Fran Bow
Killmonday Games AB · 2015 · Psychological Horror, Point & Click, Story Rich, Puzzle, Horror
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About Fran Bow
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Fran Bow is a psychological horror adventure where you play as a traumatized girl escaping a sinister asylum, using medication to shift between twisted realities and solve increasingly disturbing puzzles to reunite with your cat. Its hand-drawn art style, reality-bending mechanics, and deeply unsettling narrative create a haunting experience that explores mental illness through an unforgettable dark fairy tale.
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
After witnessing the gruesome and mysterious loss of her parents, found dismembered at their home, Fran rushes into the woods, together with her only friend, Mr. Midnight, a black cat that Fran had previously received as a present from her parents.
In the forest, Fran goes into shock over the loss of her parents and when she recovers, she’s at Oswald Asylum, an oppressive mental institution for children, and Mr. Midnight is nowhere to be found.
After having a dream about her beloved cat, Fran decides to escape from the mental institution to find him and go back home to Aunt Grace, her only living relative.
Features
After witnessing the gruesome and mysterious loss of her parents, found dismembered at their home, Fran rushes into the woods, together with her only friend, Mr. Midnight, a black cat that Fran had previously received as a present from her parents.
In the forest, Fran goes into shock over the loss of her parents and when she recovers, she’s at Oswald Asylum, an oppressive mental institution for children, and Mr. Midnight is nowhere to be found.
After having a dream about her beloved cat, Fran decides to escape from the mental institution to find him and go back home to Aunt Grace, her only living relative.
Features
- Story driven creepy psychological horror adventure game.
- Unique and peculiar hand drawn 2D Art-Style and 2D animation.
- Self administer medication to open the terrible hidden world that will help solve puzzles and find objects.
- A big variety of puzzles designed with different levels of difficulty and specifically based on the story.
- Three arcade inspired mini-games all with different art style to be part of the transitions in the story.
- Interactive and occasionally playable pet cat, Mr Midnight.
- 50+ interactive unique characters with unique personalities.
- Original Soundtrack.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
one of the best if not the best flippin game i played i mean this was so beautifully made i dont think i can describe how good this game is the story is amazing it made me sad its so creative i just cant imagine how creative of a person u have to be to think and make a game like this its just beautiful. the art is beautiful the game is beautiful beautiful beautiful lovely and sad1 found this helpful
This is the only game that has the beautiful, masterfully written line: "I didn't killed my parents!" (But rlly this game is 10 yrs old and that typo wasn't fixed lmao) I gotta say, the ending is too abrupt for my liking so I am glad there's going to be a 2nd game coming sometime. As for everything else, I am quite slow on these puzzle games so I did have to watch a solution a lot of the time which never disrupts my experience as someone who's bad at puzzles. 2 people made this? That's really impressive, the game looks really good. I think the dialogue is corny/cheesy at times, and that can be even at times when the 10-11 year old main character isn't speaking. A lot of the time people just sound stupid, unusually. Itward is the goat, spread the word, even if you don't know who he is. Overall I do like this a lot, something like Sally Face I'd recommend over Fran Bow but this is still really nice and has lots of charm!
Nostalgic af <3
between guilt and fear, i chose happiness.
greeeeeeat
this game was the awesomest and i was violently mesmerized by it. Fran is so lovable and the premise and her mental state, not to mention her curiosity, really make you adore her. The gameplay and puzzles were (though sometimes difficult for the likes of me) so much fun. Killmonday keeps making unsettling, lovable games vigorous with an unmeasurable love for the craft and I wouldn't be surprised if I just bought every they've ever made right now. This game makes me sooo proud to be a swede like holy crap. I especially enjoyed the first chapter--the asylum. I spoke to each patient and I was seriously moved. how the duotine always revealed deeper traumas and horrors that were all stuffed into the children there. this game is gory, lovable, somehow really comforting, and a masterclass in story games and psychological horror. The game presented her mental state perfectly. I enjoyed every ZEPTOSECOND playing this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! truly amazing!!!!!!!
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