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Fran Bow

Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.

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Overwhelmingly Positive (182) - 98% of the 182 user reviews in the last 30 days are positive.

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Overwhelmingly Positive (15,443) - 97% of the 15,443 user reviews for this game are positive.

Release Date:

Aug 27, 2015

Developer:

Killmonday Games AB

Publisher:

Killmonday Games AB

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Remote Play on Phone

Remote Play on Tablet

Languages:

	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English	✔		✔
German	✔		✔
Spanish - Spain	✔		✔
Russian	✔		✔
French	✔		✔
Portuguese - Brazil	✔		✔

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Violence
Blood
Partial Nudity

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Title: Fran Bow
Genre: Adventure, Indie

Developer: Killmonday Games AB

Publisher: Killmonday Games AB

Release Date: Aug 27, 2015

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Western Game of the year 2015 by Haogamers
Indie of the year 2015 - IndieDB Editor's choice

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“…imaginative, strange, unsettling, intelligent and charged with a rare and beautiful sense of hope.”
RockPaperShotgun

“Fran Bow makes you love its main character even as you hate her for dragging you to these gruesome places.”
IndieGames

“I often get feelings while playing this game that I haven’t experienced in quite some time.”
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About This Game

Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
After witnessing the gruesome and mysterious loss of her parents, found dismembered at their home, Fran rushes into the woods, together with her only friend, Mr. Midnight, a black cat that Fran had previously received as a present from her parents.

In the forest, Fran goes into shock over the loss of her parents and when she recovers, she’s at Oswald Asylum, an oppressive mental institution for children, and Mr. Midnight is nowhere to be found.

After having a dream about her beloved cat, Fran decides to escape from the mental institution to find him and go back home to Aunt Grace, her only living relative.

Features

Story driven creepy psychological horror adventure game.
Unique and peculiar hand drawn 2D Art-Style and 2D animation.
Self administer medication to open the terrible hidden world that will help solve puzzles and find objects.
A big variety of puzzles designed with different levels of difficulty and specifically based on the story.
Three arcade inspired mini-games all with different art style to be part of the transitions in the story.
Interactive and occasionally playable pet cat, Mr Midnight.
50+ interactive unique characters with unique personalities.
Original Soundtrack.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

THIS GAME CONTAINS DISTURBING IMAGES AND SCENES OF EXPLICIT
VIOLENCE, GORE, SELF-HARM, SEXUAL HARASSMENT, ANIMAL CRUELTY,
BODY HORROR, MENTAL ILLNESSES, FLASHING IMAGES AND DRUG USAGE.

These themes are presented through the creative thinking of
Fran, a young child who undergoes trauma. The game is sprinkled with
fantasy, innocence and her endless curiosity.
However, it may still be distressing to some players. Discretion is adviced.

System Requirements

Windows

macOS

SteamOS + Linux

Minimum:

OS: 7+
Processor: 1.7 GHz Dual Core
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260, ATI Radeon 4870 HD, or equivalent card with at least 512 MB VRAM
Storage: 5 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card

Minimum:

OS: Game Maker Legacy: 10.11 through 10.14 only - Fran Bow: 10.15 (MacOS Catalina) and above 64-bit OS
Processor: Intel Core Duo
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4850, NVIDIA GeForce GT 120, or equivalent card with at least 512 MB VRAM
Storage: 5 GB available space
Additional Notes: For Macs still running the 32-bit MacOS (MacOS 10.11 through 10.14), select the Legacy Fran Bow choice when running the game. For Macs running a 64-bit OS (MacOS 10.15 Catalina and above), select the Fran Bow choice to run the game.

* Starting February 15, 2024, the Steam Client will no longer support 32-bit games or macOS 10.14 or lower.

Minimum:

OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Processor: 1.7 GHz Dual Core
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260, ATI Radeon 4870 HD, or equivalent card with at least 512 MB VRAM
Storage: 5 GB available space

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