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Once Upon A Mind - A Little Too Friendly
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“Wow, I thoroughly enjoyed this "cozy-horror"-style game. The immersion was intense and realistic; it sort of brought me back in time personally, reminding me of when I moved to a city for the first time, took on that first 'get by' job and was learning to navigate the good and…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“An impressive little game with quite a disturbing little story. I was impressed by how the story was presented and the way it mixed up different gameplay elements to produce a cautionary tale about being alone in the big city and people being a tad too friendly. The graphics are…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“A fun short indie horror game. Has nice voice acting but for some reason some lines get spoken while others aren't. It has a few jump scares but the real scary things are what make you uncomfortable. The story in the game tackles what I think people have gone through. While…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
New Features & Improvements
New Features & Improvements: Added a mouse sensitivity slider in the in-game settings for more precise control. Shifted graphics options from the main menu to the in-game pause menu for easier access.
🌍 New Update: Localization & Resolution Options!
Hey everyone! We’re excited to share a brand-new update for Once Upon A Mind: A Little Too Friendly — now featuring official localization support and some much-needed performance improvements! 🗣️ Newl
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Psychological Horror · Horror · Adventure · Casual · Walking Simulator · Exploration · First-Person · Atmospheric · Dark · Multiple Endings · Crime · Mystery (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Turkish * |
| Achievements | 8 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows® 10, Windows® 11, 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i3-6100 OR AMD FX-6300 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1 GB available space