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Vacation Terminal

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Stranded after a train crash, with one leg and a stranger who says she saved you.

Platforms: Browser, PC, Mac, Linux
Stores: Steam, itch.io
Price: Pay what you want
Rated: 4.8 out of 5 from 62 ratings on itch.io; Positive on Steam (17 of 18 reviews)
Length: 40 minutes to an hour
Players: 1
Controls: Mouse to read and choose; arrow keys move Yeva in the minigame
Made by: Gelppy (Gelp)
Released: 2025

What frightens After a train derails in the snowy wilderness, Gavriil wakes alone in a cold, pitch-black cave with his leg missing, and Yeva, the stranger from his cabin, says she saved his life; there is no sign of rescue and no way to call for help, and the longer they wait the less he can tell whether she is his rescuer or his captor, with graphic deaths, blood and gore.
Content: blood, gore, graphic deaths, violence, disturbing imagery, suicide descriptions, eye strain.

Vacation Terminal is a short psychological horror visual novel by Gelppy, free to play in the browser. When their train derails in the snowy wilderness, Gavriil wakes in a pitch-black cave without his leg, alone with Yeva, a stranger who claims she saved him, and has to decide how far to trust her, toward one of three endings.

About Vacation Terminal

Vacation Terminal is the first game by Gelppy, who directed it, co-wrote it with Dion06 and drew its characters and scenes, with music by Brian Twohig. It began as an entry for the 2025 yandere game jam, missed the deadline and was finished as a project of its own, released on itch.io in 2025 at a price you choose, and on Steam in January 2026. It plays in the browser and downloads for Windows, macOS and Linux, and has been translated into Russian, Traditional Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese and two kinds of Spanish. The maker states that no generative AI was used.

Gavriil and Yeva are strangers who happen to share a train cabin and have little to say to each other. Then the train derails in the middle of nowhere. Gavriil wakes alone in a cold, pitch-black cave, his leg gone, and Yeva tells him she saved his life. There is no sign of rescue and no way to call for help. This was supposed to be a short vacation.

The maker calls it a short psychological thriller, horror and survival visual novel. Most of it is read: text over drawn character art and scenes of the cave, the snow and the wreck, with choices along the way. Between scenes, a small minigame has you move Yeva across a snowy map to collect crates and avoid bears before getting back to the cave. The game opens with a warning for graphic deaths, violence, blood, gore, disturbing imagery and audio, eye strain and descriptions of suicide.

It runs to 8,000 or 9,000 words, 40 minutes to an hour, with three endings. It suits readers of yandere and captivity stories who want a cold, claustrophobic one, and anyone who enjoyed take care of it. or Myosotis.

How to play Vacation Terminal

Open Vacation Terminal on itch.io and press Run game, or download it; the maker says the download runs more smoothly.
Read the warning, start the game and click to advance the story.
Make choices when they appear; they lead to different endings.
In the minigame, move Yeva with the arrow keys to collect crates, avoid the bears and return to the cave.
Replay to reach all three endings.

Screenshots

Yeva, a pale-haired young woman in a dark coat and scarf, stands in a dim cave as Gavriil says there is a lot he wants to ask her

Gavriil, his eyes in shadow and sweating, holds something in the dark as Yeva says sorry, she could not keep everything attached

The game's opening warning in the browser: graphic deaths, violence, blood, gore, disturbing imagery and audio, eye strain and descriptions of suicide

Tips

Do not save in the middle of the minigame; the maker warns saving there can cause problems.
In the minigame, players found there is no strict time limit, so move carefully around the bears.
If the browser version stalls, try the download, or reload the page.
The maker links a guide to the ending routes on the game's page if you want all three.

Questions

Is Vacation Terminal free?

It is pay what you want on itch.io, so you can play it free in the browser. It is also sold on Steam.

How long is Vacation Terminal?

Its maker estimates 40 minutes to an hour, about 8,000 to 9,000 words.

How many endings does Vacation Terminal have?

Three, according to its maker.

Is Vacation Terminal a horror game?

Yes. Its maker calls it a psychological thriller, horror and survival visual novel, and it warns of graphic deaths, blood, gore and descriptions of suicide.