Until the Abyss

Until the Abyss is a dark Boys’ Love visual novel that places emotional turmoil and psychological vulnerability at the center of its narrative. Developed by maratan and BlueBerry 藍莓社 and published by Playmeow, ACG creator, and Playmeow News, the game explores themes of trauma, attachment, submission, and personal recovery through a story that is intentionally mature and emotionally intense. Rather than focusing on fantasy romance alone, it presents a character-driven journey that examines how damaged individuals attempt to find comfort and meaning in one another despite carrying deep emotional scars. The story follows Li Yan, a man whose life has been shaped by exploitation and a profound lack of self-worth. Having spent years being treated as little more than property, he struggles to understand his own value and desperately seeks a place where he belongs. His path eventually intertwines with Kat, a man haunted by heartbreak and unresolved pain from his past. The relationship between these two characters forms the backbone of the experience, creating a narrative that is less about idealized love and more about emotional dependence, trust, and the possibility of healing through hu…

I bought it because of the art style. At first, I thought it was just a master-slave type for visual stimulation. After buying this game and playing it, I realized that the most prominent aspect of this work is the emotional portrayal, which is particularly delicate.

So, I bought the 1st game (Sub for you) and LOVED it. So, when I saw this was going to release I was 100% interested. I have played it for 2 hours, for 1 hour I read everything, but after mostly skimmed it with the hold skip option but I plan to go back and read the rest fully. I was just wanting to see what I was going to be in for. Well, I have 1 complaint and I feel it is a BIG one. I got the Bad ending, I got the normal ending... WHERE IS MY HAPPY ENDING!?!?!? I went to the discussions tab, I went there to try and figure it out. This is what is said, [spoiler] The butler, Mr Zhou, will say that you can choose to eat how you normally do after he lays out the food, and once he leaves, you get the option to eat at the table even when alone or eat on the floor. And if you choose to still eat at the table, you get a scene where Kat will give you your second piercing, which you can see through the gallery. [/spoiler] I don't understand, this is 100% a huge flaw if you can't enjoy a portion of the game THAT LITERALLY LEADS YOU TO THE GOOD ENDING! Why was it cut from the English translation? I DON'T KNOW! But it is the only reason my review is reflected as Negative, I would not recom…

While this game is a sequel to "Sub For You", it can be a stand-alone game as well. It follows an event in "Sub For You" where an unethical "master" is punished for physically and mentally damaging their sub. We play from the PoV of that damaged young man, while the founder of the ethical BDSM group tries to help him. The main character thinks he is a dog. Not in a roleplaying way, not in a puppy-play kind of way, not in a furry kind of way. He's been conditioned by various people over various years of torture and conditioning to believe that he is a dog instead of a human. He is rescued by the love interest from his most recent "master" (the one who gets punished at the start for her treatment of him). The love interest (first introduced as Kat) takes him into his care and very quickly learns that helping him is not as simple as giving him a nice place to live and treating him well. What follows is a careful dance of Dom and sub, trying to maintain enough power exchange that he will recognize and follow the "master's" commands while also working around the ways the "slave's" mind has reshaped to protect his sense of self in respose to the years of neglect and conditioning, i…

The characters have great atmosphere. The docile, dependent personality is quite appealing. The masked man’s forceful intrusion changes everything, creating intense tension and delicate emotional portrayal throughout the story.

A very solid story of a person who had been conditioned through torture and abuse to be a "dog " learning to take in what happened to him and see that it was not normal and not okay. All the endings break my heart since all I could think the whole game was I hope li Yan can move on with or without his master. My favorite part about this game is that it reminded me not all happy endings are "happy".