The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery takes up about a year after Sins of the Fathers left off. Gabriel Knight has been living in Germany at Schloss Ritter and has written a book fictionalizing his experiences with the voodoo murders. It is on the Times Bestseller List, and Gabriel is struggling to come up with a sequel.

He is approached by some villagers who tell him of a wolf attack on a small girl near Munich. The villagers insist it was no ordinary wolf but a werewolf. Gabriel reluctantly agrees to investigate as a Schattenjager. And there, the adventure begins...

This game is live action digitized video. Many small movies punctuate the main story. ~ Lisa Karen Savignano, All Game Guide