

Hypnophobia; From Your Shadow
Stick Horse · 2026 · Visual Novel, Emotional, Psychological, Anime, LGBTQ+
PC
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About Hypnophobia; From Your Shadow
Synopsis:
Hypnophobia: From your Shadow is a kinetic visual novel about Iris, a gorgonian who develops hypnophobia (fear of sleeping) due to the nightmares and memories that haunt her in her sleep after moving to Stalva, the most northern city in the world. Iris tries her best to improve, but, can she actually do it?
Info:The story is about 2 hours long. Harsh topics such as depression and self-harm are aboarded in the story, be careful.
Hypnophobia: From your Shadow is a kinetic visual novel about Iris, a gorgonian who develops hypnophobia (fear of sleeping) due to the nightmares and memories that haunt her in her sleep after moving to Stalva, the most northern city in the world. Iris tries her best to improve, but, can she actually do it?
Info:The story is about 2 hours long. Harsh topics such as depression and self-harm are aboarded in the story, be careful.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Wow. I was expecting the story to be cute and silly, something I could just relax and experience. Yet it gave me a reality check, every time a depressing line hit it was like a punch to the gut. Iris is quite literally me in almost every way. I don't know how to feel after that.. But it's not bad. Not at all, the story was fantastic, the ending was both depressing and happy. Edit: After multiple hours and multiple mental breakdowns I can say this game has changed me. Whether I changed for good or for worse, I'm not sure. But Iris is in almost every way me, and I think I'm okay with that. I like Iris, she's a really cute character and despite the fact that I share nearly every bad part about her, I embrace the fact that we are nearly one in the same. The last few lines of the game never fail to make me break into tears, we both strive for the same things, suffer from the same issues, like the same things, and yet, I am comfortable with that fact. This game has inspired me to change my life for the better. Thank you for telling this story. I'm gonna go cope with the fact Iris is dead in a way that doesn't make me depressed.2 found this helpful
[h1]Dread, Despair, Hatred. Repeat[/h1] To open I absolute hate the way this game makes me feel. Not because it's bad or anything, it's actually quite excellent. I hate the way this game makes me feel because it tackles extremely real and very painful subjects. The main character Iris is a lesbian Gorgon girl with a whole lotta issues. She is a struggling musical artist in her late twenties trying to run from her past and find happiness. Iris however, has some extraordinarily bad habits and traits that instead of working on she just kind of hides and runs from. She is extremely envious and jealous, pair that up with her depression and anxiety and you have the recipe for a ticking time bomb of emotions. Sprinkle in low self esteem and a botched relationship with a person Iris was dependent on and you have turned that bomb into a thermonuclear device of catastrophic emotional ruin. Every time Iris starts talking it gets progressively more hostile towards herself and immensely more uncomfortable for me to be around. It's this vicious cycle of dreading the future, despairing her past and hating herself on the present. But rejoice for Iris has a very strange coping mechanism! She thinks…1 found this helpful
It was pretty good I liked the story would recommend for a small fun story
The game looks very good and deep, I watched several gameplay videos! The story is very interesting and immersive. I love Iris! \o/ Please make a Brazilian Portuguese translation!! bubbles and happiness
You def could play it ;3
Hypnophobia; From Your Shadow definitely isn't for everyone, but if it is, please check it out. it's free and decently short, and you won't regret reading it through. Soundtrack is odd and unusual, yet very fitting. And the artstyle is really nice too. [spoiler] bubbles and happiness and bubbles and happiness and bubbles and happiness and bubbles and happiness and bubbles and happiness and bubbles and happiness and bubbles and happiness and bubbles and happiness and bubbles and happiness and bubbles and happiness [/spoiler]
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