Play Faust — an interactive story where YOU are the hero

after the classic by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1808

A scholar who has learned everything and felt nothing signs a wager with the devil Mephistopheles: one moment of true contentment, or your soul. Play Faust through youth restored, forbidden love and cosmic bargains, and decide what you'd trade to feel alive.

A moment from one playthrough

Mephistopheles slides the contract across the desk, pen dipped in your own blood, promising the whole world's pleasures for the price you already half-want to pay. Outside, the Easter bells are ringing and part of you remembers grace. Sign the wager and take back your youth, or set down the pen and follow the bells out into the morning?

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Start free — 10 diamonds when you confirm your email. No subscription; narrated aloud; plays in 26 languages.

The Somni Tales reader: an open book with two pages of a story, an ink illustration, and a “write what you do” bar below.

Live Faust, don't just read it

In this interactive telling of Faust, you don't read about the hero — you are the hero. The Storyteller keeps Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's world true to the original — its characters, its places, its mood, all held as canon — then narrates every scene aloud and draws the moment you're in as an ink illustration. You type or speak what you do next, and the world answers: it remembers the promises you made, the things you took, and the people you crossed. Follow Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's plot faithfully, or step off it and watch a brand-new version of Faust unfold — one that still reaches a real ending.

How it works

The Storyteller holds the world of the book as canon — its characters, places and mood — and opens with you as the hero.
Type or speak anything: the world reacts, remembers, and stays true to the original's spirit.
Every playthrough is a brand-new story. Follow the plot — or break it and see what happens.

Common questions about playing Faust

Is Faust free to play on Somni Tales?

You get 10 diamonds free when you confirm your email — enough to open Faust and step into the first scenes. After that, diamonds cost from $5 with no subscription, and unused diamonds are refundable within 14 days.

Do I have to follow Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's original plot?

No. The Storyteller holds Faust as canon so its world, characters and mood stay true — but your choices write a brand-new telling. Follow the classic beats, or break from them and see where the story goes.

Can I play Faust aloud and in my own language?

Yes — every scene is narrated aloud word by word, and Faust plays in 26 languages. Change the language, voice and reading speed any time from the reader's Settings.