School For The Friendless
Released Oct 2021
Harold is sent to a school for people with no friends. The teachers observe and then pair them up, making them roommates. What will happen when Harold ends up sharing a room with a girl?
76% positive · 190 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
School For The Friendless is a free-to-play comedic visual novel that launched on October 20, 2021 as a self-contained story with three character routes and multiple endings. The store description presents the game as a complete experience — each route can be finished in about an hour, and the three main routes with their three endings each are fully described as the entirety of the game's content.
After launch, the developer issued a small code patch on November 18, 2021 and an achievement fix on November 25, 2021. The developer noted in the November 18 patch that "there won't be more stuff related to School For The Friendless in the future" is explicitly not guaranteed, but the phrasing ("that doesn't mean there won't be more stuff") was a vague hedge rather than a concrete commitment — and no follow-up content for this game has appeared since.
On December 1, 2021, the developer announced a separate game (Winter Dream) on this game's news feed, describing it as a spiritual successor with a similar format. Then on February 10, 2024, the developer announced a collection of their first three visual novels on Steam — again posted here as a developer update, but about other titles entirely, not new content for this game.
The developer has continued creating and releasing other visual novels, but no additional content for School For The Friendless has been announced or shipped since its launch period. The game launched as a complete, self-contained visual novel and all evidence points to it remaining exactly that.
Evidence
Store description presents the game as a complete visual novel with three character routes and three endings each, with no mention of planned post-launch content.
Developer announces a collection of their first three other visual novels on Steam. Posted to this game's feed but entirely about other titles — no new content for School For The Friendless mentioned.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Conor Hehr
Achievements
16
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
When Harold (or whatever you decide to name him) is sent to a college for people that have no friends, he has no idea what to expect. Not long after arriving, he ends up finding out that the school pairs its students together and when they're together, they're assigned the same room. However, these students don't have to be the same gender and he is high chance of sharing his room with a girl. At this school, he meets three girls that won't leave him alone.
The first one we have is Anima, who likes to cause trouble for others. She's always making things hard on her teachers and even her friends have trouble getting her to behave herself. Next is the weird and mysterious, Scout, who happens to be the most innocent and childlike of the three. She's an obsession with the supernatural and an endless appetite. Finally, there's Vivian, the annoying pervert who doesn't really care who is around when she's being inappropriate. Despite her behavior, she does have a bit of a mature side, which usually surprises others.
All students must take a survey and then their actions will be observed throughout the day. The choices you make will determine who your partner is. Harold may end up with one of the three girls or with someone else entirely. Since there are three girls, there are three main routes, each with three endings. Whether Harold remains as just friends with these girls or something more depends on the choices he makes. Each of the routes can be completed within an hour. With these three girls, Harold will got caught up in all kinds of messes, learning more about them as time goes by. School For The Friendless is a comedic visual novel with multiple endings depending on how you choose to develop Harold's relationships with the girls.
The first one we have is Anima, who likes to cause trouble for others. She's always making things hard on her teachers and even her friends have trouble getting her to behave herself. Next is the weird and mysterious, Scout, who happens to be the most innocent and childlike of the three. She's an obsession with the supernatural and an endless appetite. Finally, there's Vivian, the annoying pervert who doesn't really care who is around when she's being inappropriate. Despite her behavior, she does have a bit of a mature side, which usually surprises others.
All students must take a survey and then their actions will be observed throughout the day. The choices you make will determine who your partner is. Harold may end up with one of the three girls or with someone else entirely. Since there are three girls, there are three main routes, each with three endings. Whether Harold remains as just friends with these girls or something more depends on the choices he makes. Each of the routes can be completed within an hour. With these three girls, Harold will got caught up in all kinds of messes, learning more about them as time goes by. School For The Friendless is a comedic visual novel with multiple endings depending on how you choose to develop Harold's relationships with the girls.
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Last evaluated Jun 23, 2026
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