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Mask of the Rose
A marvellous romance with a hint of murder, where every playthrough is different! Seek love, friendship, or more... intimate encounters. Help a murdered man find justice. And watch out for the bats.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“ok so this game is hard, like in the dating sim aspect and in the detective aspect, so take that in mind that you can just fail on your investigation and in your romance, and probably will in the first run.”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played“Great writing, good characters, interesting mechanics, abysmal limitations Overall writing - 10/10 Main story - 5/10 Art - 10/10 Mechanics as Idea - 8/10 Mechanics Implementation - 0/10 Overall - 4/10 I absolutely love the idea that clothes define our behavior and how it's tied…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“I was intrigued at first but spent 6 dizzying hours trying to figure out the build story mechanic. Most of the time I had no idea who I should be talking to or what I should be doing. I was stumbling around making meaningless small talk and trying not to flirt with every…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 21:08 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Unity Security Vulnerability Patch
Platform: PC (Windows / MacOS) Build Versions: Steam: 1.7.1065-win, 1.7.147-OSX GOG: 1.7.1066-win, 1.7.150-OSX Epic: 1.7.1067-win, 1.7.149-OSX Release Date: 20/10/2025 This update addresses a security
Daffodil bugfix patch
Platform: PC (Windows/OSX/Linux) Build Versions: Steam: 1.6.1031-win, 1.6.135-OSX, 1.6.1034-linux GOG: 1.6.1032-win, 1.6.136-OSX, 1.6.1043-linux Epic: 1.6.1033-win, 1.6.137-OSX Release Date: 30/01/202
The Storyteller's Festival
Hello all, and happy new year! We’re excited to be featured alongside many other fine narrative games in The Storyteller’s Festival! The Storyteller’s Festival begins on January 29th 18:00pm (GMT)/10:
Update: Daffodil
Platform: PC Build Versions: Steam: 1.6.1021-win, 1.6.134-OSX, 1.6.1022-linux GOG: 1.6.1023-win, 1.6.132-OSX, 1.6.1024-linux Epic: 1.6.1025-win, 1.6.133-OSX Release Date: 22/01/2024 Platform: Switch B
Laburnum hotfix
Platform: PC (Windows/OSX/Linux) Build Versions: Steam: 1.5.940-win, 1.5.124-OSX, 1.5.941-linux GOG: 1.5.942-win, 1.5.125-OSX, 1.5.943-linux Release Date: 08/11/2023 Ink commands will no longer be see
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | RPG |
| Player tags | Visual Novel · Dating Sim · Detective · LGBTQ+ · Romance · Choices Matter · Hand-drawn · Alternate History · RPG · Investigation · Lore-Rich · Lovecraftian (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 17 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.failbettergames.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64 bit and Windows 10 64 bit Processor: Intel Pentium 2GHZ or AMD equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: DX10, DX11, DX12 capable Storage: 3 GB available space Sound Card: DX10, DX11, DX12 compatible