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Myosotis

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Murdered by your boyfriend, you haunt him for an answer.

Platforms: Browser, PC, Mac, Linux
Stores: Steam, itch.io
Price: Free
Rated: 4.8/5 from 511 ratings on itch.io; Positive on Steam (88% of 26 reviews)
Length: about half an hour
Players: 1
Controls: Mouse: click to advance and to choose; hover highlighted words for tooltips
Made by: Try_Froggery (Kaye Norra), Fangsoft, Kittyhuggins, Pinklelinkle and Cydewyn
Released: 2025

Play on itch.io Steam (as Myosotis: My Life Is Not Yours to Take)

What frightens You have been killed by your boyfriend, Ethan, and you spend your afterlife haunting him for an answer, only to find you are not the only ghost following him. Screens flood red and break into static, the memory of blood spreading beneath you returns, and the makers warn of murder, flashing lights, a partial jumpscare and a character kissing a corpse.
Content: murder, death and grief, flashing lights, a partial jumpscare, a character kissing a corpse.

Myosotis is a short, free psychological horror visual novel by Try_Froggery and team. You play the ghost of a woman killed by her boyfriend, Ethan, and follow him through his days looking for an answer, until you find you are not the only ghost at his side.

About Myosotis

Myosotis was written and led by Kaye Norra (Try_Froggery), with programming and music by Fangsoft, art by Kittyhuggins and Pinklelinkle, and editing by Cydewyn. It came out on itch.io in 2025, where it can be played in the browser or downloaded, and on Steam in March 2026 as Myosotis: My Life Is Not Yours to Take. The makers note that it runs far better downloaded than in the browser, and say no generative AI was used.

You wake as a ghost. Your boyfriend Ethan, a quiet man in a lab coat, has killed you, and in a mix of sorrow, confusion and rage you follow him to his work and through his days, trying to get an answer from your murderer. Then you realise another ghost is following him too. The story runs about 20,000 words with two endings, and a tooltip feature lets you hover over highlighted words to analyse other characters, and yourself.

It is a dark story more than a jump-scare game. The screen floods red, faces break into static, and memories of the murder come back in short, sharp flashes. The makers list death, murder, flashing lights, a partial jumpscare and a character kissing another character's corpse, and on Steam they describe themes of grief and wishing harm on another person. There is a slight romance, which they say is not the focus.

Players on itch.io and Steam praise the writing, art and twist, and many say it made them cry. It suits readers who like short, tragic horror visual novels about the dead and the people who wronged them.

How to play Myosotis

Open Myosotis on itch.io and play in the browser, or download it there or from Steam for a smoother run.
Click to advance the text.
Hover over highlighted words to read the tooltips about people and yourself.
Choose when the game offers options; your choices influence later events.
Play again with different choices to reach the other ending.

Screenshots

Myosotis screenshot: Ethan in a lab coat in a grey hospital ward, asking What are you doing?

Myosotis screenshot: the screen flooded red as a dark figure looms over Ethan, with the line It's fast, too fast

Myosotis screenshot: a distorted, glitching close-up of a face, with text about something warm spreading beneath you

Myosotis screenshot: a pale, glowing young man in a dark blue room saying I remember you

Tips

Download it if the browser version stutters; the makers recommend it.
Read the tooltips; they hold much of what you learn about the characters.
There are flashing red and static effects; lower your brightness if they bother you.
Two endings: a second run takes less time than the first.