The Suicide of Rachel Foster

About

The Suicide of Rachel Foster is a point-and-click mystery set in a remote Montana hotel during a blizzard. Protagonist Nicole returns to her childhood home after her parents’ deaths to settle their estate but gets stuck in the crumbling building with a FEMA worker. Using a clunky early cellphone, she uncovers secrets about her father’s affair and the suicide of a girl her age. Puzzle solving and exploration reveal a tangled story of family shame, teenage tragedy, and lingering hauntings. The game leans heavily into its moody atmosphere, blending personal grief with eerie supernatural beats. Reviews note its slow-burn tension and layered dialogue, though some found the pacing uneven. With 11 achievements and a 48.5% average unlock rate, it rewards thorough exploration of every dusty room and cryptic message. Available on multiple platforms including Switch and PS5, it’s a talky but haunting take on small-town secrets.

Storyline

1993 LEWIS & CLARK COUNTY, MONTANA, US Ten years ago, teenager Nicole and her mother left the family hotel after discovering her father Leonard's affair with, and pregnancy of Rachel, a girl her own age who eventually committed suicide. Now that both of her parents have passed, Nicole hopes to fulfill her mother’s last will to sell the hotel and make amends to Rachel's relatives. With the will and determination to put that chapter behind her, she returns to the hotel with the family’s lawyer to audit the decaying structure. As the weather unexpectedly turns for the worst, Nicole has no way to leave the large mountain lodge, and finds support in Irving, a young FEMA agent, using one of the first radio telephones ever built. With his help, Nicole starts to investigate a mystery far deeper than what people in the valley thought. A story of love and death, where melancholy and nostalgia melt into a thrilling ghost tale.