Memoware

About Memoware

Memoware is a first-person adventure game with puzzle elements developed by Kuri1310 and released in late 2026. You play Aria, an archaeologist investigating a vanished mountain tribe using a tool called MEMOWARE and a companion named Minny. The game blends exploration, memory-based puzzles, and narrative-driven discovery. Set in a mysterious, abandoned mountain region, your goal is to reconstruct the civilization’s history by collecting fragmented memories, sorting them chronologically, and completing a Book. The story hinges on uncovering why the tribe disappeared and deciding the mountain’s name. It’s a short, atmospheric journey focused on piecing together lore.

Gameplay

Memoware’s core loop involves moving through open environments, scanning objects with MEMOWARE to trigger memories, and interacting with Minny to unlock clues. Puzzles require arranging events in correct order, often with environmental context. Platforming sections are minimal but occasionally require precise jumps. A typical session involves exploring a valley, finding memory fragments, then returning to a hub to organize them into the Book. Controls are intuitive, left click to scan, right click to interact, WASD for movement. The challenge lies in connecting disjointed memories to form a coherent timeline. Later chapters introduce time-sensitive events where you must navigate shifting environments to collect memories. The game ends with a symbolic naming decision, tying your discoveries to the mountain’s legacy.

What Players Think

PlayPile users rate Memoware 4.3/5, with 82% completing the main story in an average of 8 hours. Critics scored it 87/100, praising its "quiet, meditative tone." Community moods are 65% curious, 22% reflective, and 13% frustrated, often about midgame puzzles requiring precise memory sorting. 78% of players earned all achievements, including a "Perfect Book" challenge for 100% timeline accuracy. One review called it "a minimalist story puzzle with heart," while another criticized the lack of reactivity in the world. Despite its brevity, 89% of players who finished it recommend it for its thematic cohesion and emotional payoff.

PlayPile's Take

Memoware is worth playing if you enjoy slow, introspective puzzles and narrative-driven exploration. At $19.99 (if priced like similar indie titles), it’s a short but densely layered experience. The 78% achievement completion rate suggests rewarding challenges for completionists. Skip if you prefer action or fast pacing. It’s a niche title that succeeds in its ambition: making history feel like a tactile, personal journey. The final naming choice adds a memorable touch, but the real draw is the process of reconstruction itself.

Storyline

You're an archaeologist named Aria, who was called by a friend to solve secrets and whereabouts of a mysterious mountain people which this friend lived in the past. However, mysteriously, everyone disappeared without a trace. And how you'll uncover this? Using MEMOWARE, memory tool and with a little help from the tiny Minny, that will follow you in your journey. Uncover secrets, stories, movements, reasons and motivations. After collecting sufficient memories, your biggest challenge will be to SORT each civilization's history chronologically, every movement, event and details will be important to complete the BOOK of every region of the mountain! But don't think the mountain's history is over! If there's someone there, History keeps happening. Will you have some encounters during your study? However, not only you'll recognize and preserve the mountain's history, your biggest challenge - and the main wish of Aria's friend - is to give a name to the mountain. What will be the name you'll give to it, after many stories and adventures?