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93%21493% positive reviews, Very Positive across 214 reviews·Psychological Horror · Exploration
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Survive the Midnight Man in this horror comedy visual novel.
Ballad of the Midnight Man
Steam
You are resting peacefully in your comfy bed, under your warm duvet, dreaming about being a successful rock star (or something. I don't know).
The air around you becomes chilly, and you wake up. Your eyes adjust to the inky blackness and you see the thing that possibly woke you up—a dark entity in the corner of your room.
The entity's wide, bulging eyes are glued to your form. Despite its frightening appearance, it appears to stay still and doesn't seem to have harmful intentions.
Until it shows you its row of teeth in a Cheshire-like grin. Its claws jut out of its fingers, as big as kitchen knives. It starts approaching you.
You need to get out of there. FAST.

WARNING!!
Game contains loud noises and flashing visuals.


Sarah - Our main and playable character! She was having a lovely night sleep in her bedroom until something woke her up in the middle of night.
Shrouded in darkness, Sarah stares at the thing in the corner of her room. Is that a person?
It has sharp teeth and claws... A... m-monster...?
Can Sarah survive the night and see daylight?

Katie - Sarah's younger sister. Probably spends too much time on Tumblr.
She loves horror and creepypastas and playing those darn Internet rituals and games. Could she have something to do with the creature in Sarah's room?

The Midnight Man - The 8 foot tall entity in Sarah's bedroom with sharp fangs and talons.
What are its intentions? Who knows? All Sarah knows is that she HAS to get out of that room.

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Direction and coding - Lady Belles-lettres Writing - Lady Belles-lettres Music - Lady Belles-lettres Art and UI - Lady Belles-lettres
Coming soon!
Sarah - SOLARIA II The Midnight Man - HXVOC Mom - Mai 2
SOLARIA II and HXVOC are developed by Eclipsed Sounds. Synthesizer V 2 and Mai 2 are developed by Dreamtonics.
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