
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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I really liked this game and how it builds the suspense and horror. The story was well thought out and every scene and character made sense to be there, no unnecessary filler.
This is a fantastic game! It's not overly complex, no fancy movement, just a great story that focuses on psychological horror. It's immersive and intense and does such a good job building up the psychological horror aspect with the conclusion having a great twist at the end. Yes it's a short play through but well worth the price and it does something the large studios can't, because they try to add too much story to justify the high prices of their games to pay for all the assets used, which is also totally understandable. But story is everything here and it's so relatable and simple. This could happen to anyone, and does unfortunately. However this story takes you to the brink of what could happen and then (not to spoil it) has such a great plot twist and ending that you just wouldn't expect it and this is why I highly recommend it. Also the fact that it is not perfect, adds soooo much to the atmosphere and game that it actually does make it perfect. Can't wait for the next release from this dev and studio.
3/10 The graphics are just bad enough to take you out of the experience a bit, the barista sim portion is very rudimentary (especially in comparison to The Boba Teashop, which is a comparison I only make because there's an in-game ad for that game), and the writing seems to think the playerbase is a lot dumber than it really is. The jumpscares were predictable to the point of not even being scary, and the ending was similarly predictable. There's also some red herrings, which would be fine if one of them wasn't essentially just demonizing homeless people for no reason. With that said, I still appreciated some aspects of what this was going for, and it's far from the worst game I've ever played. I can't say I recommend it purely because it costs money but, hey, if it ever becomes Free to Keep, I'd say give it a shot.
Хрен знает стоит ли она своих 165 деревянных, думаю что нет, но как в поддержку разрабам, фиг с ними. В игре нет ничего за что можно зацепиться, сюжет написан на тетрадки, скримеры никакущие. Поставлю рекомендацию чисто чтобы не в обиду авторам. 3/10
This game was incredible, especially for a first project!! So well-made, the voice acting and comic book style cutscenes made the game so worthwhile. Quite a short game but very psychological with a deep meaning behind it, definitely one that will stick with me for a while. Highly recommend for those who are into their psychological horrors :)
Great game! well made and immersive. great job dev, I look forward to your future games. :D
Great little creepy game. NGL I was invested in the story, and if the goal was to make me feel uncomfortable, then you absolutely succeeded in doing so. My chat agrees as well. Very Much Creeped Out. I look forward to your future projects.
Fun little horror game. Short and sweet. Good story too...you don't always get that with these shorter games.
Enjoyed the game! David is super creepy because he could really be any person you meet randomly. The visual quality of the game was not ideal, sometimes the potato level was better than the Ultra.
Esta bastante bueno y recomendable..
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