The Midnight Sanctuary (2018)

Developer

CAVYHOUSE

Publisher

Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. / UNTIES

Platforms

Windows

Genres

Adventure, Indie

Rating

4.7 of 5, 37 player ratings

Typical playtime

about 3.9 hours

Where to get it

Steam

How it feels

You explore an eerie, beautifully surreal village through a visual novel that feels like a haunting, slow-burning mystery with stunning paper-cut art.

story richatmospherichauntingmysterioussurrealoccult horrorimmersiveslow paced

What players say

Players praise The Midnight Sanctuary for its singular, surreal art style and unsettling atmosphere, drawing comparisons to a PS1 game or the Deadly Premonition of visual novels. It is a short, linear kinetic novel with no choices, fully voiced and animated, where you simply observe, a format that some find refreshing despite a lukewarm ending and occasionally rough animations.

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