The Leak

The Leak

Fatih Mert · November 1, 2023 · Casual, Visual Novel, Minimalist, Atmospheric, Dark

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

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Very Positive84% · 58
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The Leak price

The Leak is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About The Leak

Wake up, watch tv, make a cup of cofffee and try to bear your own meaningless existence.

Feaures:
- Minimalist, grayscale graphics.
- No challenges, puzzles. Just click here there.
- Short gameplay. (20-30 minutes-maybe?)
- Two endings
- Depressive rhetoric on life and death
- English voice acting
- A dark main theme to accompany you

The Leak — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

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

Recommended May 24, 2026
[h3]Depressing and also Uplifting[/h3] A monologue, your inner voice, your inner self-critic, is plotting to kill you. [h3]There will be no Blood[/h3] Over and over your inner voice just wants you to give up. Who doesn't want to give up at times. times like when you have to fix that dripping toilet, but you have not got the skills or the tools. Your inner critic will tell you you are useless and you are unprepared. Just quietly die, and don't make a mess, there must be no blood. Go quietly. [h3]Lo-Graphics[/h3] A very simple text based lo-rez almost static storyboard-like graphics game, that works well and get's it's idea across. I was fascinated by this short free game, it's very very basic, very. But it is well delivered and I like the choice I made. If you like games that might just make you stop and think for a moment, do check out this curator page for more freebies. https://store.steampowered.com/curator/41773079-EmpathyGames/list/93017
6 found this helpful
Not recommended Jun 3, 2026
Short, unsettling, and hard to fully interpret. It builds tension quickly and ends in a way that leaves more questions than answers.
1 found this helpful
Not recommended May 1, 2026
First sentence has a typo and it sets the tone of the game almost immediately. It tries to be deep and thoughtful but comes of as cringe and edgy instead.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Jul 1, 2026
this game was a big suprised, it make me question a lot of things
Recommended Jan 12, 2026
NEGATIVE🟥 🟧 🟨 🟩 🟦 🟪POSITIVE [h1]#tinygamereview[/h1] [code] uncomfortably relatable thought spirals mistake recognition for insight [/code] 🟧 [b]OKAY ROUGH DRAFT[/b] 🟧 [hr][/hr] 🎮 🟧[b]Gameplay:[/b] short with just a few distinct choices that may affect the ending; creative use of point-and-click to augment what's otherwise just a visual novel 📖 🟧[b]Narrative:[/b] as upsetting as it is relatable, which is itself upsetting on a whole [i]nother[/i] level 🔊 🟧[b]Audio:[/b] points for good ambience; points [i]deducted[/i] for using the same AI voices we hear in the worst ads on socials 🖼️ 🟧[b]Visuals:[/b] seems to struggle to find an aesthetic; some things are clearly altered photos/pictures, while other things are drawn with varying quality [hr][/hr] [h1]#readme[/h1] Have you ever been in a creative writing class and forgotten about something that you were supposed to have written until the night before it's due so you spend the night trying to whip something together that's responsive enough to the prompt but is really just literally about not being able to write? Like, you procrastinated and took your panic for writer's block, so you wrote something about a guy with…
Recommended Jan 1, 2026
Short, depressing, but ultimately ends on a positive note. The experience is dulled by the AI/TTS voice over, which makes it feel a bit tacky. Next time, don't include voices, or hire a human!

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