Culling of Normality (2024)

Developer: The Forever GM
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Casual, Indie, Free To Play
Rating: 3.8 of 5, 25 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 32 minutes
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A brief, unsettling visual novel where you question your own memory as you explore a quiet farm that feels subtly wrong.

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What players say

Players describe it as a very short psychological horror visual novel, about 20 to 45 minutes. Many praise the concept but say the plot is shallow and all endings feel incomplete or unsatisfying. There is disagreement on the AI-generated art, with some calling it well-chosen and others generic. It is free, but players note better free visual novels are available.

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