Love Thyself - A Horatio Story

Released Apr 2019

In a society where everyone is a clone of the Emperor, can you survive long enough to find out who you truly are? Try out the brand new visual novel set in the Endless Universe!

91% positive · 652 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

Love Thyself – A Horatio Story is a free visual novel set in AMPLITUDE Studios' Endless Universe. It launched on April 1, 2019, with Part 1, and was explicitly completed on June 4, 2019, when Part 2 was released as a free update described as "the exciting conclusion to this tale of clones." The developer framed Part 2 as the story's finale, introducing four unique endings and wrapping up the narrative. A small bug-fix patch (2.0.1.3) followed on June 20, 2019, correcting typos and a variable error — purely maintenance work. No further content has been announced, no unreleased DLC exists, and the developer has made no statements suggesting additional story content is planned. The game launched as a two-part narrative experience and that experience is now complete.

Evidence

Part 2 released as a free update, described as 'the exciting conclusion' to the story, adding four unique endings and new characters. Developer framed this as the completion of the narrative.

news post · Jun 4, 2019 source development ending

high

Small bug-fix patch 2.0.1.3 released fixing typos and a missing variable. Last developer communication on record.

news post · Jun 20, 2019 source content shipped

low

Media

Details

Developer

AMPLITUDE Studios

Publisher

AMPLITUDE Studios

Achievements

Platform

Windows, macOS

Controller

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Steam Deck

Verified

Players

Single-player

Visual Novel Casual Indie Simulation Dating Sim Funny Great Soundtrack Free to Play Sci-fi Story Rich

About this game

Plunge forehead-first into the exhilarating world of Horatio, the Endless galaxy’s most perfect being. Experience life as a freshly-decanted Horatio clone on his first day of cadet school.

Will you be the obedient servant of the great forehead in the sky? Will you manage to woo one of four uniquely identical Horatio clones? Or will you skirt the line of disobedience and risk the wrath of the gene-splicer-in-chief?

FULL IMMERSION

An exclusive deep-dive into the culture of the most fabulous being in the Universe. Your body and genes have never looked this good.

Multiple narrative arcs & endings

Choices matter! Will you find your way to the battle-training simulations or end up bathing in a tropical waterfall? Survive or thrive, it is up to you…

Colorful, retro-futuristic hand-drawn art style

Life as Horatio can be stressful at times, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t enjoy it in a gorgeous, unique 2D art style. Only the finest stuff…

An almost canon story

The Endless Universe’s “true story” gets rebooted every time you start a new game. Love Thyself: A Horatio Story positions itself firmly on our in-universe sliding scale of canon as a “dude, probably.”