Rabbit Starvation

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Your dead spouse is sitting across the table. You know better.

Platforms: Browser
Stores: itch.io
Price: Free
Rated: Rated 4.9 of 5 by 109 players on itch.io
Players: 1
Controls: Mouse: click the highlighted words and choices
Made by: vileidol
Released: 2023

What frightens The maker's premise: the person sitting across from you is just like your spouse in every way that matters, but you know better, because nothing dead ever comes back the right way, and they are hiding something from you. In an empty diner under crackling fluorescent lights you talk, choose what to believe and what to give away, with the maker warning of descriptions of corpses, gore and violence.
Content: descriptions of corpses, gore, violence, text effects.

Rabbit Starvation is a free horror interactive fiction played in the browser. In an empty diner late at night you sit across from someone who is just like your dead spouse, and you know that nothing dead comes back right. It is still in development, with more of the story to come.

About Rabbit Starvation

Rabbit Starvation is a text-based horror game by vileidol, made in Twine and first released on itch.io in November 2023, with updates in 2024. It is free to play in the browser. Its line is that in the right circumstances you can starve to death on a full stomach.

The diner is empty, silent but for the crackle of the fluorescent lights and sounds from the kitchen. The person across from you, Cameron, who can be a man, a woman or nonbinary, smiles the way your spouse did and has the same warm voice. But your spouse is dead. You know there is no such thing as a miracle, and you know they are hiding something. You are hiding something too.

You play by reading and clicking: some words change when you click them, and your answers decide how you treat Cameron, whether you play along, push back or stay cold. The horror is quiet and close, made of grief, suspicion and small wrong details, and the maker warns of descriptions of corpses, gore and violence.

It is unfinished: the current version stops at a demo end on some routes, and the maker has said the next part is being written. It suits players who like short, well-written interactive fiction more than jumpscares.

How to play Rabbit Starvation

Open the itch.io page and press Run game; it plays in the browser.
Read each passage and click the highlighted words to see more or move on.
Choose how to answer Cameron; your replies shape how the conversation goes.
Replay and answer differently to see the other routes.

Screenshots

Rabbit Starvation screenshot: the opening text about an empty diner with crackling fluorescent lights, and a man across from you who smiles disarmingly

Tips

Click every highlighted word; some change the line and reveal more.
Try both believing and not believing Cameron on separate plays; the routes differ.
Players report scrolling problems on phones, so a computer is the safer choice.
The Restore game button brings back a saved session.

Questions

Is Rabbit Starvation free?

Yes. It is free to play in the browser on itch.io; you can support the maker if you like.

Is Rabbit Starvation finished?

No. Its status is in development, some routes stop at a demo end, and the maker has said more is being written.

Is Rabbit Starvation a romance?

Cameron is listed as the love interest, but the game is about doubt and dread: they look like your dead spouse, and you know the dead do not come back right.

What content warnings does Rabbit Starvation have?

The maker lists descriptions of corpses and corpse imagery, gore, violence and minor text effects.