
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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Hours played at review time, across 41 reviews with recorded playtime.
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Как же прекрасна и смачна концовка :D Хороший хоррор. Маленький, слегка напряжный, но в целом не пугающий Один минус: отсутствие сохранений. У меня 2 раза игра вылетала и 1 раз распакованный ноутбук улетел куда-то в Хельсинки, поэтому физически не могла выполнить скрипт и распаковать вещи. А так, история о сталкере, который не идёт своей дорогой.
Fantastic little game. Great plot. Terrified me several times. I don't want to spoil anything. If you're into short, first person psychological horror games, you won't want to miss this short & sweet experience. If it were me at the end (irl) I totally would have dropped dead lmao. 5/5 great work, dev.
Game Is Great. I Enjoyed This Game Very Much! My Gameplay: https://youtu.be/Wj-kLOV2CsA
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I enjoyed it, Jumpy parts if your playing it at night........a bit short is my only negative comment
It was fun to play and I liked the sound effects added around the city to make it more alive. Kudos to the developer team!
short game with great story telling that also captures the nyc experience perfectly with its loud street activity and weirdos, really felt like i was back in brooklyn...
Купив игру я хотела испытать этот страх преследования от сталкера, какое-то чувство дискомфорта и безысходности. Но увы нет.
Loved this game!!! I wish I can go back blank and play this again!!!
Just... No. This game is BAD. Horrible graphics, animation, narration. I don't know if it eventually picks up the pace but the first 30 minutes were boring as hell. Voice acting is amateurish and sometimes there is so much echo you can't really hear what the actors are saying. Just stay away from this.
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