The River
A short story point-and-click visual novel about the afterlife.
Last Updated: 4/3/2026
About The River
The River is an Adventure, and Free to Play game developed by bokchoi. On 6/9/2025, it was released on the Steam Store by bokchoi.
It can be played and ran on Windows systems. At the moment, there is no confirmed information regarding Steam Deck support for this game.
According to Steam’s category system, The River supports the following features:
- Steam Achievements
- Custom Volume Controls
- Playable without Timed Input
- Single-player
- Mouse Only Option
- Color Alternatives
From the Steam community, The River has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Adventure
- Singleplayer
- 2D
- Emotional
- Clicker
- Drama
- Philosophical
- Interactive Fiction
- Fantasy
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Visual Novel
- Free to Play
- Stylized
- Pixel Graphics
- Hand-drawn
- Linear
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for The River and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.

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The River data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2026, April 3). The River on Steam. Steam Store.
- Valve Corporation. (2026, April 3). The River. Steam Community Hub.
- bokchoi. (2025, May 23). The River. The River.