A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android

Trigger warning This VN does not feature any explicit textual or graphical depictions of blood or gore. It does, however, mention these topics:
- drowning
- being buried alive
- cannibalism
- bullying
- veiled mentions of homophobia
Which might upset people. Reader discretion is advised.

Available in English, Deutsch, Français, Español, Português (Brasil), 简体中文, Русский, and Українська.

Note: This visual novel has a sequel, The end of an obsession, which can be read here.



You are running through a forest.

It is late at night and the sky is as black as pitch.

The trees which surround you, jutting out of the earth like eerie monuments to a foreign god, are blotting out most of the moonlight.

You do not know where you are going.

You have no map; no route; no plan.

You have no desire, as you run, save to escape.

You cannot let yourself be caught.

All you can do is run, on and on and on...

But, despite all of your hard work, your best efforts will, invariably, be in vain. It’s already too late for you. After all...

You’ll never be able to escape from me.



  • About 50k words of text (approx 2-3 hours of reading)
  • A branching story with several choices
  • 800x600 resolution for that old-timey aesthetic
  • Custom character artwork
  • A custom soundtrack which comes bundled with the VN
  • Three(?) pretty girls who will love you to death
  • Three exciting ways to die!!!
  • An archly amused narrator who berates you for your poor life decisions
  • Cannibalism  ♥



Writing & programming: ebi-hime
Character art: Mossinasi
GUI: Elduator
Background art: Various creative commons resources found on Flickr
Music: yuzuki
German translation: Saryana
French translation: Hugo Lorenzini and Shozutko
Spanish translation: Riunn
Brazilian Portuguese translation: Fepulo
Chinese translation: Yuri Atelier
Russian translation: Mikhail "KornyPony" Burov-Kosolapin
Ukrainian translation: vrsstk
Ukrainian editor: Lacki23

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Itgetssolonelyhere-1.0-pc.zip 143 MB
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com.ebihime.lonely-release.apk 123 MB
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It gets so lonely here OST.zip 535 MB

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Omg so cool!!! I hope that the end of the obsession will also be able in Ukrainian, good luck!!!!!!!!

Very beautiful game!! The writing style reminds me a lot of Hans Christian Andersen fairytales.

太厉害了.....

我天。。。真的好牛。。。。。

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OMG THIS GAME iS PERFECT!!! LOVE IT!

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Spoiler warning!!








This game felt amazing actually. The story is very interesting , the way how every story was written feels so natural, that each time when i went to different path (even though i already knew that each story is going to end up in main Heroin's death) i thought that nothing is going to happen, it's just going to be an escape of Rosette from cruel reality, but no :( . 

It feels like 2 different games, where in the first one everything is sweet and everypne is happy but then there comes the moment of death which is written quite well, so it's actually making me feel uneasy from the pain and sufferings that Rosette is going through before dying. 

The way that  the witch is being left alone in "true" ending, where Rosette had enough of games with her, feels quite special to me, so it was very emotional and me sympathize to the witch. Also, the concept of the story reminds me heavily of "Do Not Take This Cat Home" and i enjoyed this game a lot. It also felt neat to read Author's notes. It just feels like i'm listening to Author actually speaking with me, rather than reading a note, so that's a small part that felt like a pleasant bonus :> .

In the end, i would say that the game is incredible, the music is great, and each person has their own themes, the arts look so well and beautiful, and the writing feels like reading a good book, made by skilled Writer. i wish to Developer to have a lot of inspiration in the future, and to enjoy making games even more! ❤

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I LOVED THE WHOLE GAME IT WAS SOOO GOOD AND HAD ME INVESTED AND QUESTIONING EVERYTHING

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I...I thought the gravedigger was nice :'(

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SUCH A GOOD GAME PLS MAKE A GOOD ENDING

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bro casualy gave me a spoiler

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tys to the developers of this game for giving me depression after being buried by that crazy gravedigger 😭👍

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i cried i cant stop i feel so bad even tho its fake something of me is broken now

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you'll get over it dw 😭

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Love the game smth! The castle one and the I give up was one of my fav endings!

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This game is genuine peak, I love the art and writing. Also I like the subtleties throughout, like the MC's dreams somewhat foreshadowing their fate.

