BAD END on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.

BAD END is a indie, visual novel and adventure game developed by Arai Koh Create Office and published by YOX-Project.
Released on November 25th 2015 is available only on Windows in 5 languages: English, Japanese, French, German and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 384 reviews of which 323 were positive and 61 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.8 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified BAD END into these genres:

Indie Visual Novel Adventure Horror Anime Mystery Multiple Endings Story Rich Interactive Fiction Choose Your Own Adventure Colorful Cute Memes Psychological Psychological Horror Casual Supernatural Short Singleplayer

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System requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 11 / 10
Processor: AMD Ryzen series, Intel Core i series, or equivalent
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: 1280x720, 32-bit colors, Vertex Shader 2.0, Pixel Shader 2.0
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 257 MB available space
Sound Card: DirectSound compliant device

User reviews & Ratings

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April 2025

I can't lie, when I first got into the game, I thought it was REALLY bad and REALLY stupid. Like, it feels like the first half of the game is "this game... le kill people" and "my best fried... le died? but how? did he... play le game?" over and over again, and its REALLY obnoxious. But after it gets going, the story gets kind of interesting and intriguing in a way that genuinely took me by surprise. As others have mentioned, the game is kind of cliche and silly, but I really liked learning more and putting the pieces together as it went on. I got the good ending and I don't really care to get all of the other bad endings, and its pretty solid. I'd say its worth checking out if its on sale and you wanna kill an hour. I actually first played this game way back in 2015 when I was like 12 and I think I genuinely got scared so bad by some jumpscare that I just stopped playing. I wonder if I would have liked this game more if I kept at it, it def feels like it would be hella impactful if I was younger when I played it first...

Jan. 2025

Its an alright visual novel. The horror isn't too bad and its just right for those with faint of heart. The gameplay may be short as said on the store page description and the other endings are just as. Music is decent and is just enough for the situations you're put in. The graphics are decent as well although lacking in some expressions which makes some conversations quite dull to go through. Personally, the sprites are positioned too high which lets my eyes drift from the text bar to the sprites to see expression changes but as I said, didn't happen much unfortunately. Characters were unfortunately not as memorable but for a VN that can be completed in less than 4 hours, you can at least etch their names in your mind for the whole game. All in all, its a decent enough VN to read through if you have less than 4 hours to spare with your free time.

Dec. 2024

Decent short VN. Art is decent and writing is OK (albeit predictable). If you have a few hours to kill it gets the job done. But if you're expecting anything unique outside of its general premise it will probably fall flat for you. Overall I don't regret my time with this game.

June 2024

BAD END is an horror Visual Novel with multiple choices and 14 different endings. I'll start this review by mentioning that the game is still relatively short, but nevertheless a solid 2-3 hours of playtime to get all endings. The artstyle is great, the music is relatively good too (the one track with banging on metallic railings is quite annoying to be honest xD) and the writing is alright. The writing doesn't have any typos but it does feel very emotionless and it's it could've been much better. Talking about something else that could've been much better is the overall plot of the game and as much as I recommend it, it could've been a lot better. The story is cliché and while I did not see the main ending coming, it is still pretty obvious in the end. The death scenes are not varied enough and honestly game isn't scary whatsoever. I did enjoy the plot and the setting of the game, especially the idea of a game that kills you in real life for failing. So taking into account the low price of the game, I would recommend it to players who like weird/mysterious visual novels. Overall, a good and original game that could've been a great game, worth playing to the end and gets you really engaged.

May 2024

I reached a BAD END... it's over for me now.. :(

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