History VideoGame / WhatRemainsOfEdithFinch

* FlashbackWithinAFlashback/NestedStory: The events of the game are [[spoiler: Edith's son]] reading Edith's account of going back to her old house. While she's there, Edith reads several documents (like Molly's diary, an essay about how Sam wanted to remember Calvin, a comic book about Barbara, Walter's diary, pictures from Dawn and Sam's last trip, a letter to Kay about Gregory, et cetera) that bring her into flashbacks showing how each family member died.

** Molly [[spoiler: [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane was either]] eaten by a monster under her bed, or simply died hallucinating after eating things she wasn't supposed to.]]

** Molly's Story. [[spoiler:Was she eaten by a monster, or was Molly hallucinating as a result of what she ate?]]

* ObsessedWithFood: Molly in her flashback, due to being sent up to her room without any supper.

* SerialKiller: One is mentioned in Barbara's story, and is [[spoiler:presumably responsible for the death of Barbara and her boyfriend]].

* AmbiguouslyBi: Lewis. Depending on a sequence of choices in his level, his dream kingdom can have him happily marrying a [[PrincessClassic beautiful princess]] or a [[PrinceCharming dashing prince]].

''What Remains of Edith Finch'' is a EnvironmentalNarrativeGame developed by Creator/GiantSparrow. It was released on April 25, 2017, and follows Edith Finch; the last living member of her family, returning to her ancestral home in an attempt to learn more about her extended family, whose members were prone to unusual deaths, and whose rooms in the house have been more or less left in the condition they were in at the time they passed away.
[[spoiler: Or so we lead to believe; actually, we follow her orphaned son while he reads his mother's diary.]]
NeedsMoreLove.

[[spoiler: Or so we lead to believe, actually we follow her orphaned son while he reads her mother's diary.]]

* AmbiguouslyGay / AmbiguouslyBi: Lewis. Depending on a sequence of choices in his level, his dream kingdom can have him happily marrying a [[PrincessClassic beautiful princess]] or a [[PrinceCharming dashing prince]].

** Barbara's story is presented via a comic reminiscent of ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'', and even includes the theme from ''Film/{{Halloween}}''.

** "Crawling through the doggy door used to be a lot easier when I was eleven." [[spoiler: [[FridgeBrilliance Or maybe]], it used to be a lot easier when Edith wasn't pregnant with her unborn son.]]

** The organ music in the beginning could possibly be [[spoiler: music at Edith's own funeral. It's also surprisingly cheery, hinting the [[BittersweetEnding bittersweet nature]] of Edith facing her future DeathByChildbirth with grace.

''What Remains of Edith Finch'' is a EnvironmentalNarrativeGame developed by Creator/GiantSparrow. It was released on April 25, 2017, and follows Edith Finch; the last living member of her family, returning to her ancestral home in an attempt to learn more about her extended family, whose members were prone to unusual deaths, and whose rooms in the house have been more or less left in the condition they were in at the time they passed away. NeedsMoreLove.

** Milton [[spoiler: [[NeverFoundTheBody never dies onscreen]], since his disappearance was never solved. The one clue we get tells us that he either ran away from home or AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence.]]

* YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler: Walter, who believes deeply in the curse and tries to survive it. He does this by staying stationary in the same place, eating the same can of peaches for a whole month, while digging through the wall underneath the house to escape it. He succeeds, only to enter a tunnel with train tracks, while a train is coming.

* WombLevel: [[spoiler: The final level of the game, where Edith's child is born and Edith herself dies.]]

* BaitAndSwitch: Similar to ''VideoGame/GoneHome''. Edith's foreboding narration upon reaching the house, the topic of a family [[{{Curse}} death curse]], the darkened foyer and mysteriously ruined kitchen, and the [[CreepyBasement mysteriously locked basement]] can give the impression of a horror game; it's actually an EnvironmentalNarrativeGame with a heavy focus on emotional storytelling.

* DeadToBeginWith: Edith's entire family by the time she revisits the house, [[spoiler: as well as Edith herself by the time she's narrating.]]

** The story in Edie's journal. [[spoiler: Did she actually find something at the old house, and did the light in the window really come on, or is it just the ramblings of an imaginative old woman? The journal gets torn by Dawn, and the house abandoned, before we can get an answer.]]

* NeverFoundTheBody: Barbara and Milton. [[spoiler: Edie, too.]]
* ObsessedWithFood: Molly.

* StuffedInTheFridge: [[spoiler:Barbara]], whose ear was found inside a music box in the hallway.

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler: Milton, potentially.]]

* WishFulfillment: InUniverse. Tried of his dead-

* AmbiguouslyGay: Lewis, depending on the choices the player makes during his level.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler: Milton]], potentially.

* DeadAllAlong: Edith's entire family, [[spoiler: as well as Edith herself by the time she's narrating.]]

* InfantImmortality: Defied ''hard''. [[spoiler: In addition to several onscreen and ambiguous child deaths, one of the flashbacks shows Gregory, a one-year-old baby, drowning in his bath.]]

* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Lewis]] is heavily implied to have killed himself by letting the blade of a machine in the [[spoiler:cannery]] decapitate him.

The Finch family members include:

* Odin Finch -
* Edie Finch -
* Molly Finch -
* Barbara Finch -
* Calvin and Sam Finch -
* Walter Finch -
* Dawn Finch -
* Gus Finch -
* Gregory Finch -
* Lewis Finch -
* Milton Finch -
* Edith Finch - The protagonist.

** Gregory [[spoiler: drowned in the bath due to Dawn's inattentiveness.]]

** Barbara's Story is presented via a comic reminiscent of TalesFromTheCrypt, and even includes the theme from Halloween!
** Milton's room and contents are a reference to TheUnfinishedSwan.

* SwallowedWhole: [[spoiler: Molly]].
* [[spoiler: WombLevel]]: The final level of the game, where [[spoiler: Edith's child is born]].

* AdultFear: Edie, Sam and Dawn all outlived the majority of their children.

''What Remains of Edith Finch'' is a game developed by Creator/GiantSparrow. It was released on April 25, 2017, and follows Edith Finch; the last living member of her family, returning to her ancestral home in an attempt to learn more about her extended family, whose members were prone to unusual deaths, and whose rooms in the house have been more or less left in the condition they were in at the time they passed away. NeedsMoreLove.