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片腕のザリガニ - one-armed crayfish (2025)

片腕のザリガニ - one-armed crayfish cover
Developer
斜塔ソンブレロ
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Adventure, Casual, Indie
Rating
5.0 of 5, 181 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 2.2 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

A brief, introspective visual novel where you quietly follow a high schooler's emotional journey through conversations and static art.

visual novelemotionalreflectivehand-drawnatmosphericcasualtext-basedsingleplayer

What players say

Players describe this as a short, sweet visual novel about a school election where the theme is 'reverse trend', deliberately going against the grain. It has no choices, no voice acting, but lots of CG art and a built-in mini-game. The ending is abrupt but leaves a lingering impression, like a French film.

Screenshots

片腕のザリガニ - one-armed crayfish screenshot 1片腕のザリガニ - one-armed crayfish screenshot 2片腕のザリガニ - one-armed crayfish screenshot 3片腕のザリガニ - one-armed crayfish screenshot 4片腕のザリガニ - one-armed crayfish screenshot 5片腕のザリガニ - one-armed crayfish screenshot 6

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