The Grim and I is a role playing app developed by Hosted Games.
Download Statistics
The Grim and I has been downloaded 71 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 29 times.
User Ratings
The Grim and I is rated 4.44 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 1.1 thousand ratings.
App Information
The Grim and I is FREE to download. The APK download size is 6.26 MB. The latest version available is 1.0.22. The last update was on January 5, 2026.
Technical Requirements
The Grim and I requires Android 4.1+ or higher. The app has a content rating of High Maturity. The app has been available on Google Play September 2018.
Description
This is a story about dying and what it means to let go. Faced with the ultimate choice, torn between your lost life and an unknown future, will you be able to take the Grim Reaper’s hand and pass over to the Other Side? Or will you be doomed to wander the world forever, weighed down by the chains of your past?
"The Grim and I" is a unique 155,000 word interactive novel by Thom Baylay, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
How will you react to the discovery that you are dead? When the Grim Reaper offers you a way forward, will you take it? Or are you still clinging to the world that you left behind? Begin the most important conversation of your afterlife as you take on Death in a story that will redefine the meaning of Choice; where the game reads you as much as you read it and where your greatest enemy is yourself. Challenge your instincts; fight your temptations; and embrace that most primal of fears. Choose your life, your love, your job and then make the hardest choice of all - to let it all go.
• Play as male, female or non-binary; gay, straight or bisexual. • Leave your body and bear witness or try to interfere as life continues without you. • Meet, befriend and customise your own personal Grim Reaper! • Choose your perfect life, and then see if you can choose to let it all go. • Identify and overcome the unfinished business that binds you to this world. Love, fear, rage or ambition; your choices will reveal the truth! • As the chains begin to cover your body, will you be able to fight free, or will you succumb to your vices and stay haunting the world for eternity? • Forget everything you know about interactive fiction as the Grim Reaper questions your choices and challenges your motives, blurring the lines between fiction and reality. • Explore the concept of death and the ideas of loss and letting go in the company of your Grim guide.
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★★★★★
This is definitely one of my favorite interactive stories. I enjoyed the fact that you almost create your own dream life, picking the things that are most important to you, and then you have to decide whether you can let go of it. Whether you can leave not knowing how or who killed you, or letting go of your loved one, or your life's work. It is a very thought-provoking story and the character of Death was so much more interesting than I thought it would be. I could not recommend this game more.
★★★★★
The ending feels... I don't know how to put it into words, but it got me feeling "Woah...". I love my grim reaper, wish it was longer though.
★★☆☆☆
Not a free game. First two chapters are free then you have to buy. Immediately uninstalled
★★☆☆☆
Cannot choose to have no siblings, lovers, co-workers, etc. Can choose non-binary orientation. Text easy to read. 1st 2 chapters free. Punished for accepting death's request and "hated" for being "your kind". No personality trait choices. Most choices involve fear or sadness, not acceptance or happiness. Too linear with forced settlements.
★★☆☆☆
You gotta pay. By in-app purchases they mean you get 2 chapters then buy the rest.
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Technologies used by The Grim and I
The Grim and I is requesting 12 permissions and is using 13 libraries.
Permissions
Development tools
test access to protected storage
Your location
approximate (network-based) location
Network communication
view network connections,
view Wi-Fi connections,
full network access,
Google Play billing service,
Google Play license check
Each subscription will automatically renew 3 days before the expiration date for
the same time period. Subscriptions can be cancelled at any time before the renewal.
MoPub
Integral Ad Science
Android Jetpack core
Firebase
Google Cloud Messaging (GCM)
Google Play Licensing Service
Moat Analytics
Android In-App Billing Library