

The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
Yangyang Mobile · 2017 · Visual Novel, Horror, Choices Matter, Indie, Story Rich
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About The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
The Letter is a sprawling 700K-word visual novel where your choices determine the fates of seven characters cursed by a centuries-old haunting at Ermengarde Mansion, blending intense horror with deep character drama inspired by Asian classics like Ju-ON. What sets it apart is its non-chronological storytelling from multiple perspectives, countless butterfly-effect decisions that reshape the narrative, and lush hand-painted visuals paired with full voice acting across hundreds of story branches.
CONTENT WARNING
This game deals with mature themes. It shows scenes that some may find disturbing, unethical and triggering. It also contains offensive language, racial slurs, sexual themes, gore and violence. Player discretion is advised. For the full list of trigger warnings, please check our Steam forums.ABOUT
The Letter is an interactive, horror/drama visual novel inspired by classic Asian horror films, Ju-ON: The Grudge and The Ring. Told through an immersive branching narrative, the game puts the players into the shoes of seven characters as they find themselves falling prey to a vicious curse plaguing the Ermengarde Mansion for centuries.In this game, your choices will shape and drive the story forward: will you mend a relationship on the verge of collapse, or will you let it fall apart? Will you risk saving them, despite the consequences, or leave them to die a gruesome death? The fate of all the characters is in your hands.
FEATURES
- This is a hardcore visual novel with over 700K words. Expect a lot of reading!
- Romance, friendship and drama; apart from horror, the game puts heavy emphasis on relationships and character development.
- Non-chronological storytelling with 7 playable characters, each with varying personality and approach to difficult situations.
- Countless butterfly effects; your choices heavily affect the story.
- Full English Voice Acting (optional).
- Animated backgrounds, CGs and sprites.
- Beautifully painted art style, with over 80 backgrounds, 100 CGs and 50 Epilogue CGs (variations included).
- Original soundtrack, with opening, ending and true ending theme songs.
- Quick-Time Events (optional).
- A branching tree that keeps track of your progress/route.
- A journal that narrates the events in chronological order, and jots down the clues found about the Ermengarde Mansion.
- Over 170 achievements.
DLC & expansions
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What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Not that bad, not really good either. Mediocre fits. The voice acting was great. The characters, however, felt stereotypical and some interactions between characters felt forced. While I also enjoyed the music, [b]the art was lacking[/b]. The artwork did not fit the story and really took me out of it at some points. I could not tell you how the story ended, since I decided not to continue playing it to the end, not even for one ending. One character's chater was just so incredibly [i]slow[/i], [i]boring[/i], and strangely [i]over the top[/i] that I couldn't bear it anymore. [b]I would not recommend it.[/b] Not even when on sale. PS: What's up with all the unnecessary achievements? They are redundant and annoying at best!1 found this helpful
the story is so rich i love it but for some reason the game reacts for like 15 seconds to load a menu idk why but the game is very good
You know what I don’t recommend? Trying to get 100% achievements in this game. You know what I do recommend? Actually playing it. The Letter is a phenomenal visual novel. I absolutely love the quick-time events (QTEs), the deep mystery, and the way your choices genuinely feel like they matter. With each character you play, you unearth new pieces of the puzzle until the full, twisted picture finally comes together. You'll love some characters, you'll absolutely despise others, and depending on the paths you take, you will either cry a lot or scream out loud. (Full disclosure: I’m a total scaredey-cat and this game definitely made me jump more than once on this trip). It is an excellent experience, but a word of warning to the completionists out there: achievement hunting in this game is an exercise in pure tedium. To get that 100%, you have to hunt down every single individual branching path. By the time you reach Chapters 6 and 7, those paths feel almost infinite, with literally hundreds of possibilities. It quickly turns into hours of skipping text, fast-forwarding, meticulous note-taking, and praying you didn't screw up a choice five hours ago, all just to get a single line o…
This is one of the best mob game I played back then and now it's in PC....GREAT. The story and plots are very nice. Give this game a try for sure.
---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☑ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☑ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☑ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☑ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☑ Long …
I guess given the quality of of the voice acting and the amount of game there is, this is worth your time if you're into visual novels. There are some pretty crazy paths you can go down which make the results wildly different which is commendable I suppose. Thing is, a few days after playing it I couldn't remember more than maybe 3 characters names, and months later I don't remember a single one. So in that regard it's pretty forgettable.
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