
True stories told by real people. Welcome to Elk transforms the weird, wonderful, dark and desperate tales of the road less-traveled into an inventive, biographical adventure. This is an island like no other where drama, trauma, love and laughter hide around every corner.
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True stories told by real people.

Frigg has a lot to learn in the small town of Elk after life in the big city! An apprenticeship as a carpenter, a group of new, complicated friends, and a town predisposed to all kinds of difficult relationships. But they're going to find their way just like all the other off-beat immigrants to the island of Elk. It's how life is across the water.
And just as they have fun exploring all the little nooks and crannies of an old, storied island and its old, storied people, Frigg will face some tough decisions, some heartwrenching situations and a the kind of heartbreak that sits with you forever. Whether it's playing cards for candy, getting their feet wet at the beach or just sitting down to listen to a story well-told, Elk will be an adventure that Frigg will cherish for the rest of their days.
The stories in Welcome to Elk are told by the people who we know and/or were there when the events took place. All are told from memory. The way they are used both on our webpage and in the game is true to the core story but everything like names, locations and other details are changed, renamed and often re-framed to protect the real people behind them, therefore, we call them tall tales. The stories are not one-to-one like you would experience in true crime for example. They are rewritten and combined to one linear narrative. Characters may play a role in one story where they were not a part of it originally and only us who designed it will ever know – or come close to the real truth of the stories.
Welcome to Elk might look like a “fun” game but it’s about telling stories – some are filled with humour, others are dark, but they go hand in hand.
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Hours played at review time, across 41 reviews with recorded playtime.
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positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
Reviews
北欧小岛,让人能够看过踩过下了又融的雪,经历浸泡在啤酒里的人们的许多故事。突然的死亡和既定的死亡,未知的死亡和已知的死亡,可能只有死亡是人生命中最难以习惯和脱敏的课题,游戏有沉重的部分,也有温情着戏谑的部分,我看哭了大概四次吧,都是不知不觉眼泪流出来了,音乐做得真的很棒,能不知不觉又明明白白地牵引情绪。叙事真的太优秀了,题材是日常的,碎片的,但又十分有厚度,时而冰凉,时而温热,而且唉每个故事都会用文本明明白白地告诉你它的现实来源,甚至有4段真人视频clip插入,每一段都很有质感,啊真的很有风味,做得好棒,是静静的,不喧嚣,但能听到说话的声音,大概这种感觉。看完结尾像偶遇了一部体己的电影。
Ce n'est pas un gros pouce rouge, mais non, au final je peux pas recommander le jeu. Il n'y a pas vraiment de gameplay. On se déplace d'un point A à un point B pour faire avancer l'histoire. Le problème vient de l'histoire. Leeroy fait un bon "vilain" et l'histoire qui tourne autour de lui est pas mal. Cependant, c'est juste une petite partie du jeu. Le reste consiste surtout en anecdotes pas vraiment passionnantes. Les anecdotes m'ont juste données l'impression d'être des rumeurs de bars. Des histoires de poivrots à qui il arrive des bourdes du à leur ébriété. Mouerf, 5 heures sur des anecdotes de picoles qui ont mal tournées, pas vraiment mon truc. C'est pas mauvais, juste pas intéressant. Donc un petit pouce rouge mais un pouce rouge quand même. Bon courage aux développeurs. Ils ont en eux de quoi faire des trucs intéressants mais, pour moi, pas ce coup-ci :/
You are Frigg, a young punkish woman who now lives on the Island Elk. An Island with lots of Stuff to discover. Interesting characters with one unique secret. Uncover their stories. From funny to really dark ones and play lots of little mini games. Very unique and yet pretty charming. It´s fun. Some people might ask: How woke could it be? Actually not very much. There´s a lesbian couple of older women. So don´t worry about it. Just enjoy the game for what it wants to be. A few stories that really happened somehow and want to be told. In my personal opinion it´s a game that´s worth paying fullprice but if you see it on a sale you definetely shouldn´t even haste to pack it in your Steam basket. 12 Bucks is a good price for three to four hours of game, a good dozen stories and a recipe of one of the best hot dogs of all time. (Seriously. I´m on a diet right now but i know what i will cook my next cheat day,)
The only good thing in this game is the art style, there’s too much walking and talking. SO MUCH TALKING ABOUT NOTHING THAT AFFECTS YOU IN ANY WAY!!! yap yap yap I would rather it was an animation movie on YouTube or something. Oh and my character was fondled by a creep even tho I was not made aware it was that kind of game I thought by the art style is was a happy game
I feel like this is a wildly under-appreciated narrative game. The animation is endearing and the art style is incredibly effective at portraying the rather bleak world you find yourself in. The story telling is in equal parts heart warming and heart wrenching, dealing with difficult things but always able to find some joy and light-hardheartedness around it. The content warning provided by the developers is accurate and needed, but if you can find a way to sit with the uncomfortableness of it, you will be rewarded. I strongly recommend this game to anyone with a love of a strong story drive game play.
Ugly art style and boring gameplay. It tries to do a few things and fails at all of them. I get that this game is supposed to be deep and emotional but the minigames ruin it. "My wife sing, he's going to kill us" minigame is the epitome of this tone deafness. The only minigame that's enjoyable is the 10 limit minigame and that's probably because they took it from a popular card game. The emotional parts are dull because they're ruined by the "minigames" and the horrid art style. Again "My wife sing, he's going to kill us" minigame is the best example. I'm sorry (for myself) what do you mean this is how you're going to portray it? Not every story needs to be a game or interactive. I'd have preferred a VN to this. The artstyle is fugly. The areas are basic and servicable but humans are just horrid. I'm going to 100% this game and never play it again.
For some reason i cant enjoy this game, feels like a lot of story for so little gameplay, cant recommend unfortunately. 4/10
Jueguito que araña el corazón. La manera en la que cuenta sus historias a través de minijuegos y cartitas es creativa y demoledora. Muy recomendado!
Welcome to Elk is a fun, quirky story about storytelling and lots of beer drinking (I mean LOTS of beer consumption). The location is set in a fictitious town in Greenland (or, it could be a real place; I'm not sure). Here, you get to meet a whole cast of oddball characters. The stories these characters tell range from humorous to bizarre to sad and dark. And they're all based on stories gathered from people the developers met on the fringes of society. The developers use real people's authentic experiences, blending humor with darker, tragic events to explore how people move forward from trauma. I really had fun with this one. I certainly never got bored. I highly recommend this strange, zany romp set in the tiny coastal bygd of Elk (I learned a new Danish word, so I had to use it ;). So, go ahead and get this game and have fun. It's well worth the small asking price (especially while it's on sale).
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Languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean
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