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Never Alone: Ki Edition

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English

Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) is an atmospheric puzzle platformer developed in collaboration with the Iñupiat, an Alaska Native people. Experience the epic journey of Nuna and Fox as they search for the source of an eternal blizzard that threatens the survival of everything they have ever known. Guide both characters as you trek through frozen tundra, leap across treacherous ice floes, and face enemies both strange and familiar, all while unlocking video insights into Native Alaskan culture.

Dinsun Expert Review

Our Expert Score

92/100

Never Alone is less of a game and more of a beautiful, interactive piece of cultural history. Playing as Nuna and Fox feels incredibly fluid, and the way the game integrates traditional Iñupiat folklore into the mechanics is masterfully done.

The 'Cultural Insights' videos you unlock are the real star here. They provide a profound context to the puzzles you solve, making every leap and every spirit encountered feel meaningful. It’s an emotional, atmospheric journey that stays with you long after the credits roll.

Dinsun reviewed on: Tue Feb 24 2026

Features

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Play as both Nuna and Fox

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Explore harsh Arctic environments

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Unlock 30 minutes of cultural video interviews

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Atmospheric puzzle-platforming

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Narration in the Iñupiaq language

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Guide a scrappy duo through a stunning Arctic adventure.

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The game was developed in collaboration with the Iñupiat, an Alaska Native people, to share their traditional folklore and culture.

Ratings & Reviews

Absolutly beautiful and amazing!
Fri Dec 30 2016 GabD.

The game's graphics and details are absolutely stunning. The little details make the game so much more realistic. However, even if the game was so addicting and beautiful it was so short by the time it ended it left me wanting more. I wanted to know about about what happened at the ending. This game deserves a five star rating for its story line alone. There were a few glitches like with controlling the fox near the middle/end, but it's still pretty ok to control. I recommend this game to people who pay attention to graphics and storyline a lot. It's also like limbo in some ways the controls except much more beautiful and in depth with its story. Please play this game! 👍🏻⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Relieved It's Over
Tue Jan 03 2017 PsychUOut13

I picked up this game at the discounted price of $0.99. I figured "why not?" A lot of great reviews. I was immediately immersed in the gorgeous atmosphere and graphics, compelling story and interesting Inupiaq history. The game seems amazing at first, but its weaknesses become obstacles very quickly. For me, this game was a labor of futility and exercise in patience. I threw my phone in frustration at least three times. The puzzles are not that tough - it's the controls. Complex jumps and button combinations where the programmers required nothing short of precision... and we get the worst D pad and buttons I've ever seen. I worked on the same jump during Little People for 20 minutes straight refusing to buckle under the ridiculous game. And they only get worse. You will die dozens if not hundreds of times by the end. The Spirit Forest jumping from tree to tree is a nightmare. Fortunately, spawn sites precede every brutal combo challenge. I seriously fought through this game for one reason: to see the end of the story. Had I not paid $0.99, I would have deleted it after about 30 minutes. It's a cute yet terrible game that has potential to be exceptional. For this veteran gamer who beat decades worth of the most challenging Resident Evil, Final Fantasy, Zelda and Halo games, this is the most frustrating experience I've had since Zack and Wiki in 2007. By far. Almost no enjoyment playing this, which is so sad considering how great it could be. Absolutely zero replay value.

Cool game but don't buy it
Sat Jun 17 2017 Golden Kawaii egg

The game has great graphics, storyline, and characters but theres so many things wrong with it. The first problem is it's really confusing on how to play. Every chapter there's a new things to learn about the controls. The controls are also really wonky. The second thing is that it's kind of expensive for what it's actually worth. The game is kind of like a demo it's not complete. The third and final thing I will be stating is it's a short almost demo type game. After you finish the chapters it takes you back to the start and you just replay the game there's not another level there's not another story it's just the same story over and over. This really frustrates me because I thought it's going to be a really fun game to have multiple different stories. Since I bought the game I hope they make updates and bring new stories into the game because that would be a waste of money if it's just one gameplay. There's a bunch of other games you could've bought with the money that you paid for this game so it really makes me mad. I finished the game today and I was expecting it to bring me to another story or another section or chapter but I just brought me back to the start screen and once I press play it restarts the whole story>:( sorry this was a long review but just wanted to inform people who wanted to buy it:)

