Kathy Rain

In 1995, Kathy Rain, a college student studying journalism, returns to her fictional hometown of Conwell Springs after she learns of the passing of her paternal grandfather Joseph. At the funeral, she immediately reconnects with her grandmother, whom she has not seen since she was a child. Shortly after the funeral, Kathy's grandmother explains that an incident involving Joseph had left him in a vegetative state without any medical explanation. Curious, Kathy decides to probe deeper into what happened to her grandfather.

In town, Kathy finds a tape from Joseph in the police archives and gets involved in a case he himself had been investigating - a child prodigy painter named Lily Myers who drowned in 1975 in an apparent suicide, most of her artwork having been stolen right after it was acquired by art collector Charles Wade, whom was also one of Joseph's colleagues in the USAF. In addition, Kathy also encounters an old overdeveloped photograph concerning three strange lights (resembling the will-o'-the-wisps) as well as a red flower, which Kathy later learns to be the Red Scythe, an endangered species of flowers known to cause hallucinations as a side effect.

Kathy Rain was developed by Clifftop Games, a one-man Swedish indie studio founded by Joel Staaf Hästö. Hästö called the television series Twin Peaks an influence for the game. The game was developed using the Adventure Game Studio development tool. The game was showcased at Gamescom in 2015.

The game was published by Raw Fury and released for Windows and macOS on 5 May 2016, alongside a demo. The game was later released for Android and iOS on 23 November 2016. In early 2021, a director's cut for the game was announced, and was released for Windows, macOS, Android, iOS and Nintendo Switch on 26 October 2021.

Kathy Rain was received favourably by video game critics. Despite the game's initial sales being underwhelming, publisher Raw Fury vowed to continue supporting the developer.