
A story-rich psychological horror inspired by real-life experiences. Follow Emily, 23, as she moves to Brooklyn for a fresh start, but finds herself drawn into a slow spiral of obsession and control. Featuring voice acting, this atmospheric and grounded experience is deeply unsettling.
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Once Upon A Mind - A Little Too Friendly
A short, story-driven psychological horror experience. With voice acting.
Emily, 23, moves to Brooklyn in search of a fresh start her own space, her own life. The apartment is cozy, the landlady is kind, and the small café around the corner offers her a quick job. Everything feels like it’s falling into place… until it isn’t.
🔹 Voice Acting – Most lines of dialogue and monologue is now voiced, bringing the story's tension and emotions to life when needed.
🔹 Graphic Novel – Dive into key story sequences presented in a fully voiced, stylized graphic novel format for deeper emotional impact.

🔹 Grounded psychological horror – No ghosts. No monsters. Just people.
🔹 Narrative-driven – Experience a chilling story told through dialogue, monologue, and immersive atmosphere.
🔹 Short & focused – Designed to be completed in under an hour.
🔹 Realistic tone – Inspired by real-life situations of obsession, control, and unease.
🔹 First-person exploration – Interact with your surroundings and uncover the story at your own pace.
🔹 Cozy Style Graphics.

🔹Calm café gameplay – Experience gentle, peaceful moments during café shifts.
GAME TIME: 40-60 Minutes.
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Languages: English*, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Turkish*languages with full audio support
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Once Upon A Mind is a very short psychological horror where we play as a young woman, Emily, that has just moved cities for a fresh start and so, like any young adult in a new city, gets a job in a café. However, things begin to take a sinister turn when a man, David, begins following Emily. What follows is a pretty tense few days as David attempts to weave his way into Emily's life, alienating her until it's just the two of them that remain. I have to say, after finishing this up I was surprised at how well this was received by the general consensus. I understand that this was the devs first outing so of course lenience is due. But unfortunately I just really didn't enjoy this. It's pretty clumsy in a lot of the areas with very basic mechanics. On top of that the voice acting is really quite bad, so bad it took me completely out of the moment on more than one occasion. There's some good bones here, but it just is not enough for me to say it's worth playing.
If you're looking for a short psychological horror game to finish and 100% in one sitting, this one is for you! It's a good and short horror game that proves you don't need anything paranormal to give a good scare. Keep in mind, it's a very basic game, so don’t expect anything too crazy in terms of gameplay or story. There are a few jump scares here and there, and they’re quite effective. The story is nothing really new but it is still enjoyable. The NPC animations are a bit weird and messy, they don’t really add anything important to the game, so it's not a big issue. Overall, it does a good job portraying the experiences many women unfortunately have to go through.
Absolutely loved this , great work dev 👏 It's short and it hasn't got perfect graphics but it doesn't need to . It builds up the tension gradually and plays into the feeling that no amount of made up monsters will ever be more terrifying than the human monsters who walk amongst us every day. Loved the little references to other games. Eagerly awaiting the next release
achei curto demais, mas é legal, nada mais aterrorizante do que ser uma mulher sozinha na rua de noite
一般吧 太短了两个结局 不恐怖就几个跳脸 剧情什么的都能猜到 氛围也不太行
Once Upon a Mind: A Little Too Friendly rahatsız edici atmosferiyle yavaş yavaş içine çeken bir deneyimdi. Tanıdık görünen şeylerin giderek tuhaflaşması gerilimi güzel kuruyor. Büyük anlardan çok his üzerinden ilerliyor. Ben beğendim, psikolojik korku sevenlere öneririm.
Good one !
Çerez tadında korku oyunu. Gayet güzel di, Max Payne hikaye anlatımı süpriz oldu bunu indie oyunlarda görmek güzel oluyor. İndirimde 1 dolardan az fiyata almıştım galiba bulursanız alıp bakın efenim 🥉⟦ [b] [u] 𝐵𝑅𝒪𝒩𝒵 [/u] [/b] ⟧ 🥈𝒢𝒰̈𝑀𝒰𝒮̧ 🥇 ⟦ 𝒜𝐿𝒯𝐼𝒩 ✬ 𝒫𝐿𝒜𝒯𝐼̇𝒩 💎𝐸𝐿𝑀𝒜𝒮
I really enjoyed playing this game. The story was really deep and realistic. I appreciate the simplicity of the graphics and tasks. All in all, great cozy horror game!! <3
wow this game honestly had me so creeped out it was insane, it feels extremely realistic and creepy. solid 8.5 out of 10. price is also amazing would definately reccommend
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