Shivah (2006)
Shivah is a 2006 point-and-click video game made by Wadjet Eye Games.
Rabbi Russell Stone is a man of faith running out of reasons to keep the faith. His Manhattan synagogue is hemorrhaging members, the bills are overdue, and he has grown sharp-edged from years of disappointment. Then word arrives that a former congregant, estranged and long gone, has died and left Stone a substantial sum of money. The bequest pulls him into a grim investigation through New York's underbelly, where every new answer raises a harder question about guilt, obligation, and what a man owes to the people he was supposed to shepherd.
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What is Shivah about?
Rabbi Russell Stone is a man of faith running out of reasons to keep the faith. His Manhattan synagogue is hemorrhaging members, the bills are overdue, and he has grown sharp-edged from years of disappointment. Then word arrives that a former congregant, estranged and long gone, has died and left Stone a substantial sum of money. The bequest pulls him into a grim investigation through New York's underbelly, where every new answer raises a harder question about guilt, obligation, and what a man owes to the people he was supposed to shepherd.
When was Shivah released?
Shivah was released on 1 June 2006.
Who made Shivah?
Shivah was made by Wadjet Eye Games.
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A few thoughts on Shivah
The Shivah shares DNA with Die Hard: With a Vengeance in putting a cynical, world-weary man through a city-sized ordeal, though here the stakes are moral rather than physical. Both follow a protagonist whose bitterness is earned, and neither lets him off easy.
Choices with real moral weight
Every dialogue option here is a test of character, not just a puzzle solution. If you like games where what you say reveals who you are, these belong on the same shelf.