KeyWe

KeyWe's story takes place over three seasons: Summer, Wickertide, and Winter. Players control Jeff and Debra, two flightless birds. The kiwis can push and pull objects, or grab letters with their beaks. The kiwis can also use their butts to collect labels and press buttons.

Each mission has a main objective that has to be completed. The puzzles receive modifiers as the player progresses. In one level, Kudzu vines have to be removed to move boxes around the office. Some buttons may change places, and messages may be written in code.

KeyWe is the first game by US developer Stonewheat & Sons. The game was prototyped during the 2018 Global Game Jam. During the event, the developers picked a modifier, and was given "Your game must contain a bird protagonist". The developers liked the idea of postal birds that couldn't fly, and had to work at desk job instead.

One of the developers drew a picture of a bird wearing a headset, and the team later decided on a game with two birds sending telegrams by typing with their butts. Grant Gessel is Stonewheat's technical artist, and Joel Davis is the animator. Stonewheat wanted the game to be accessible to families. Gessel took inspiration from Terry Pratchett's Going Postal, a story about a conman who is given an opportunity to work as a postmaster.

KeyWe received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. The game received a score of 29/40 from Famitsu, based on individual reviews of 6, 7, 8, and 8.

Writing for Shacknews, Sam Chandler wrote that KeyWe "something special" and a "charming, yet challenging experience". He praised the puzzles, mini-games, and "charming" visuals. Chandler criticized the controls, calling them "finicky". Slant Magazine's Aaron Riccio wrote that KeyWe "turns a game about operating a telepost into a noble calling".