Hypnophobia; From Your Shadow

Hypnophobia; From Your Shadow

Released Apr 2026

This is a story about Iris, a nobody who didn't have a Happy Ending and now suffers the consequences of their own (lack of) actions all alone in the most northern city in the world. A depressing story and a melancholic lesson teached in life's hard way awaits you.

93% positive · 143 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Evaluation

Hypnophobia: From Your Shadow is a free-to-play kinetic visual novel that launched on April 2, 2026, presenting a self-contained story approximately 2 hours long. The only DLC — a soundtrack — shipped the following day on April 3, 2026. Post-launch activity has consisted entirely of community-contributed translation updates, minor bug fixes, and an artbook addition. The decisive signal comes from the developer's own statement on August 28, 2026: the team has already moved on to start working on a new project. In the same post, the developer explicitly noted that a discarded alternate ending cannot be made a reality "for now" because of this move to a new project — confirming that no further story content is planned for this game. This is a clear developer statement that active development on this title has concluded. The game launched as a complete, self-contained story, and the developer has now confirmed they are no longer developing it further.
Evidence
Developer states the team has already moved on to start working on a new project, and cannot make the discarded ending a reality for now as a result — confirming no further story content is planned for this game.
news post · Aug 28, 2026 source development ending
high
Only DLC is a soundtrack, released the day after launch. No unreleased DLC exists.
dlc listing · Apr 3, 2026 source content shipped
medium

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Stick Horse
Achievements
—
Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

Synopsis:
Hypnophobia: From your Shadow is a kinetic visual novel about Iris, a gorgonian who develops hypnophobia (fear of sleeping) due to the nightmares and memories that haunt her in her sleep after moving to Stalva, the most northern city in the world. Iris tries her best to improve, but, can she actually do it?

Info:

The story is about 2 hours long. Harsh topics such as depression and self-harm are aboarded in the story, be careful.

Last evaluated Oct 1, 2026
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