Cinders

As it is a visual novel, the player reads through the story and makes choices at crucial points to change the outcome, leading to one of four different endings. The player has the ability to watch the endings including the variations again. There are eight trophies the player can collect during the game.

The game was created with the GameMaker engine. The development time took about one year. Cinders was originally released on June 20, 2012 for Windows and Mac OS X. On May 1, 2014, the game was released on Steam. Developed and published by Crunching Koalas, ports for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One were released on February 14, 2019, August 25, 2020, and August 26, 2020, respectively.

The official soundtrack by Rob Westwood was released on December 24, 2012. It includes 18 tracks at a total length of 59:17. Cinders OST includes extended versions of all the game's tracks.

Cinders received 5/5 stars on GameZebo with reviewer Neilie Johnson writing: "If you've never experienced an interactive novel, Cinders is an exceptional example of the genre, and the perfect title with which to start." IndieGame" wrote about the game: "Asides from being delightfully well-written, highly replayable and filled with complex, convoluted characters, Cinders is also beautiful."

The game was also featured on Rock, Paper, Shotgun and Kotaku. Cinders won the 2012 VNs Now! award for the Best Artist (Gracjana Zielinska).