Whateverland

Whateverland is a hand-painted point-and-click adventure with a branching dialogue system, non-linear gameplay, multiple endings and a unique in-game turn-based board game. You play Vincent, a skilled thief who decides to steal a precious necklace from the mansion of a lonely old woman named Beatrice. The plan would have worked perfectly, but Beatrice catches him red-handed and turns out to be an ancient, powerful witch.

As punishment, Beatrice banishes him to a parallel world she created to trap her enemies, a place its first inhabitants simply called Whateverland. Vincent teams up with a charming if slightly annoying ghost named Nick, and together they have to find a way out. Each level can be completed in at least two ways: steal from people, or help them. Rich branching dialogues reveal the world and shape your relationships with the Whateverlanders and with Nick.

There is no fixed order of chapters; if you ever feel stuck you can drop your current chapter and move to another, then another. The game features 19 mini-games in total, though you cannot complete them all in a single playthrough, ranging from giving a merman a tattoo and making top-notch ramen to cracking a variety of locks on a thief's path. Your actions decide the ending and what people think of you, all set to music recorded with a real sextet and a beautiful hand-drawn art style.