Interrogate your own player characters in this six-chapter murder mystery! Make your choices carefully, as your decisions determine how many clues you uncover before the detective, the final player character, questions you. Will your protagonists know enough to catch the murderer?

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Planned Release Date: Aug 27, 2026

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About This Game

INTERROGATE YOUR PLAYER CHARACTERS!

A murder-mystery told in six chapters, where your choices determine how many clues are available for the final protagonist, the detective, as she questions all the previous playable characters. Each chapter of this emotional story-driven game features a unique protagonist, game mechanics, story, and narrative, all tied together by the murder of Ret and Flaire Avidine.

CHAPTER 1: A TALE OF TALL MEN

Start as Orven Zanry, an up-and-coming glassblower working for the esteemed Ret Avidine. Work to uncover the secrets of “Remedium,” the cure to the plague destroying the city of Ventreville. Make a meal, make the cure, and think quick to save the city and make history!

Key Features

  • Befriend the Victims: Get to know Ret and Flaire Avidine before their untimely demise!

  • Choices with Consequences: Choose how you play Orven, and see the characters and story shift based on your choices.

  • Butterfly Effect: Determine the fate of Ventreville and its inhabitants with branching routes, some silly and some dire.

  • Multiple Stories: Three full side-stories that progress each time you return to them.

  • Replay to find all the unique endings

  • More than 75k words for 2.5 hours of gameplay per playthrough

  • Enjoy the stylish character designs

  • Live in Ventreville through the expressive backgrounds

  • Hear the city through an original soundtrack

  • First chapter of a six-chapter game

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

This game deals with mature themes. Viewer's discretion advised, especially if sensitive to the following topics. TW: alcoholism, medicinal usage of illegal substances, drug trafficking, crime, kidnapping, death, murder, suicide, PTSD, violence, mutilation of a body.

There is a chapter of the game that is explicitly psychological horror and includes: cults, demons, kidnapping. This chapter is skippable with no repercussions.

System Requirements

Windows
macOS
    Minimum:
    • OS *: Windows 7
    • Processor: x86_32 CPU with SSE2 instructions, or any x86_64 CPU
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Integrated graphics with full OpenGL 3.3 support
    • Storage: 800 MB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: Windows 10
    • Processor: x86_64 CPU with SSE4.2 instructions, with 4 physical cores or more
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Dedicated graphics with full OpenGL 4.6 support
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
    Minimum:
    • OS: macOS 10.15 (Compatibility)
    • Processor: x86_64 or ARM CPU (Apple Silicon)
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Storage: 800 MB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: macOS 10.15 Catalina
    • Processor: x86_64 or ARM CPU (Apple Silicon)
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
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