Homicipher

Homicipher is a female-targeted language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.

Homicipher is a horror, otome and female protagonist game developed by 斑企画 and 八名木Games and published by Gamera Games.
Released on November 01st 2024 is available on Windows and MacOS in 4 languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 5,407 reviews of which 5,205 were positive and 202 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 13.79€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Homicipher into these genres:

Horror Otome Female Protagonist Atmospheric Visual Novel Text-Based Word Game Choose Your Own Adventure Choices Matter Multiple Endings Conversation Interactive Fiction Singleplayer First-Person Exploration Dark Thriller Hand-drawn Adventure Typing

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows 7 or greater
Processor: Intel i5 Quad-Core
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
Storage: 2 GB available space

MacOS

OS: macOS 10.12 Sierra以降
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000

Reviews

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Dec. 2024

All I need is a man who crawls everywhere on the ground, doesn't understand my language, and insists on following me wherever I go.

Dec. 2024

you better not mess with my gang, or you'll be messing with oopy goopy, general munchkin man, lil jim bob, and worst of all, larry.

Nov. 2024

yes, good game. trying to build up my "jumpscare immunity" with very very very very hot sexy scrumdiddlyumptious monster men.

Nov. 2024

"I don't like Mr. Crawling at all" I say, then I suddenly tripped and fell to the ground, as multiple pictures of Mr. Crawling fall out of my bag. "Wait!" I madly cried out. "These aren't mine!"

Nov. 2024

This is genuinely one of the best Visual Novels I have ever played. It’s so good that when I finished it I was saddened by the fact that there are no other games like it out there. Also here are some hints and tips if you feel frustrated by the language deciphering mechanics. Firstly, your goal on a first playthrough shouldn't be to find a perfect translation for what they are saying, instead your goal should be trying to vaguely understand them. Secondly, there is a chapter mechanic in the game menu which allows you to go back to basically any choice in the game. You can use this to easily skip around the game and revisit conversations when you have more knowledge. Third, don’t be scared to guess what a word means, it is very hard to tell when a word in their language is being repeated unless you are paying very close attention, so, even if the word you guessed is completely wrong it can still help you to see what contexts it’s being used in. Fourth, some words mean different things depending on the context. Don’t be afraid to mark a word with multiple meanings. Even if the word only has one meaning, marking down your interpretations can help you to better pinpoint the correct word. Fifth, due to the character limit it can be hard to fully describe how confident you are in a word choice. A neat trick I found which can help you express this is using question marks to show how confident you are. No question marks means that you are fully certain, one question mark means you are mostly certain, two means you have a vague clue what the word means, and three question marks means that you are completely guessing. Finally, if you feel like you are missing a bunch of words don’t be afraid to keep playing the game. There are multiple different endings and routes hours into the game which teach you new words. On top of that, hearing words used in different contexts throughout the game may help you to realize the true meaning of a word.

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13.79€

9.3

5,205

202

Online players

244

Developer

斑企画, 八名木Games

Publisher

Gamera Games

Release 01 Nov 2024

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