Obscure

10mg: Cover Me In Leaves

89% positive of 28 Steam reviews

Released: 2020
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam, itch.io

Made by Elliot Herriman. Published by 10mg.

About the game

A short work of interactive horror fiction, about bright minds, and the end of all things. Feel the ink on your skin, return to the woods, and escape the small town that you've never called home.

Tagged by players

Experimental
Interactive Fiction
LGBTQ+
Text-Based
Horror
Narrative
Emotional
Psychological Horror
Pixel Graphics

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Obscure

10mg: Cover Me In Leaves

89% positive of 28 Steam reviews

View on Steam

Released: 2020
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam, itch.io

Made by Elliot Herriman. Published by 10mg.

About the game

A short work of interactive horror fiction, about bright minds, and the end of all things. Feel the ink on your skin, return to the woods, and escape the small town that you've never called home.

Tagged by players

Experimental
Interactive Fiction
LGBTQ+
Text-Based
Horror
Narrative
Emotional
Psychological Horror
Pixel Graphics

What players say

Recommended
This was a solid short story that is well worth the read, especially if you're queer. The music and art added to the reading experience. I hope the developer is able to write a longer game or book in the future (if they feel compelled to); Id happily read it. The story is 5-10 minutes long. I finished it in our 8 minutes, but I am a fast reader.
8 min played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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Recommended
I'm playing Steam games in alphabetical order, and you can watch my review here: https://youtu.be/LUpFSS9e-y8 Prefer to read? As part of the 10mg series, this game is designed to take only around 10 minutes to beat. Cover Me In Leaves is a short visual novel with beautiful visuals that tells the story of being stuck on a small, dead-end town with no escape. It's honest, confronting, evocative, and doesn't shy away…
19 min played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
It wasn't awful. I set in knowing it was 10 minutes and that's fine. The writing feels like their reaching for something and they just don't hit it. And the ending just left a need for more; not more like the game should be longer, but that it just didn't end in a cohesive way. I imagine most of their games are good, but with this being the one I did first, I just wasn't satisfied enough to want to do the others.
9 min played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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