It gets so lonely here

Indie· Visual Novel· LGBTQ+· Female Protagonist

Released May 2023

A yandere yuri visual novel with a fairytale theme. Can you escape from your mysterious pursuer?

94% positive · 2,371 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

Steam Free

Evaluation

*It gets so lonely here* is a self-contained yuri visual novel that launched on May 25, 2023. The store description presents it as a complete, finite experience: roughly 50,000 words, a branching story with multiple endings, custom artwork and a bundled soundtrack. There is no DLC, no season pass, and no announced future content for this game specifically. The developer, ebi-hime, is an active solo creator who has released several new, separate visual novels since this game launched — including *Clear Skye Thinking* (May 2024), *Cage of Roses* (February 2025), *Her Love, Like Poison* (July 2025), *Out of the Ocean* (January 2026), and *The Demon Queen's Dire Dilemma* (February 2026). These are all distinct titles, not expansions or additions to *It gets so lonely here*. The only post directly referencing this game after launch was a small October 2024 bug-fix patch correcting typos in the French translation. The game launched as a complete, finished product and has received no post-launch content updates. All developer activity since release has been directed toward new, standalone projects.

Evidence

Store description presents the game as a complete, self-contained visual novel with a defined word count (~50k words), a fixed set of endings, bundled soundtrack, and no mention of additional content or updates.

description · May 25, 2023 source content shipped

high

Developer released a new, separate VN (Her Love, Like Poison) and noted it shares the same character artist as It gets so lonely here, confirming the two are distinct standalone titles.

news post · Jul 28, 2025 source ambiguous

low

Media

Details

Developer

ebi-hime

Publisher

ebi-hime

Achievements

Platform

Windows, macOS, Linux

Controller

—

Steam Deck

Verified

Players

Single-player

Visual Novel LGBTQ+Female Protagonist Free to Play Psychological Horror Dark Fantasy Anime Horror Casual Cute Dark Romance Choices Matter Indie Text-Based

About this game

You are running through a forest.

It is late at night and the sky is as black as pitch.

The trees which surround you, jutting out of the earth like eerie monuments to a foreign god, are blotting out most of the moonlight.

You do not know where you are going.

You have no map; no route; no plan.

You have no desire, as you run, save to escape.

You cannot let yourself be caught.

All you can do is run, on and on and on...

But, despite all of your hard work, your best efforts will, invariably, be in vain. It’s already too late for you. After all...

You’ll never be able to escape from me.