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The Mermaid of Zennor
A short, dark visual novel set in the UK about a young autistic girl's destructive obsession with her older brother.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“Very well-written story about a young, autistic girl struggling with feeling alone in the world. There's two endings, and I think both are very good. I especially appreciated the second ending, although the first felt complete enough on it's own. Visuals and stuff are great!”
— a player, Steam review · 4 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 2026-09-28.
Latest official news
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The Mermaid of Zennor has been translated into Italian!
Hello everyone, I'm writing a quick post to let you know that The Mermaid of Zennor has been translated into Italian thanks to the efforts of Rubinus! I hope that even more people will be able to enjo
Small update
Hi everyone, I'm just writing a quick announcement to let you know I've uploaded a new build of the game. This build should fix a technical issue which prevented the music from being played properly d
Spanish translation
Hello everybody! I’m just writing a quick update to let all of you know that The Mermaid of Zennor has been fully translated into Spanish by Aarón Acencio! I’m very thankful for his hard work, and I’m
Russian translation added
Hi everyone! I’m just writing an update to let everybody know that I’ve uploaded a new build of The Mermaid of Zennor. This new build corrects a couple of typos present in the English script of the VN
All Ashes and Illusions released on Steam
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Singleplayer · Visual Novel · Casual · Female Protagonist · Anime · Dark · Drama · Emotional · Indie · Text-Based · Multiple Endings · Narration (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, German, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Italian |
| Achievements | 8 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Win XP+ Processor: 1Ghz Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: DirectX® 9 Compatible Graphics Card Storage: 600 MB available space Sound Card: DirectSound-compatible sound card