A short, dark visual novel set in the UK about a young autistic girl's destructive obsession with her older brother.
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Positive (46) - 97% of the 46 user reviews for this game are positive.
Release Date:
Apr 8, 2021
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About This Game



Lilac is miserable.

Ignored by her callous parents and bullied by her peers at school, the young girl finds herself quite alone. Nobody wants to talk to her save Aislinn, her bubbly classmate, and Mrs Khoury, the school's councillor - but, even then, Lilac suspects they only do so out of pity.

The only person Lilac feels able to trust is her older brother, Jesse, but she has not seen him in what seems an eternity. He moved away from their small Cornish village two months prior to attend a university in the bustling capital of the country, London.

Lilac misses Jesse so intensely she can think of nothing else. As the days pass, she becomes more and more fixated upon him, until her obsession threatens to consume her.

When she learns that her brother will be coming back home for Christmas, at long last, she can't contain her excitement...

But her brother, as she soon discovers, is not alone. A strange woman has ensnared his heart in his absence, and Lilac finds her already fragile mental state unravelling faster still. She knows she must free her beloved brother from the grip of this wicked enchantress, no matter the cost, if she is ever to be happy again - but just how far is she willing to go...?




  • 45,000 words in length (approx 2 hours of reading)
  • Two different endings
  • Detailed character and background artwork
  • A fully custom, ambient OST with over 20 tracks
  • A hefty dosage of angst

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

This visual novel contains ableist slurs, depictions of child neglect, and infrequent descriptions of violence.

System Requirements

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    Minimum:
    • OS *: Win XP+
    • Processor: 1Ghz
    • Memory: 512 MB RAM
    • Graphics: DirectX® 9 Compatible Graphics Card
    • Storage: 600 MB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectSound-compatible sound card
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
    Minimum:
    • OS: 10.10+
    • Processor: 2.0 Ghz 64-bit Intel-compatible (Apple silicon supported through Rosetta 2)
    • Memory: 512 MB RAM
    • Graphics: OpenGL 3.0
    • Storage: 600 MB available space
    Minimum:
    • OS: x86/x86_64
    • Processor: 1 Gz
    • Memory: 512 MB RAM
    • Graphics: DirectX or OpenGL compatible card
    • Storage: 600 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Any audio output

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