Bethel Institute will grant you a Wish, with an outcome free of ordinary limits. The price is your body, your mind, or whatever is left. When Zera's twin vanishes inside, Zera enrolls under her name, while four women pull her closer or further from the truth. A WLW psychological horror visual novel.

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About This Game

About the Story

Dance of the Butterflies is a WLW psychological horror visual novel set in a cold, but efficient near-future world without nations. At the center of it all stands Bethel Institute. Once in a generation, it takes in fifty Candidates and turns them into the leaders of tomorrow. The price is written into the B.O.N.D contract: your body, your memories, or whatever is left of you.

The story follows Zera, who slips into Bethel under her estranged twin Perella’s identity after her sister goes silent behind its walls. But the deeper she goes, the darker Bethel’s secrets become, and four women, each entangled with Bethel in her own way, will make it harder to uncover the truth.

The Game

  • A slow-burn psychological-driven narrative wrapped in dystopian dread

  • Over 200,000 words of dialogue, equivalent to ~12 hours of gameplay

  • Four romanceable heroines, each morally complicated, each with her own secrets and agenda

  • Eleven unique endings shaped by who you trust, who you love, and what you’re willing to give up

  • Interactive gameplay beyond traditional visual novel experience such as point-and-click exploration, puzzles, and timed choices

Meet the Main Cast

Esther - Cold, precise, and perfectly compliant with all rules set in Bethel.

Delilah - Perhaps the only person to find the deadly trials entertaining. She also finds you interesting. The distinction matters, probably.

Anaelle - A former pop idol whose career ended in scandal.

Naomi - Gentle, unassuming, and observant. She's the easiest person here to trust.

Content warning: psychological manipulation, loss, and a contract you really should have read more carefully.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

Dance of the Butterflies is recommended for players 16 and older. It contains mature themes including psychological manipulation, coercive power dynamics, and references to suicide, self-harm, torture, and emotional abuse depicted through dialogue and narration.

System Requirements

Windows
macOS
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
    • Processor: 2 Ghz Dual Core 64-bit
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Vulkan or Direct 12, 2 GB VRAM
    Minimum:
    • OS: macOS Montery 12.0
    • Processor: Apple silicon or Intel
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Metal capable, 2 GB VRAM
* Starting February 15, 2024, the Steam Client will no longer support 32-bit games or macOS 10.14 or lower.
    Minimum:
    • OS: SteamOS 3.0 / Ubutnu 20.04 LTS
    • Processor: 2 Ghz Dual Core x86_64
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Vulkan, 2 GB VRAM