You are running through a forest.
It is late at night and the sky is as black as pitch.
The trees which surround you, jutting out of the earth like eerie monuments to a foreign god, are blotting out most of the moonlight.
You do not know where you are going.
You have no map; no route; no plan.
You have no desire, as you run, save to escape.
You cannot let yourself be caught.
All you can do is run, on and on and on...
But, despite all of your hard work, your best efforts will, invariably, be in vain. It’s already too late for you. After all...
You’ll never be able to escape from me.
Such a wonderful experience. Without spoilers, I love a good VN that uses the format so well and in such charming ways. The routes are about an hour long each and the overarching story wraps it all together very nicely.
Although it's not on steam, I would also heavily recommend the short sequel "The End of An Obsession" which you can find on ebi-hime's...
id allow the princess to eat me
It gets so lonely here is a short visual novel that caught me off guard because it starts with me running through a dark forest trying to escape someone who is chasing me. I do not really know what is happening at first, and the game does a good job making that lack of information feel uncomfortable. It has a fairytale sort of setting, but it quickly...
