The Moments Before Death

The Moments Before Death

Itsuten · 2024 · Visual Novel, Text-Based, Typing, Surreal, Choose Your Own Adventure

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5 user reviews100% · 5
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About The Moments Before Death

This is a text-based adventure visual novel, meaning that you will be able to type in responses to the story! The gameplay involves reading through the story, and when the player is given the option, the player can type in responses to the given scenario.

Waking up in a mysterious field, you find yourself invited into a quaint house overseen by a gaunt old lady and her children. Yet, an unsettling feeling grows. The house's rules, seemingly straightforward, begin to unravel.

What is a text-based adventure game?
A text-based adventure game is where text is used for both input and output. Players read descriptions of the game world and type commands to interact with it.

What is a visual novel game?
A visual novel game is an interactive fiction that blends text, illustrations, and varying levels of interactivity, offering a digital experience akin to reading a novel.

So how does a text-based adventure VN work?
A text-based adventure visual novel is an interactive story where text-driven narratives are combined with visuals and player choices, allowing the plot and character relationships to evolve based on player interactions.

Will my choices matter?
Your choices only affect the world slightly. Characters will react to the choices, but the endings are only slightly diffrent.

Key features
Input via text, making choices through texts that affect the story slightly.

Content warning:
Child suicide and death, sexual acts (aka tame non-descript kissing), depictions of suicidal thoughts and traumas, underage drinking, mentions of black mailing and small amounts of gore.

What Steam players say

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

Recommended Oct 12, 2024
Epic.
4 found this helpful
Recommended Oct 16, 2024
An intriguing short game that has replay value. You'll want to play through a few times and explore each branching path. They all form together to create a web of mystery that left me wanting more. Worth the small ticket price for a roller coaster of emotion.
3 found this helpful
Recommended Oct 12, 2024
in my twisted mind crazy straws are just like normal straws
3 found this helpful
Recommended Feb 10, 2025
Awesome game! Loved the story, definitely will need to replay!
2 found this helpful
Recommended Nov 2, 2024
I played a little but I liked it
1 found this helpful

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