What Remains of Edith Finch

The first time I played *What Remains of Edith Finch* back in 2021, I genuinely thought it was going to be a horror game. The atmosphere of the house felt unsettling and mysterious, almost giving me *Silent Hill* vibes. I kept expecting something to appear around the corner or some supernatural horror to reveal itself. But as the game progressed, I realized that it wasn't trying to scare me in the way I expected. Instead, it made me sad. As I experienced the stories of each member of the Finch family and learned how each of them died, I started thinking about what actually makes this game frightening. Maybe the thing haunting these characters isn't a ghost, a monster, or even the supposed Finch family curse. **Maybe the thing haunting them is simply death.** And that's what makes the game so unsettling. We all know that eventually we are going to die. It's one of the few things in life that is completely inevitable, yet most of us live our everyday lives without really thinking about it. *What Remains of Edith Finch* forces you to confront that reality again and again through people who had their own dreams, personalities, routines, and lives—until suddenly, they didn't. Some of their deaths are tragic. Some are strange. Some almost feel beautiful in the way they're presented. But every story ends in the same place. Death. Playing the game again today, years after my first playthrough in 2021, it still made me emotional. But this time, I think I understood it differently. I wasn't just thinking about how each character died. I was thinking about the inevitability of death itself—and how fragile a person's life can be. Maybe that's why *What Remains of Edith Finch* feels like a horror game without truly being one. There doesn't need to be a monster chasing you. **Sometimes, knowing that everything eventually ends is scary enough.** Overall, *What Remains of Edith Finch* is a beautiful, haunting, and emotional game. Even after all these years, it still managed to make me feel something—and I think that's what makes it such a great game.