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Rituals in the Dark
A lesbian / yuri romance story with mild horror elements set in the rainy English seaside town of Scarborough. Our heroine, Aspen, meets the mysterious, beautiful Althea in the dead of night, but who is Althea really...?
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.
“Good art and music. Fun read. Wish there was a little more.”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“The art is really nice and I thought the story was interesting! I'm kinda confused about the ending but my overall experience was positive.”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“My first wlw vn really sweet game, and quite a steal for the price considering the lovely visuals and audio tracks. The atmosphere in this game was maintained really well, very immersive, hough the pacing felt a little slow at times (I might just be a slow reader). To note there…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 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 2026-09-27.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation |
| Player tags | Indie · Casual · LGBTQ+ · Visual Novel · Romance · Anime · Female Protagonist · Singleplayer · 2D · Cute · Stylized · Gothic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, German, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America |
| Achievements | 7 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Win XP+ Processor: 1Ghz Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: DirectX® 9 Compatible Graphics Card Storage: 500 MB available space Sound Card: DirectSound-compatible sound card