The Elevator Game with Catgirls
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the GameThe Elevator Game with Catgirls is a horror visual novel with point-and-click elements, inspired by the Korean urban legend, Elevator to Another World.
– Catgirls!
– An eerie atmospheric setting
– Short sessions with multiple endings (11 main + 4 secret ones)
– Point-and-click elements (explore and find clues!)
– Timed choices (optional)
– Over 500 backgrounds
– Full English voice-over
– Did we mention catgirls? 🙂
The Elevator Game is a ritual that is said to give the player access to another world by following a strict set of rules.
Motivated by a bet made with her classmate, Asahi’s girlfriend Kirin decides to give the game a try. As Asahi waits outside of the building that Kirin chose to perform the ritual in, she starts to experience some confusing and unexplainable things…
Kirin fails to return that day, or the day after. Feeling somehow guilty as though Kirin’s disappearance might be her fault, Asahi determines to try and find her missing girlfriend… by playing the Elevator Game herself.
Will your choices help find her?
This game contains content that may not be appropriate for all ages. Some situations depicted might be disturbing or triggering. Player discretion is advised.
Nayru – Story & Script / Game Design / Coding
KleeBentz – Art / Character Design / 3D Modeling
Xolf – Co-writing / Coding Assistance
OddTillTheEnd – Music
Game Discussion
Steam User 4
One of my favorite horror games of all time, despite the brevity.
Even ignoring the obvious joke to be made here about how the lesbian likes the game with lesbians, this game really is that good. I played it 2 years ago at this point, right at the turn of the new year 2023 and I still think about it to this day.
The gameplay is a little basic, it's just a visual novel cross with some SH Moon Logic style puzzles, but seriously, even with the simplicity of the concept, it's executed beautifully well. The horror sticks with you because of how much you're actually required to force yourself through it. One of the most common issues I've always had with horror VNs (like Corpse Party and its ilk) is the fact that for the most part it's in the same area of horror as a movie or a book. It can be evocative, but there's a certain degree to which the viewer is not really a participant, resulting in certain aspects of the horror to not work as well (one of the many reasons why video games are uniquely equipped for the horror thematic). Despite that common pitfall, this game manages to avoid it by sticking the player's POV into one of the two main characters for the entire duration of the game, which all games do, but uniquely for a visual novel requires you to move around aside from just participating in the story as a neutral third party behind a screen. The reason it works here, is because this game is extremely sparse with its secondary cast. It never plays its hand fully until it knows the other shoe is off the foot finally, and as a result it forces the player into an extremely uneasy and stressful enviroment, that manages to play off some really cliche'd tropes real well.
If you're a horror fan, and you don't mind the slightly ugoo~ anime-esque kawaii art-style and the tumblr sexymen, you'd actually find a master class in both horror writing and some insanely talented game developers behind the scenes.
Now I just wish the game wasn't as obscure as it was, because this game deserves all the recognition it can get.
Steam User 1
Despite the reactions friends have given me when seeing this in library because of the catgirls aspect, this is truly one of my top games. I think the story and art are both amazing and as someone that's very picky about anything horror, I think the horror in this game was done very well. I would love to see more like this from the devs in the future. Also, i absolutely love the yuri love between Asahi and Kirin.
Steam User 3
I enjoyed this way more than I had first thought, mostly looking for something horror oriented (catgirls is always a + naturally), a really well made game with a nice atmosphere and good writing, just had to see all the endings which painted a nice picture!
Steam User 5
A pretty deep and emotional story about two gay catgirls and their interpersonal journey with a strange elevator
Steam User 0
an absolutely charming little game with a beautiful soundtrack! the true ending was a bit anticlimatic outside of the interaction with kirin, but the credits song that plays is utterly beautiful and i'll definitely be adding it to my spotify playlists
Steam User 0
Entertaining and atmospheric horror visual novel, really enjoyed my time with it
Steam User 0
It's Slay the Princess in that it is a VN where you are expected to repeat the same basic loop many times in order to get all of the endings. Unlike Slay the Princess, you have to look around for clues as to how to find the next combination of building floors to travel to instead of just navigating the dialog tree differently to continue. I very much enjoyed my time with it.
The game can be beaten in around 4 hours, so take that into consideration when thinking about if you want to wait for a sale.