How We Know We're Alive

How We Know We're Alive is a melancholic point-and-click adventure game set in the fictional town of Härunga in Sweden. Players controls the copywriter Sara who returns to the town where she grew up one year after her friend Maria passed away in a tragic accident. Sara moved to Stockholm and Maria was supposed to come along with her, but a sudden pregnancy made her stay in Härunga. Sara left town on her own and they grew estranged. One year after the accident she decides to return to investigate what happened to her friend. Along the way she meets many familiar faces from her youth.

This adventure game takes about an hour to complete and is very short on puzzle elements. Most on the focus is on furthering the story by going to the correct locations. Clicking is the main action and depending on the object or location it is used to examine something or start a conversation. Keyboard keys are used to move left and right. There is no inventory. During conversations there are multiple dialogue options with branching conversation trees.