You Will (Not) Remain

RPG· Pixel Graphics· Lovecraftian· 2.5D

Released Jan 2022

You must stay in your apartment as the city around you falls to an Eldritch horror.

92% positive · 2,548 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

Steam Free

Evaluation

You Will (Not) Remain is a free-to-play 2D narrative game that was originally created in 48 hours for the Women Game Jam 2021 and released on Steam on January 6, 2022. The store description explicitly describes it as a jam game, which strongly indicates it launched as a self-contained, finished product rather than a game intended to receive ongoing content expansions. After launch, the developer released a handful of bug fix and polish patches, with the most recent being a hotfix on August 7, 2022 to address a soft-lock introduced in version 1.3. That version 1.3 patch (August 6, 2022) added some polish — sleep/wake animations, watering animations, and minor dialogue adjustments — before the hotfix closed it out. There have been no developer communications of any kind since August 7, 2022, and no DLC, expansions, roadmaps, or future content has ever been announced. There is no structured content pipeline, no season pass, and no unreleased DLC. The developer's post-launch activity was limited to stabilization work, consistent with shipping a game jam project in a polished state and then considering it complete. The last developer communication was on August 7, 2022, and no further updates have followed in the years since.

Evidence

Store description explicitly states the game was made in 48 hours for the Women Game Jam 2021 — it launched as a self-contained jam project, not a live-service or episodic product.

description · Jan 6, 2022 source development ending

high

Hotfix for a soft-lock introduced in version 1.3. This is the last known developer communication.

news post · Aug 7, 2022 source development ending

medium

Media

Details

Developer

Bedtime Phobias

Publisher

No way, we're indie baby of course we don't have a publisher

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

—

Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

Pixel Graphics Lovecraftian 2.5D Interactive Fiction Visual Novel Point & Click Story Rich Psychological Horror RPG Exploration Post-apocalyptic Narrative Horror Stylized Dynamic Narration

About this game

You must stay in your apartment as the city around you falls to an Eldritch horror.

"Stay inside. Stay safe. Don't let anyone in."

That's what they told you to do, and now you're alone. You've been alone for a while, well... except for Lambshank, the strangest dog you've ever seen.

You don't know how long you've been here. Weeks? Years? Each day blurs into the next, time stretching between the world before, and the world now. You try not to think about the creature in the distance, the whispers in the walls. You ignore the ghostly glow it bathes the city in, violet spreading through every inch of sky.

Is any of this real? Does any of this mean something?
You're not sure if you want to know the answer.

Made in 48 hours for the Women Game Jam 2021, You will (Not) Remain is a 2D narrative game that takes place in an abandoned apartment complex. Haunted by their previous mistakes and growing loneliness, the player must navigate the strange world they have found themselves in. A world that makes them question their reality while the city outside succumbs to a nameless terror.

Narrative driven experience
Detailed pixel art and strong aesthetic
Immersive original 8 bit soundtrack
Explores mental health issues
Steam achievements
Play existential fetch with your dog

You Will (Not) Remain is a story about isolation that contains dark themes and deals with mental health issues. These include but are not limited to anxiety, depression, dissociation and suicidal ideation.