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Pandemic Love

Pandemic Love

A short visual novel about isolation. You try to search for comfort in the lonesome people around you. Keeping the darkness at bay with small embers of light. Will you let the fear change you?

Released Apr 27, 2021 Developer Red Skald Platforms Windows SimulationDating SimVisual NovelChoose Your Own Adventure2D
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

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93.6%positive234 reviews
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“On a streak with playing games that hit right at home I suppose.. I am so sorry Gry, I am fcking mentally even more fcked up now probably omg. Trond aka the main character was way too relatable to me ig suffering from fcking success or lack thereoff oof. Want to ruin you mental…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“One of the hauntingly beautiful game ever, it's relfect the real life mentality of during such condition is true as we all went trough covid period ourselves, the background score is beauiful and well composed it gives deptness to the scene and some score are so lovely that it…”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Pandemic Love, developed and published by Red Skald, is a compact visual novel that centers itself on emotional realism rather than mechanical depth. Set against the backdrop of a global health crisis, it follows a solitary protagonist navigating isolation, digital…”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
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Latest official news

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Jan 24, 2024
A new visual novel in the style of Pandemic Love

If you liked Pandemic Love you might be interested in my latest release: Where the Music Dies. It's a dark visual novel about a person handling the sorrow of losing a friend by going to an old music f

May 26, 2021
Patch fixes for Pandemic Love (v. 1.1g.)

First. Thanks to everyone that has written to me here on Steam or on other platforms. The respons to this little game has been overwhelming. I don't really know what to write... Second. Pandemic Love

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Facts & details

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GenresFree To Play, Indie, Simulation
Player tagsSimulation · Dating Sim · Visual Novel · Choose Your Own Adventure · 2D · Anime · Hand-drawn · Cartoony · Atmospheric · Drama · Emotional · Dark (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player
LanguagesEnglish
Estimated owners20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy)
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Processor: 1 Ghz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX compatible card Storage: 200 MB available space