The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery

The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery is a point-and-click adventure game. The Beast Within takes place within a world where the occult and the supernatural exist throughout human history – such as ghosts, cultists and demons. To combat those who use such forces for evil against humanity are the "Schattenjägers" – a German translation of the words "Shadow Hunters" – who take it upon themselves to defend the innocent from such beings; their origins, however, are shrouded in mystery. The plot is influenced by the mythology of werewolves, and the historical backgrounds of King Ludwig II and Richard Wagner between 1870 and 1886, with the story creating fictional events concerning the relationship of the pair during that period, with the game itself taking place primarily within the city of Munich and various locales in southern Germany.