features list only single-player, and the store descriptions describe a solo story adventure. A Steam tag lists "Multiplayer," but no multiplayer mode, player count, or multiplayer functionality is described. |
| Multiplayer & mods | No information about modding or multiplayer mods is provided. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Metacritic | 73/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |
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