How to say Goodbye tells the story of a character recently turned into a ghost, lost in an unknown world populated by spirits.

In this narrative puzzle game, move the element of decor and the characters to guide the characters out of the liminal space between life and death in which they are trapped. Help them find their friends who are prisoners of a mysterious wizard and accompany them on their journey to the other side.

The goal of each level in How to Say Goodbye is to guide your group of ghosts to the exit, symbolized by a door. To do so, move the scenery on a grid and make your way to the door. But dark forces seem to be holding you back against your will. Lost spirits called spleens will try to prevent you from escaping the liminal space by blocking the way to the door.

But a mysterious wizard is determined to keep them from moving forward...

"Mourning is a universal experience, but one that is individual to each human being and evokes strong emotions. However, in most video games it is reduced to a violent act: death is used as a metaphor to show the player in an extremely binary way that he loses or gains, that he exists or no longer exists. We wanted to approach the subject with sensitivity and so in a more subtle and positive way," says Florian Veltman, author and developer of How to Say Goodbye

"Thanks to the player, the ghosts have to find out how to mourn in order to accept their own disappearance and move forward. We were inspired by children's books that deal with serious issues in a very direct way with a lot of gentleness," says Veltman .

Interested fans can check out a playable demo on Steam.

Inspired by the golden age of children's literature and illustrated books (such as The Moomins by Tove Jansson, The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak), How to say Goodbye deals with the theme of grief with kindness and sensitivity.

Still shocked by their recent passing, the ghosts of How to say Goodbye try their best to leave the limbo they are trapped in. Together, they will have to discover how to mourn in order to accept their own death, and “move on”.

How to Say Goodbye is coming to Android/iOS (€4.99), Nintendo Switch, and PC (Steam) on November 3, 2022 at €12.99.