This is a True Story

Netflix, Inc.

About this game

Available exclusively for Netflix members.

Explore a beautiful, hand-painted landscape in this lush narrative puzzle game that's based on actual events and interviews.

Survive a windstorm, catch poachers, and even befriend a goat! Adventure and insight await you at every turn as you search for water and marvel at Earth’s natural beauty.

Features include:
• Original short story based on actual events and interviews
• Beautiful hand-painted art
• Simple, intuitive controls
• Puzzle, hidden-object and side-scrolling gameplay (plus more)
• Dozens of exciting chapters to explore
• Original soundtrack

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Ratings and reviews

Great game for a learning experience. Some of the controls didn't really work that great, like throwing a rock at the hyeenas. I tried quite a few times to no avail. So I had to skip the scene. Well written true story, which is sad that other countries don't have simple access to a basic need, water. Her story was hardship, true, it's exhaustive seeking water, and also dangerous. I completesd it in 1 day, but I learned alot in that 1.5 hours. All in all, great job. P.s. NO ADS!!! A+ ON THAT!!

Love the idea! It feels a bit inaccurate for this to be classified as a game; I would deem it to be more of an interactive story. It's a super interesting and innovative medium! It's something I could see being used in museums or classrooms. I would loved to have learn a bit more about where this takes place and like to see resources incorporated at the end to talk about learning more or how you can donate clean drinking water, resources, etc. Overall, very happy to have gone through experience!

This isn't a game, it's about 30-45 minutes of an interactive story to remind you that some people don't have access to clean water. The art is beautiful, and the story is valid, but I feel like the point is lost. By the end of it, you're literally just making coffee for your friends to pad the time, I guess. If there were at least something actionable about this - like allowing you to donate the cost of a mobile game to the charity involved at the end - then there would be a point.