Problems... 👎😓
Mon Apr 09 2018 TiggerWolfyy

I just have to say I just love this game. But I have a few problems that I do not like. First of all, when Nuna or the fox dies or falls, sometimes either of them will not whine or cry, and they just do an action like stay still or the fox might lean up instead of whine. This is almost like a bug that needs to be fixed. But this is not a big deal. But what I am really frustrated about is that you don't really tell us the directions clearly. When I got to the part where Nuna and the fox got digested by a whale, I was confused on the part where you had to use the fox and the spirits. When I jumped on all the spirits, the little bubble that Nuna can "Bola", sometimes just doesn't move. It follows the fox, but it won't go down to the bottom part. This tells me that this game is just a demo, but seriously $5? That's too expensive for a demo. Most demos are free like the Minecraft demo. But since this is supposed to be paid, I guess it's not a demo. But I bet you have tested your game out, so you know your own directions and it works for you. But not for me, because I had no clear directions on what to do. Next time, when the little pictures of Nuna or the fox doesn't help you, you should add where there are words/text on the screen to help you. That way it will be easier to know how to do this. Oh, by the way there is another related to this problem. You know the little fish-bone spirits? Not the ones in the ocean water but the one in that whale mouth, where the fox had to climb on to get to the other edge. I did not know how Nuna could ever "Bola" the ice, so I had problems for the fox to jump on the fish spirits. I could not keep running on the wall to jump on the fish spirit since I also had no idea how Nuna could Bola the ice. So I could not climb on the fish. Even when you try to jump on the fish without running on the wall. No way can you do that, because the fish is too high up to jump. Please give us clear directions,or even better add word/text directions on the screen to help you. Thanks.

Beautiful game, wonderful adventure!
Tue Nov 22 2022 lunafer666

I was a little weary when I read some a review saying the controls were a bit wonky as from watching gameplay, I knew you had to switch between characters and certain controls that give each character their own abilities. Still, I couldn’t pass on this beautiful story and upon downloading it I found that the controls were easy to navigate and I had absolutely no issues. I just finished the game, and it was just as good, if not better than expected. Also, the cultural insights into the Inupiat people is such an interesting and beautiful feature. Download it!

Blown away
Sun Sep 16 2018 pianoman09

This game is incredible. You play as an Iñupiat girl and her Arctic Fox companion as they journey to find the source of a blizzard that has precluded her village from hunting caribou, which they need to survive. Throughout, you score “cultural insights,” 1-2-minute pieces of documentary footage that deepen your cultural understanding of the Iñupiat, their traditions and stories, and their relationship with their environment. You have to find the hidden owls to gain them, so you end up working hard to learn about them. I missed three of them by the time I was done, and I went back and replayed the levels to find them all. It’s gorgeously done, front to back; it’s challenging; it’s so smart. And I CRIED AT ONE POINT BECAUSE I WAS SO MOVED My only criticism is that sometimes the controls don’t work as expected, even when I changed the level of joystick sensitivity, so there were moments of frustration when I had to replay some scenes several times because I couldn’t get the fox to clamber up a wall properly.

Magical and A bit dark
Mon Dec 26 2016 Cvb177

A lot of games I'd describe as 'magical' are lighthearted and safe. This platformer reminds me of a mix of Limbo (can be sad and dark with constant deaths, and the gameplay), with Out of this World (realistic physics and movement) and also Ghost Trick a little. The characters are gorgeous. The controls are great but there's only so much you can do with a touch Dpad. I am almost finished but I get so frustrated playing platform games on a touchscreen. I would love to play on a controller. The cultural fact additions are great and I love the narrators voice in native tongue. The snow animation is beautiful. Thanks for putting on sale

Absolutely incredible. BUY IT!
Sun Aug 19 2018 Michelle00721!

I just read a review that said it is confusing to play... It literally tells you in big white font what is going on while you play the game. So disregard the idiot review. The game is TRULY incredible. It’s absolutely captivating from the second your eyes lay on the beautiful graphics. I adore that it is a strong, young heroine that ties in not only a beautiful, true storyline but basically tiny snippets of documentaries. You have the option to watch or not watch. It’s a game you look forward to coming home and relaxing with. Beautiful!! Bravo developers!

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