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The Butterfly Collector
investigate the evidence left by a stalker and kidnapper and track the fate of a college girl. The player advances and watches the plot by clicking to make choices for the heroine at key moments, with different choices leading to different endings.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
“A story about a kidnapper and his victim. Mind the tags, they are well chosen, this goes into visceral horror as well as very uncomfortable psychology. The translation is a little rough and near the start two lines are fully untranslated, but it doesn't impair understanding of…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“I tried to get all the endings in one sitting but my first playthrough I didn't expect it at all. Loved the story but dialogue felt too formal and stiff. Maybe it's the translation. Great visual novel for the price.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“A short visual novel about a girl getting kidnapped. The translation can be a bit awkward and poorly translated at points. Still has a good story with a creepy villain.”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2025-09 via SteamCharts.
Achievement 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.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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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.
Bug Fix Log: The One Where Procrastination Helped
Disclaimer: "Fixed" might be optimistic. It’s entirely possible that in fixing this one, I’ve summoned three new bugs. Let’s all pretend this is fine.
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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 | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Visual Novel · Word Game · Adventure · Horror · Psychological Horror · Female Protagonist · Singleplayer · First-Person · Text-Based · Indie · Gore · Violent (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Simplified Chinese |
| Achievements | 10 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7