House of Petals
A downloadable House of Petals for Windows and macOS
(Feb 12) Updated demo out now (new endings, new cgs with Han, introduction to the second love interest)!!!
A psychological thriller otome visual novel that blends romance, mystery, and slow-burn horror. Set in a beautifully haunting version of ancient Asia, it invites you to investigate, explore, and survive.
Support our Kickstarter early: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/littlesnakestudio/house-of-petals
You awaken in the serene yet unfamiliar Lotus Pavilion, with no memory of who you are or how you got there. Beside you is Han—a gentle, soft-spoken artist who claims to be your husband. He insists you simply suffered a fall and lost your memory. Everything he does seems devoted to your comfort… but the more you explore your surroundings, the more unsettling things become. Is Han truly who he says he is? And more importantly—who are you? 4 days is all you have to survive and find out the truth.
Features:
🩸Partial voice acting
🩸Customizable name, female she/her mc
🩸One yandere love interest with multiple endings depending on your investigation and choices in the base game, and 1 mysterious love interest in our DLC Expansion Pack!
🩸Point-and-click investigation and exploration mechanics where you can collect clues and make deductions
🩸The game is designed to be playable, with many different endings based on your choices
🩸Psychological thriller storytelling with a slow, creeping sense of dread
🩸An eerie and stunning atmospheric setting inspired by ancient Asia
🩸Perfect for fans of otome games, yandere characters, and dark romance
🩸Beautiful 2d anime style CGs
➡️ Will you trust the one who calls you his beloved—or uncover the fate that truly awaits you?
About the demo: There are 6 bad endings, and 2 non-bad paths you can unlock in this demo. We can't wait to hear how many you can unlock!
| Updated | 11 hours ago |
| Status | In development |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
| Rating | Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars (98 total ratings) |
| Author | Little Snake Studio |
| Genre | Interactive Fiction, Visual Novel |
| Tags | investigation, Mystery, Otome, Psychological Horror, Romance, Thriller, Yandere |
| Average session | A few seconds |
| Languages | English |
| Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse, Touchscreen |
| Links | Steam |
Download
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Development log
- The Updated Demo is Live!9 days ago
- Upcoming Updated Demo + Kickstarter Launch - February 202614 days ago
- Big demo update is coming soon!55 days ago
- House of Petals - Updated demo is up!71 days ago
- Big announcement: Broken Fate is now House of Petals97 days ago
- House of Petals Demo is Out Now!Sep 12, 2025
- Demo is dropping on September 12!Sep 05, 2025
- August UpdateAug 15, 2025








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How do I play the game without paying?
The demo is free to play!
Theres no button to play it there's only a download button and it keeps telling me to donate when I click it
you click the gray line that says, 'no thanks take me to the download'
How do I actually start playing now that I downloaded it?
is this your first time using a pc...? you unzip the file onto your desktop or wherever you want and click the game...
Will it be possible to change the mc's skintone to a darker one at any point in the future?
No, we don't have plan to let players customize appearance for House of Petals. If you want an mc with full appearance customization, stay tuned for our game Capybara Cafe Chronicles.
Love the look of this project! If you ever need a hand with the Spanish translation, I’m a native speaker from Spain and I'd be happy to help out and make it sound 'pro'.
Feel free to reach out on Discord if you're interested: @ruubn
How many new endings and CGs are there in this update?
3 extra endings and 3 cgs
Will there be a way to customize MC? Like Skin / Hair??
taming the tiger mentioned
will there be a choice to play male or female?
No, it's an otome game.
oh sorry im stupid
I love the ambience of this game, got me unsettled right from the start! Also the story so far is really intriguing. I had so many different theories each time I played. Looking forward to the next update already! :)
Thank you sm!! The updated demo has just been published! Hope you enjoy it!
Woah perfect timing!
Never trust dolls. That doll was the creepiest thing ever.
I've never encountered a vn that actually unsettled me because of the ambiance, the music, and the overall colour scheme, everything just adds to that eerie kind of feeling. ESPECIALLY Han, but we let him off cus hes handsome and allat. cant wait for this to continue
Thank you so much for enjoying the demo! I hope you're excited for our next content update i February!
i loved this i loveee Han but guys i cant get that cg where he says "do you think you can run far" can someone help pleasee
Hello! Thank you for enjoying our Han. If you're referring to the CG we use for social media posts, it cannot be unlocked yet in the demo. It will be for the full release.
i'm really loving the game but ya'll are cruel dangling the DLC options in front of me and not being able to pick them because it's not for sale yet LOLLL
Saving good stuff for last!! Though, in the next update (very soon), we will have more content for the other 2 choices in some of the cliff hanger scenes -- so stay tuned!
Ojalá estuviera en español y para android
I love this game so much and am waiting for all the next updates! It reminds me of the historical Chinese dramas my mom watched, and the art style is extremely detailed.
Thank you so much! We'll have another big update in February with a Kickstarter to fund the full game!
ojala estuviera en español :(
it sucks whenever i find a cool ass yansim n its a fem only mc TnT
Because in this story, in a historical setting, her being fem matters, and is central to the story.
sheesh, then find something else. there are a lot of visual novels with yandere love interests where you can choose your own gender so chill.
Yeah, that sounds like it sucks because free ones that'd suit your tastes exists where you can get a customisation tailored to your gender exists on an even smaller scale than ones where you get to play as a fem.
Hope you find what you're looking for.
