# Linda & Joan Prologue: “Four Months Earlier”

Summer DB entity ID: ff79c98e\-9e30\-4421\-b72d\-a060fcd35081

Steam App ID: 1267770

Shortlisted for the New Media Writing Prize 2021    Linda & Joan  is a narrative game about a British family\. You play as Russell, Linda, and Joan — son, mother, and grandmother — switching between them to help the family cope with a series of traumatic events\. Based on a true story\.   Prologue: “Four Months Earlier ” is part one of the story\. Part two, the main  Linda & Joan  game, is in development\.  Linda is visiting Russell in Los Angeles, where he now lives\. We join them halfway up a hiking trail\. You must walk them to the top\. Linda is using a stick and is unable to move as quickly as Russell\. Keep them within earshot and they’ll chat about Linda’s visit and the past, while trying to find the right time to bring up what’s weighing on their minds\.  There are multiple endings based on the choices you make — one of which involves Joan, who is at home in Hereford, UK\. Play in  Normal Mode  \(walk Russell, Linda follows\) then try  Challenging Mode  \(walk both Russell and Linda\)\.   “Four Months Earlier”  is a free, standalone experience\. It will take 15 to 20 minutes to complete\.  Featuring original music by Jeremy Warmsley\.

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: False Vacuum Games

- Publisher: False Vacuum Games

- Release date: Jul 14, 2020

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: true

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Casual, Indie, Free To Play

- Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Remote Play on TV, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, mac

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1267770/ss\_a0542ed4c104f2f0355d000cc6ac50df8ca735ff\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1726417594, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1267770/ss\_08a4ced56967e547554f8b8199264097498653bf\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1726417594, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1267770/ss\_a69916e3e6ef8eccb890c2ab5acc2f56ef4b7860\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1726417594, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1267770/ss\_65049515cf0d09469a3a022753bbd7cd23278bca\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1726417594, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1267770/ss\_724aa2791535cf1e93a1fcacd83414ed61700fd8\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1726417594, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1267770/ss\_0de1def08e701ffc39d5d2ac067f006bec237e79\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1726417594, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1267770/ss\_8d21aacef9bfe720b7543cb54305c9c36868f14c\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1726417594, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1267770/ss\_ad02db81d3e119aaf9cc34b39558e2160ea0528a\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1726417594, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1267770/ss\_dc25f14048e0458dfe513cecd6b540c27e0f3bbf\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1726417594, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1267770/ss\_b83ba621acb8af07713ae0cb0b79f745290f864c\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1726417594

- Price: Not collected

- Price country: Not collected

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 1

- Steam review count: 48

- Steam positive reviews: 41

- Steam negative reviews: 7

- Steam positive percentage: 85.41666666666667%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}

## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/ff79c98e-9e30-4421-b72d-a060fcd35081/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/ff79c98e-9e30-4421-b72d-a060fcd35081/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-24T20:33:28\.99554\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-24T20:33:30\.248027\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-24T20:33:30\.034022\+00:00

Full provenance: \{"urls":\{"price":null,"catalog":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/IStoreService/GetAppList/v1/","details":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/1267770/","players":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers/v1/?appid=1267770","reviews":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/appreviews/1267770"\},"price":null,"source":"steam","catalog":"2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00","country":"US","details":"2026\-09\-24T20:33:28\.99554\+00:00","players":"2026\-09\-24T20:33:30\.248027\+00:00","reviews":"2026\-09\-24T20:33:30\.034022\+00:00","language":"en","editorial":null,"membership":"store\_catalog","observations":\{"price":null,"catalog":"3861002c\-5487\-4ce6\-be89\-89cd4c08b7e6","details":"c7a35e59\-9299\-478b\-a1b7\-1c31bf8e954d","players":"77a2d4a0\-4eaa\-4ef7\-be71\-ce03ebefdfde","reviews":"1d5cae0d\-d266\-41f9\-9587\-9d1eac379556"\},"reviewFilters":\{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}\}

Native rating methodology: \{"count":0,"average":null,"entityId":"ff79c98e\-9e30\-4421\-b72d\-a060fcd35081","revision":0,"observedAt":null,"methodology":"arithmetic\-v1","distribution":\[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0\]\}

Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

[Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1267770/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/ff79c98e-9e30-4421-b72d-a060fcd35081)