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That Dragon, Cancer
A game made by parents about the son they lost. You can't win it. That's the point. 🐉
Who it's for
That Dragon, Cancer is a rare first-person account of losing a child, made by the parents themselves: Ryan and Amy Green's son Joel was diagnosed with a brain tumour at twelve months and died at five.
Hopeless→Released (Catharsis)
Feelings it meets
What it is
That Dragon, Cancer is an autobiographical adventure game by Numinous Games, based on Ryan and Amy Green's experience raising their son Joel, who was diagnosed with an atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor at twelve months old and died at age five.
Where to find it
Steam (Windows/macOS), iOS App Store, Google Play (availability varies).
Before you start
Heads up: A child's death from cancer.
Age: Not rated (no board rating on its Steam listing). Suggested 13+
I have been bent and broken, but—I hope—into a better shape.Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, Chapter LIX
