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The Suicide of Rachel Foster is a 2020 adventure video game developed by One-O-One Games and published by Daedalic Entertainment. The story follows Nicole Wilson in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, during December 1993 on a visit to her family's Timberline Hotel. Having left ten years prior with her mother following the revelation that her father Leonard was sexually abusing the teenaged Rachel Foster, Nicole plans on quickly inspecting the Timberline and selling it. After being forced to stay there due to a heavy snowstorm starting after her arrival, Nicole's only contact with the outside world is a Federal Emergency Management Agency agent named Irving. With his help, Nicole decides to investigate the abuse between Leonard and Rachel, as well as her mysterious suicide. The Suicide of Rachel Foster took around two years to develop. The studio aimed to create a horror game that emphasized suspense and fear instead of traditional monsters. The game's narrative and gameplay were developed simultaneously to ensure that one would complement the other. The game was created as a walking simulator to allow real-life topics to be explored, given the genre's emphasis on narrative. The Overlook Hotel from the 1980 film The Shining, as well as various real-life hotels were used as inspiration for the Timberline's architecture. The developers sought professional advice for the game's depiction of topics such as child sexual abuse and suicide, to portray them with sensitivity. The game was released in February 2020 for Windows, and in September 2020 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One; it was ported to the Nintendo Switch in October 2021. It received mixed reviews from critics. Its setting and sound design were praised for creating the appropriate atmosphere, with Nicole and Irving's relationship and voice actors also being commended. Conversely, the game's plot and mystery, as well as some gameplay aspects, received a more mixed reception, and critics were polarized by the depictions of child sexual abuse and suicide, Leonard and Rachel's relationship, and the game's ending. The Suicide of Rachel Foster was nominated for various awards, winning Game of the Year at the 2021 DStars. Gameplay The Suicide of Rachel Foster is a mystery–thriller adventure game played from a first-person perspective. Players take control of Nicole as she explores the Timberline Hotel. Nicole's only means of communication is a radiotelephone she can use to talk to Irving. Players can choose from a dialogue tree how they reply during conversations with him. During gameplay, Nicole also acquires a polaroid camera, mechanically powered flashlight, and parabolic microphone, which are used to solve puzzles. Plot In December 1993, Nicole Wilson reads a letter from her dead mother Claire. Nicole's father, Leonard McGrath, was the owner of the Timberline Hotel, a mountain hotel in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, situated in the Helena National Forest. In 1983, Leonard groomed and molested Nicole's 16-year-old classmate Rachel Foster. Once their relationship was discovered, Rachel seemingly killed herself nine weeks into her pregnancy, and Claire left town with Nicole. In the letter, Claire instructs Nicole to inspect the hotel and sell it. Arriving at the Timberline, Nicole gets a call from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) agent Irving Crawford, who states he will assist Nicole during her stay. He warns her against leaving due to a heavy snowstorm, which started following her arrival. Nicole's attempts to do so anyway, but is unable to do so, angering her. Irving appears aware of the history involving Leonard and Rachel, although Nicole would prefer not to discuss it. As Nicole's lawyer Mr. Jenkins cannot come due to the snowstorm, Irving instructs her to inspect the Timberline's second floor. After questioning his knowledge about her family and the hotel, Irving reveals that he was often sent by FEMA to provide supplies to the Timberline. A phone rings—even though the hotel's phone lines are down—and Nicole answers. Its voice warns her to not sell the hotel, as Rachel "is still there". The following day, while looking for the hotel's generator, Nicole finds a recently opened lipstick and tells Irving about her theory that Rachel might still be alive, collecting various clues. Two days later, Irving shows Nicole a tape taken by ghost hunters after Rachel's death. Entering the room where the tape was recorded, she finds it barricaded. After unlocking it, Nicole finds a microphone allowing her to hear faint sounds. In the tape, one of the hunters hears a woman's voice with the microphone and they flee upon noticing a strange light, with the door shutting behind them. During Christmas Eve, Nicole wakes up inside a church, which connects to the Timberline through an underground passage. Revisiting the church, she remembers a rhyme Leonard taught her to find a secret storeroom inside the passage. There, she finds a room modeled after Rachel's bedroom and the key to her music box, believing someone—possibly Rachel—was living there. Opening the music box, Nicole remembers the events of December 27, 1983, when Rachel supposedly killed herself; Nicole was playing at a hockey game, which her mother had driven her to. A day later, Nicole investigates a storeroom filled with mannequins, three of which depict a pregnant woman being killed by someone holding a hockey stick, which Nicole realizes belongs to her. Calling Irving, he acts suspiciously and tells her to continue her search. Going to the second floor, Nicole finds a previously locked door leading to the west wing open. There she finds Irving's room, including the equipment he used to talk to her. Irving reveals he was behind the hotel's strange occurrences and used Nicole to uncover what had happened to Rachel. Irving is Rachel's younger brother and in their abusive household, only his sister brought him joy. Rachel had dyslexia and often suffered from bullying; something Irving wished to protect her from. According to him, Leonard was the sole person who "saw [Rachel]". Going to the attic, Nicole finds a recording Leonard left for her, asking her to find out what happened to Rachel, and the keys to her mother's car. Opening its trunk, she finds a blood-stained blanket, and while washing it, uncovers a repressed memory of the night Rachel died. Claire murdered Rachel with Nicole's hockey stick, drove Nicole to her game, and while she was playing, framed Rachel's suicide. Having learned the truth, Irving thanks Rachel and goes out into the cold to die, before the signal is lost, with Nicole begging him to not leave her alone. Later, Nicole is inside her car, planning to take her life via carbon monoxide poisoning. Receiving a call from her lawyer and informing him she will not sell the hotel, she starts the engine and hallucinates talking to her parents. If Nicole turns the engine off, she promises her parents to bring the Timberline back to its fee.... Discover the Rachel Foster popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Rachel Foster books.