The Butterfly Dreams

The Butterfly Dreams

Ave Q Production · March 4, 2025 · Adventure, Visual Novel, 2D, Anime, Story Rich

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The Butterfly Dreams price by region

The Butterfly Dreams costs $2.69 in Georgia (USD), £3.39 in the United Kingdom, $3.99 in the United States, €3.99 in Europe (EUR), CA$4.99 in Canada, A$5.95 in Australia, NZ$5.99 in New Zealand, R$13.79 in Brazil and zł17.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest The Butterfly Dreams offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
Georgia (USD) $2.69 $2.69 — 1
United Kingdom £3.39 £3.39 — 1
United Statesyour region $3.99 $3.99 — 1
Europe (EUR) €3.99 €3.99 — 1
Canada CA$4.99 CA$4.99 — 1
Australia A$5.95 A$5.95 — 1
New Zealand NZ$5.99 NZ$5.99 — 1
Brazil R$13.79 R$13.79 — 1
Poland zł17.99 zł17.99 — 1

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About The Butterfly Dreams

✦ AI summary

The Butterfly Dreams is a psychological visual novel where you join six brilliant minds in testing Asynthesis's revolutionary consciousness-immersion technology to create entire virtual worlds from imagination. Uncover dark conspiracies and hidden agendas as you navigate a mystery where at least one fellow tester harbors sinister intentions behind the facade of playtesting.

A short mystery and psychological visual novel. Hook in to a state-of-the-art gaming machine capable of creating whole virtual experiences based on your imagination.

You have received an invitation to the exclusive Fantasia playtesting session.  A whole-consciousness immersion technology that doesn't just bring you the game, but brings you INTO the game.A group of seven distinguished luminaries from various fields have been invited by the CEO of Asynthesis to try this highly confidential technology for themselves.But they're not there simply to play. They're there to create.Create whole worlds, whole universes indistinguishable from the real world, limited only by their imagination.When the world's geniuses are given free rein to make their own realities, what could possibly go wrong?🦋~11k words (about 45 minutes of reading time)
🦋A cast of 7 colorful characters
🦋One ending and one unlockable post-epilogueYou are not alone in The Butterfly Dreams,Meet the other six people, each a peerless luminary in their field:📚 Renata Mazzini, beloved children's author and peace-bringer🧠 Juan Salcedo, neurosurgeon of a generation
🍳 Helena Wu, chef of divine culinary creations
🪙 Aaron Montgomery, renowned world banker  💻 Layna Hindoyan Faddoul, programming prodigy🎮 Sean Fornicue, unbeatable gamer
What kind of universe will they create?

Of course, beneath all the excitement there lurks something darker: plot and intrigue. At least one of your fellow testers might not see Fantasia as a mere gaming apparatus.If you pay close attention to their words, their actions... then you might just stay one step ahead.Time to open your eyes and discover what awaits you in the The Butterfly Dreams.Technical Disclaimer: Playing the game on HDR displays might result in unintended side effects due to technical limitations of the engine used

The Butterfly Dreams — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included
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What Steam players say

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

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The Butterfly Dreams is a short but well-crafted psychological mystery visual novel that players praise for its polished presentation, engaging cast of characters, intriguing VR premise, and satisfying plot reveal with hidden motifs that reward careful attention. While the story is linear and brief, players find it compelling and worth experiencing, though some character decisions disappoint along the way. Most reviewers consider it worth purchasing at its asking price.

Recommended Jun 5, 2026
[h1]When you discover that there's much more to the VR world...[/h1] [h2]Introduction[/h2] [i]The Butterfly Dreams[/i] is a kinetic, psychological mystery visual novel developed and published by Ave Q Production. You're Thomas, and you've been invited to an exclusive event in which its host, Brian, boasts that virtual reality will be taken to a whole new level, thanks to Fantasia, the newest VR gaming apparatus. Along with yourself, there are several other participants, such as Renata (a renowned children's book author) and Sean (a pro-gamer). All the participants are invited to create their own worlds with this technology, and most do so eagerly. Despite that Fantasia will probably be beneficial, one or more of the participants may have more nefarious schemes. What worlds will be created, and can you uncover the truth? As for the gameplay, the story is linear, despite that choices are presented throughout the story. Choices slightly change the story's flavor text, depending on who Thomas interacts with. While no CGs or voice acting is present, there is a great soundtrack. Also, a few Steam achievements are present, but they won't count towards a user's global total unti…
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Recommended Jun 27, 2025
A short but delightful mystery visual novel. The gameplay is simple and not long but the game is well polished with perky characters that you would love. It has great art, suitable BGM choice, great pacing and a very well written world-building and characters. The base story is quite linear but there are several hidden motifs and hints of the plot that you could find and hypothesise which will be paid off on the big reveal giving a nice and satisfying finish. I would love to see the sequel and how they expand each characters further. Worth the price tag.
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Recommended Sep 21, 2025
[h1]Negatives[/h1] ✧ Layna isn't as smart as she thinks ✧ Juan needs to never become my neurologist ✧ Disappointed in Sean [h1]Positives[/h1] ✧ I'm my own favorite character ✧ Aaron dances to the background music ✧ Interesting cast of characters ✧ Short, but to the point ✧ Interesting VR concept ✧ Renata is the only sane one [table] [tr] [th]For more games like this...[/th] [/tr] [tr] [td]Check out [url=https://tgexp.com/]The Gaming Experience[/url] website[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Watch our [url=https://www.youtube.com/@notnowmom]Review/Podcast channel[/url][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Follow our [url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/notnowmom]Curator Group[/url][/td] [/tr] [/table]
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Recommended Oct 23, 2025
This was a fun experience with an intriguing ending :)

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