The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns

The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns

Released Jan 2016

A short lesbian / yuri visual novel set in England. Our heroine, Toma Andrews, meets a ghost girl wearing an old-fashioned nightgown in a graveyard who calls herself Emmeline. Just who is she, and how did she die?

90% positive · 923 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Evaluation

The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns is a short, linear visual novel that launched on January 5, 2016 as a complete, finished product — it has approximately 20,000 words, no choices or branches, and a defined ending. The developer, ebi-hime, has never announced any DLC, expansions, or additional content for this specific title. The most recent update to the game itself was on July 7, 2025, when ebi-hime added a Ukrainian translation and made some presentational improvements (new dissolve effects, a recoded UI, and updated sound effects). This was a polish update for an older title, not a signal of ongoing new content development. The developer's news feed — while very active — reflects ebi-hime's broader output of releasing new, standalone visual novels rather than updates to Emmeline Burns specifically. Recent releases include 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 separate games, not content additions to Emmeline Burns. The game shipped as a self-contained story and has received no announced future content. The July 2025 update was a quality-of-life improvement, and no further updates to this title have been signalled.
Evidence
Store description presents the game as a short, linear visual novel (~20k words) with no choices or branches — a self-contained, complete story by design.
description · Jan 5, 2016 source development ending
high
Developer added a Ukrainian translation and made presentational improvements (new dissolve effects, recoded UI, updated sound effects) to this older VN. No new story content announced.
news post · Jul 7, 2025 source content shipped
medium

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
ebi-hime
Achievements
8
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player

About this game

As the saying goes, dead men tell no tales. They only leave tales behind.

Toma Andrews, aged 14, has always felt like an outsider. She enjoys spending time in graveyards, and feels more comfortable among the dead than the living.

That is, until Toma meets a strange girl in her local graveyard who might be a real ghost.

The girl asks Toma if she will stay for a while and listen to a story. A story about a girl called Emmeline Burns, who died a tragic death back in 1851.

Toma is compelled to listen, but at the same time, she feels uneasy. After all, what can she do? How could she ever hope to help somebody who has already died?



  • Approx 20k words of text

  • A short, sweet story that can be read in one sitting

  • A linear story with no choices or branches

  • Gorgeous artwork

  • An original soundtrack

  • Cute girls in Victorian outfits!

  • A happy ending, despite the title! ♡

Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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