The lost, final chapter is here, and it's free!

Six years on the third and final chapter of Over the Alps is finally playable. The Devil's Quill was left unfinished when Stave Studios closed, so we at Tributary rebuilt it and it's now ready for you absolutely free!

It's a browser-based release on itch.io only: 42,000 words, over 1,100 choices, and a full branching conclusion to the Over the Alps story. Plays on desktop and mobile, no download required.

It's now 1942 and the war is in full swing. Play as Aubrey, the contact the spies from our first two stories have been writing to, as he travels to North Africa to hunt down a traitor in the Secret Service.

Dive headfirst into the desert, make friends and enemies new and old, and finally find out why all these spies have been writing postcards...

As we sadly didn't have enough assets for a full chapter update, we created an all new web version, using recovered artwork and story. 

It's stripped back compared to the paid chapters, with no map, translations or animations, but the entire story was ready to go, along with artwork for every location.

Written by the superb Harry Tuffs, The Devil's Quill is the ending fans have waited a long time for!

▶ Search "The Devil's Quill" on itch.io to play it now for free!

About the Game

Uncover a secret history in OVER THE ALPS, the singleplayer narrative game made by Stave Studios and kept alive by custodians Tributary Games.

Go undercover, evade the police, and watch out for an unreasonable amount of goats high in the Swiss Alps. Your only line home is a postcard, written in invisible ink and sent back to your handler.

Featuring two thrilling stories from the pens of Jon Ingold (80 DAYS, OVERBOARD!) and Harry Tuffs (KING OF THE CASTLE, HOUSE OF MANY DOORS), which will see you step back in time to WWII Switzerland's awe-inspiring Alpine countryside, inspired by vintage travel posters, to complete your mission.

From a team with a pedigree of experience (FAILBETTER GAMES, INKLE STUDIOS), OVER THE ALPS tells a sweeping story with over 102,000 words and more than 2,600 choices.

OVER THE ALPS also is available in 15 languages including Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), German, Russian, French and Arabic, and includes controller support.

Key Features

A Truly Branching Narrative: Discover replayable stories that change as you make decisions, with multiple endings and secret stamps to be discovered.

Stunning Vistas to Explore: Inspired by vintage travel posters, discover sweeping landscapes of beautifully-rendered Swiss scenery.

A Race Against the Law: The police are hot on your heels. Stay on the move to remain one step ahead of the law!

Stay Undercover: Plunge into the treacherous world of pre-war espionage. Meet, befriend, and double-cross a colourful cast of characters, where telling friend from foe is never simple.

To join fellow stamp collecting, postcard writing and Nazi walloping spies, join the Tributary Discord (see top right)