Late Night Visit

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Something is rattling your door. It says it needs help.

Platforms: Browser, Android
Stores: itch.io
Price: Free
Rated: 4.9 out of 5 on itch.io (41 ratings)
Length: a few minutes
Players: 1
Controls: Click, tap or left mouse button to advance the story; Esc for the pause menu.
Made by: Kotzwinkle (developer), haunthill (writer), kiwi-rot (artist), Joshua Jael (composer)

What frightens Woken in the night by someone rattling your door, you find a stranger in the hallway of your building asking for help and to be let in; their face and words are subtly wrong, and the tension is in deciding what they are while they keep pressing at the door, with flashing lights and unsettling sound.
Content: flashing lights.

Late Night Visit is a free micro horror visual novel made for the O2A2 VN Jam 2024, played in the browser on itch.io or on Android. You wake in the middle of the night to rattling at your door, and the stranger outside asking to be let in is not quite right.

About Late Night Visit

Late Night Visit was made by a small team for the O2A2 VN Jam 2024, a micro visual novel jam with strict asset limits and a 1000-word cap: Kotzwinkle built it in Godot, haunthill wrote it, kiwi-rot drew it and Joshua Jael composed the music. It runs in the browser on its itch.io page, tested by its makers on several devices, and there is also an Android build to download. The team has kept it updated, with maintenance releases into 2026, and a small sequel is in the works.

You wake in the middle of the night to the sound of rattling at your door. Through it you see someone in the dim hallway of your building, asking for help and asking you to open up. Something about the stranger is off, and the short story is built around that feeling: a face that does not sit right, words that are almost what a person would say, and the door between you.

There is nothing to do but read and listen; the grainy, cold-lit art, the VCR-style font, a real door-knob rattle and the score carry the dread. It takes a few minutes. The makers warn of flashing lights.

It suits players who liked deciding who to let in at the door in That's Not My Neighbor or No, I'm not a Human and want the same fear in a few minutes of reading.

How to play Late Night Visit

Open the itch.io page and press Run game; it plays in the browser on computers and phones, or download the Android APK.
Turn the sound on; much of the tension is in the audio.
Click, tap or press the left mouse button to advance the story.
Press Esc for the pause menu.

Screenshots

Late Night Visit scene: a dark-haired stranger with a fixed smile stands in the dim hallway, hand at his neck, above the line You see a stranger

Late Night Visit cover: the game's title in white pixel letters over the shadowy hallway

Tips

Play at night with headphones for the full effect.
Watch the stranger's face; their expressions shift as the scene goes on.
If you are sensitive to flashing lights, the makers warn that the game uses them.

Questions

Is Late Night Visit free?

Yes. It is free to play in the browser on itch.io, and the Android build is a free download.

How long is Late Night Visit?

A few minutes. It was written for a jam with a 1000-word limit.

Is Late Night Visit scary?

It builds quiet dread around a stranger at your door rather than relying on constant jump scares, with unsettling art and sound. It contains flashing lights.

Is there a sequel to Late Night Visit?

The developer has said a small sequel, Late Night Visit 2, is in development on itch.io.