Play The Swiss Family Robinson — an interactive story where YOU are the hero

after the classic by Johann David Wyss, 1812

Shipwrecked with your whole family on a rich, strange island, you turn castaways into settlers. Build the tree-house fort, tame the island's improbable animals, and decide season by season whether to keep waiting for rescue — or make this home.

A moment from one playthrough

The wrecked ship on the reef is breaking up in tonight's swell — one last raft-trip could save the livestock and the tool chests still aboard, but the sky is bruising for a storm and the little ones need the shore secured. Row out to the wreck one final time, or let it go and finish the palisade before dark?

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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 The Swiss Family Robinson, don't just read it

In this interactive telling of The Swiss Family Robinson, you don't read about the hero — you are the hero. The Storyteller keeps Johann David Wyss'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 David Wyss's plot faithfully, or step off it and watch a brand-new version of The Swiss Family Robinson 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 The Swiss Family Robinson

Is The Swiss Family Robinson free to play on Somni Tales?

You get 10 diamonds free when you confirm your email — enough to open The Swiss Family Robinson 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 David Wyss's original plot?

No. The Storyteller holds The Swiss Family Robinson 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 The Swiss Family Robinson aloud and in my own language?

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