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HI I JUST FINISHED THE PLAYING THE GAME WITH MY FRIEND FOR THE FIRST TIME!!!!!! oh my god this story is so beautifulllll the music was amazing, the art style is gorgeous and so fluffy and bubbly and the colors were so pretty and were in perfect contrast with the eerie setting and dark background colors.....the story moved so smoothly and every route was the perfect length......i wish i could play it again from the start without knowing anything it was such a great experience....me and my friend could feel the yearning the MC felt throughout  the whole game. i really loved the different deaths and how each girl portrayed their love...as a lesbian and a horror-esque lover myself, i loveeeeeee love conveyed through cannibalistic tendencies and the idea that you can be with someone forever after death. YOUR AUTHOR'S NOTE WAS ALSO VERY SWEET BTW AND I LOVED YOUR DIFFERENT REFERENCES YOU HAVE SUCH GOOD TASTE!!!!!! I WANT TO PLAY MORE OF YOUR GAMES IN THE NEAR FUTURE......I LOVE YOU EBI-HIME <33333 EEEEE kisses you sm!! /platonic air blown kisses fly your way

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i hauvw an incredible crush on all of them (sighs dreamily)

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This game is a masterpiece of art! 10/10

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Game is absolute 10 out of 10, I cried because I thought they will be a happy ending I have the most faintest of heart 

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Está muy bueno el juego

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This is excellent. The prose is some of the best I've ever read in a free to play visual novel. It's evocative and fits the tone and aesthetic of the story perfectly, encapsulating the dubiously medieval time period with ease. 

The art is stunning, and the character designs are so cute (I particularly like the mermaid)! The music is fitting and fails to ever feel awkward or misplaced. 

Really my only qualms is that the voices for each of the girls is super hard to pin down! Though it is clarified by the narrator, they feel so disjointed from their character sprites that I just cannot imagine the voice that comes out of them. Not that this is of great importance, just something to add!

Really great game! I totally recommend it! I love women <3

deathen

I'm making a video on this game, really like the game so far and hopefully it gets good from here! 10/10!

how do i get that locked picture in the gallery?

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Hi!! After you meet "them" for the first time when you finish the game (the narrator), please read the locked tab in the game on the main menu!! If you scroll all the way down, the author tells you what to do :D

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Is there only one end to the game other then 3 deaths. Also i love this game it is like one of the best visual novels i played the song and the art style makes you live the desperation and determination, Now after this are spoilers so read at your own risk                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               I love the ending where Rosette remembers her own name and they change places with Medea now she is lonley and Rosette is free. But in the end i did felt bed about what happend to Medea in the end. Now my favorite part about the game is the songs especialy the gravediggers song that Chello is HEAVNLY I play my share of instrumants but never managed to play chello like that before over all a great game 10/10 a true masterpiece.

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I loved everything! The atmosphere, music, writing.

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I downloaded this game on android but it crashes a lot and I have to start over. But I really want to play this game 😭😭 what should I do?

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Ren'py Android ports can have a lot of problems with crashing, it's better to play it on a PC if you can.

Try using Joiplay, they are good for making android ports of Ren'py games more stable.

Very well written depressing Story, beautiful music, beautiful characters. Can only recommend 

it's so good😭😭😭😭more game like this please

IT'S SO GOOD Y'ALL SHOULD TRYYY, IM SO SATISFIED 😭😭😭😭😭

好棒的游戏,音乐很好听

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I'm a guy but I think I can pretend to be a girl.

so true for this

I really love your Yandere games. They are so well-written and captivating. I get lost in the worlds you weave for hours. I would absolutely love to see more of these, especially Yuri Yandere as those are so very rare. I also enjoyed being able to play on my phone as I much prefer that to my laptop.

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I applause👏 I like yuri and dark theme, and doomed yuri. And the writing was really good. I hope you'll continue writing, wish you the best

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I've been writing VNs for over 10 years and I've released a bunch of stuff since Lonely, ofc I'll  keep at it
And thank you 🙏

I love the game and even more the twist at the very end

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10/10 probably my favourite game ive ever found on itch, i am BEGGING you to give me more of the gravedigger or the princess i love them both to bits

HOW.IS.THIS,SO,DAMN.AMAZIN

there are a few changes that should prolly be made to the start script for linux, like setting SDL_VIDEODRIVER to x11 as renpy doesn't seem to support wayland, and adding a special check for nixos and using steam-run to run the game rather then just executing the binary. awesome game btw :3

did you use the same synth sample as Slay the Princess? I was playing that and the music felt so familiar.

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ААА О БОЖЕ ГРА ЧУДОВА!! ОКРЕМО ДЯКУЮ ЗА УКРАЇНСЬКУ МОВУ!!!

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spectacular. haven't gotten chills from a VN in a while, thank you!

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so yuriful. I loved this game

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i mean its aight like

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I Loved it. It was really good.

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