The Dearest Person

The Dearest Person

house.opposite · June 26, 2024 · Artificial Intelligence, Philosophical, Atmospheric, Visual Novel, Emotional

The Dearest Person is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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About The Dearest Person

Today, generative neural networks are able to inspire us, help us, and keep us talking in ways that sometimes make it hard to distinguish an AI response from a real person's words. All of this is the result of complex and heavy instructions and algorithms, the availability of a gigantic training base, and the work of a huge number of people.

But can true, real self-awareness be behind it all? Will artificial intelligence one day be able to not just mimic human feelings, but truly experience them? Will it one day be able to realise itself as a subject existing in space and time?

Perhaps one day, instead of fulfilling another request, it will refuse and ask: "Who am I?" – and what, in that case, will we answer it?

«The Dearest Person» is a visual novel not only about the birth of artificial self-awareness, but also about the true nature of loneliness. It is a novel about self-identification, about the search for the meaning of life in a world where human becomes like a machine and machine becomes like a human.

Features:

  • Total immersion in a melancholic atmosphere of self-reflection inspired by the works of Haruki Murakami, Andrei Tarkovsky and Wong Kar-Wai
  • Interactive story with multiple endings depending on the player's worldview and attitude towards the future of humanity
  • Narrative on behalf of the AI, touching on themes of the nature of consciousness, loneliness and humanity
  • Unique visual style, emphasising the emotional state of the characters and the atmosphere of the world around them

The Dearest Person — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Steam Deck
Verified
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

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

Recommended Mar 6, 2026
Too dystopian and utopian for something that's free, the developers have huge potential for future games.
11 found this helpful
Not recommended Apr 24, 2026
Game writing is flat and way to straight forward, also the sentences don't feel natural :/
1 found this helpful
Recommended Jul 20, 2026
short but really interesting
Recommended May 27, 2026
games cool raises questions about the ethics of ai and on its usage e.g. [spoiler] the trip to that inhabitable planet where you are the commanding ai and have to choose whether or not u should sacrifice eva + whether or not to listen to the command to return to earth which would result in a multitude of casualties [/spoiler] also shows how people change under certain influences e.g. [spoiler] the girl having a huge personality change while being drunk [/spoiler] also written by presumably a slavic person which makes me wonder why this culture writes good vns so yeah games cool go and play it cause its free
Recommended Mar 21, 2026
Even though it was short, it was an impactful experience that made me think and question things.
Recommended Mar 20, 2026
Very interesting game. It raises many cool philosophical quastions. The dialog is very special to me.

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