The game sounds really good, but are you able to make an Android version
Sorry did you say, YANDERE?
We didn't stutter
Are you able to make an IOS version?
Unfortunately, no plan for it this moment. Mobile app development will require a lot of effort and money to do, which we don't have right now.
The demo is too short for me to be completely captivated. I don't know what to think of it yet. However, for now, I can say that the clue-finding mechanics themselves seem interesting and engaging. I want to see how the story develops and whether it's captivating or not 😊
me gustaria saber si esta en español ^^
Ehhh, im waiting for andriod...
is there like a certain date or anything that tells when it'll be finished and released?
It's planned for somewhere next year. Consider wishlist us on Steam to get update when launch!
I NEED THE INTRO BACKGROUND MUSIC TO BE RELEASED THIS INSTANT!
THE BACKGROUND MUSIC?? AND THE VOICE ACTING? PURE DIVINENESS!!!
DUDE I JUST OPENED THE GAME AND IM ALREADY SO GEEKED BY THE INTRO MUSIC, HOLY CHET THIS SO PEAK??? WHAT???
I just finished it and I will going deep
Ok so reminder this is theory
So the Numbers I first throught they were A1Z26 ciphers and wrote them down and translated them but it ended up giving me a bunch of whole number sthought it was another but it kept loopibng back
So I decided to think maybe it's not a cipher but something else then we get to the Poems. These peoms are extremely spesific so they had to mean something. And so I decided to treat the numbers as a book cipher, but no normal colelct has 90 peoms 83 lines so I decided to change to symbolize I went to each poem and got what they meant so it means I have to be treating my numbers as symbols not lines
Now it means to three flower symbo, elemt symbol and emotion symbol
90,65,11
translate to
Often late season symbol
Wind/mist
Early emotions
Whiuch also translate to chrysanthemum, Mist, Fear/Falling
So the whole meaning is |Hidden truth in the mist about a fall|
47,28,18
Lotus/Pavlion/Water
Lanter/Light
Memmory
Translate to "Lotus pavilion light hides the truth about memory"
74,83,18
Aumt/Ending
Shadow/Fog
Memmory of course
Translating to "The truth is in the shadow behind the memory of that ending"
So the last one is no differ it's just a sentense
Revaltion/Clarity
Lantern
Memory
Lotus/Pavil
Ending
Mist
Lanther
Translating to
"The latern reveals the truthm your memory lost in the Paviilion an ending in the mist"
Which connects to the start where hans likely said
"Im so sorry for ever I've done, and even for simply existing But please remember this I will always be by your side, even when the Chrysanthemum petels wither and turn to dust, even when our love is noithing but the broken pieces of our promise. Because no matter what happens, I will always belong to you"
But this also means our character is likely dead or someway in the motions of it in the vase there was blue chrysanthemum, spider lilies and the profile is a whole lue chrysanthemyum covering their face.
So yeah. .
That's... impressive work!
I want to ask if you've already translated the meaning of the numbers? We have letter clues, like 18=E, 83=H, and so on, from investigating the locations. Because of this, when you correctly substitute all those numbers and think about it a little, they form the sentence: 'You are the creator.' If yes, what do u think about it?
so,
this is just my theory, but most likely, this cipher was created by the mc before she lost her memory (since this cipher and these numbers are written on her paintings with her name on them, except for the mug). She probably created it for us - it suggests mc knew something was going to happen.
From there, you can start developing your own theories, and I also lean towards the idea that the main character is dead, or something similar..
Heyy, js finished the demo a couple of days ago. i js wanted to ask, when will the game be like updated??
love the demo very muchh<3
Very cool game! I'm already
intrigued!Hello will the full version of the game be released on steam? or will be free? thank you so much.
I hope yall have a wonderful day thank you!
It will be released on both here and Steam. Though we appreciate our players play on any platform they love, if you haven't wish list it on Steam, we'd appreciate if you do xD
Ancient Asia is such a fascinating setting! I would never have thought to add it to forgetting your husband, but like... you make it work??? It's really cool :]
Thank you for trying out the demo ^^
Can you make for android too please 🥺
tiene otro idioma?
wow this story is just so provoking,i am a chinese so i can relate to the whole story,i just couldn't resist my excitement so i wrote this just after i finished the game.well, currently i only got two endings but definitely after i write this i will try to reach more stertchs.about this game,han just make me thinking whether he could be a man that murdered my parents and took away my porperties?cuz u know this is quite common in the old chinese society.there must be something hiding undoubtedly.and by the way,will this game involved any mysterious factors cuz han is somewhat supernatural,i feel that way,when i go into his studio(could be mine previously?)then he just showed up,like a ghost.bty,the footprints coulf indicate someone broke in?thanks for this amazing game,and please forgive me if my comments cause u feel unhappy cuz my english is not that good
Thank you so much for giving the demo a try! I'm so thrilled that you can relate to the theme of the story and the plot itself!! <333
when is the full verison gonna be out? Where do I check updates for this game I wanna support! >_<
follow us on X, Blsky, or Discord!
wow! this was so good, luved the demo ><
GUYS I CAN'T REACH DAY THREE HELP ME
Day 3 and 4 will be in the full release!
nooooo this is such a mean way to end the demo TwT but i cant wait for the full game this is such a cool consept with the clues and everything i would love it if there would be a way to combine the clues to get the right answer omllll!!!
thank you! And yes, there will be!
YO THIS IS FIRE