Loop

Loop

Gulbrandr Studio · 2024 · Visual Novel, Interactive Fiction, Emotional, Fantasy, Mystery

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About Loop

Deirdre enters a dark Irish Forest to seek her husband who was sworn to become its King. Why would he have married her then? She needs to talk to him and demand an explanation. But it’s not so easy for a human to go through the magical Forest, as those who inhabit it live by different rules. What will she learn about the other world? What will she find out about herself?

5 unique endings
As you progress through the story, your choices influence Deirdre's fate. You can replay the game to open all five unique endings – they are saved in the main menu for you to track.

Soaked in Irish mythology
Loop is based on Irish mythology off the beaten path. There are stories and characters from the olden beliefs, half-forgotten.

Irish literature references
One of the characters and some dialogues are inspired by heartbreakingly beautiful Seamus Heaney’s bog poetry. Loop also includes quotes from the cryptic ‘Finnegans Wake’ by James Joyce.

Dark fantasy forest setting
The game setting takes after the classical Bilibin’s fairytale illustrations that left a strong legacy for the art that accompanies those stories today.

You get to talk to the Tree
Among all the quirky characters you meet, you will definitely have your favourites. But it's not that frequent you get to talk to a tree. And not just any tree, but The Tree. Will it think the way humans do? Will it participate in mortals' fates?Loop is based on ancient Irish mythology with the folk of the sidhe, the main roads of Ireland and how they came to be, and shapeshifters. There are modern myths from the works of Seamus Heaney and James Joyce, too. You don't have to know anything about any of that to enjoy the game. Myths have many shapes and are retold again and again through the lands and generations. This is one of those retellings, with something new and something old weaved into the tapestry of fates. 

Loop has a classic visual novel gameplay for effortless immersion in the story. This is a short game for your perfect evening on your own.

Space or mouse click on the dialogue to move forward; mouse click on choices or objects on the screen.

Writer - Ann Graigh
Developer - Roman Gerkin

Loop started as a visual novel game made in July 2023 for Kombucham2023 for the theme ‘Lost in the wilderness’ and then reworked and polished for this release. We are thanking hundreds of players for their support and interest in the early stages of the game!

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended Nov 8, 2024
I don’t want to comment on the story too much since that isn’t my main problem with the game, but just a few things about it. It kind of just starts - and kind of just ends. Maybe it’s because the game is intentionally short. I think some background before the game actually starts would be nice, as the main character just immediately goes into the forest to look for her husband once you open the game. I don’t care enough about the main character and her husband to care about the choices I make. Despite the game saying you don’t need any prior knowledge about Irish folklore/mythology to play this game, I think you do, otherwise it’ll fall flat for you (AKA, me). My first main problem is the absence of a save function. Every modern game should have a save function by default at this point. No amount of justification of “this game does not have a save/load menu intentionally” should justify not having a save function. I should have the freedom to save/load before in-game choices instead of restarting the story and having to skip all the text to make a new choice. Which leads into my next point. While a skip-text button has now been added to the game, it’s not very good. It will skip…
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Recommended May 3, 2026
Fun short visual novel with a dark Irish mythology vibe. I enjoyed meeting the strange characters, exploring the forest, and replaying for the different endings. It has a lot of charm and heart. Worth checking out if you like myth-inspired stories.
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Recommended Mar 1, 2025
I play visual novels occasionally, and this got me interested because of Irish mythology. Is it too embarrassing to admit that a video game made me cry? Loop did that! It’s a short story but cut right through to my heart! Story! Music! Everything worked well together. I will certainly come back to read/play it again to get other endings. And will look forward to more games from the studio.
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Recommended Jan 24, 2026
Such a beautifull plot but heartbreaking..seaching beloved one but end-up [spoiler] losing [/spoiler] him ;-; Completed all ending routes but seemingly last achievement: Queen-forest did not pop-up. Hope they fix this. Thanks or making such a wonderful Visual Novel game. the background and bg music are magnificient too. Love them all. Recommend this for all VN lovers
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Not recommended Oct 1, 2025
This game has no ability to save. It also has a broken achievement that you have to do shenaniganry that I refuse to do to get it to pop, and a skip text feature that lags because the game was made in unity and it does not enjoy being open for more than 20 minutes. I hope the devs come back and fully remaster this game with new art, story, and lots of TLC, because I do love the idea of this VN. Just not the execution of it. also something something the art looks AI adjacent and that's just not very fun.
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Recommended Sep 8, 2025
Finally played this BEAUTY! omigosh I cried, it's so heartbreaking. I wish I could live in this forest for forever tho, it's too short! But it's perfect this way, took me about 40 minutes, so finished it in one go. I've played some visual novels before and it was tedious at times with "how are you" and "what should we have for lunch". there is nothing like that in Loop at all. The text is dense, poetic, funny (I laughed so much talking to the salmon ahaha). I loved the characters - I think Branna is my favorite. I wish there was more story with her, to be honest. And I wanted to go to the underworld, too! DLC, anyone? This game definitely needs (and deserves) more love. I'll definitely play it again when I'm feeling blue and need all the feels. Like it says in the game [i]there are some stories we want to live again[/i] (hope I remember this correctly). I'm off to draw some fanart of Branna now hehe [b]Loved[/b]: story; music; sound effects (subtle but so on point!); art [b]Did not like[/b]: I just want more of everything in it. I hoped for more scenes like with the well and stones. UPD: I read older reviews for Loop now and decided to update mine cause they don't seem too fa…

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