House of Petals
A downloadable House of Petals
NEW DEMO AVAILABLE!!
A psychological thriller otome visual novel that blends romance, mystery, and slow-burn horror. Set in a beautifully haunting version of ancient Asia, it invites you to investigate, explore, and survive.
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You awaken in the serene yet unfamiliar Lotus Pavilion, with no memory of who you are or how you got there. Beside you is Han—a gentle, soft-spoken artist who claims to be your husband. He insists you simply suffered a fall and lost your memory. Everything he does seems devoted to your comfort… but the more you explore your surroundings, the more unsettling things become. Is Han truly who he says he is? And more importantly—who are you? 4 days is all you have to survive and find out the truth.
Features:
🩸Partial voice acting
🩸Customizable name, female she/her mc
🩸One yandere love interest with multiple endings depending on your investigation and choices in the base game, and 1 mysterious love interest in our DLC Expansion Pack!
🩸Point-and-click investigation and exploration mechanics where you can collect clues and make deductions
🩸The game is designed to be playable, with many different endings based on your choices
🩸Psychological thriller storytelling with a slow, creeping sense of dread
🩸An eerie and stunning atmospheric setting inspired by ancient Asia
🩸Perfect for fans of otome games, yandere characters, and dark romance
🩸Beautiful 2d anime style CGs
➡️ Will you trust the one who calls you his beloved—or uncover the fate that truly awaits you?
About the demo: There are 6 bad endings, and 2 non-bad paths you can unlock in this demo. We can't wait to hear how many you can unlock!
| Updated | 6 days ago |
| Status | In development |
| Rating | Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars (82 total ratings) |
| Author | Little Snake Studio |
| Genre | Interactive Fiction, Visual Novel |
| Tags | investigation, Mystery, Otome, Psychological Horror, Romance, Thriller, Yandere |
| Average session | A few seconds |
| Languages | English |
| Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse, Touchscreen |
| Links | Steam |
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Development log
- Big demo update is coming soon!6 days ago
- House of Petals - Updated demo is up!22 days ago
- Big announcement: Broken Fate is now House of Petals48 days ago
- House of Petals Demo is Out Now!Sep 12, 2025
- Demo is dropping on September 12!Sep 05, 2025
- August UpdateAug 15, 2025
- July UpdateJul 25, 2025
- June update - the good and the unsureJun 14, 2025







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ojala estuviera en español :(
it sucks whenever i find a cool ass yansim n its a fem only mc TnT
Because in this story, in a historical setting, her being fem matters, and is central to the story.
The game sounds really good, but are you able to make an Android version
Sorry did you say, YANDERE?
We didn't stutter
Are you able to make an IOS version?
Unfortunately, no plan for it this moment. Mobile app development will require a lot of effort and money to do, which we don't have right now.
The demo is too short for me to be completely captivated. I don't know what to think of it yet. However, for now, I can say that the clue-finding mechanics themselves seem interesting and engaging. I want to see how the story develops and whether it's captivating or not 😊
me gustaria saber si esta en español ^^
Ehhh, im waiting for andriod...
is there like a certain date or anything that tells when it'll be finished and released?
It's planned for somewhere next year. Consider wishlist us on Steam to get update when launch!
I NEED THE INTRO BACKGROUND MUSIC TO BE RELEASED THIS INSTANT!
THE BACKGROUND MUSIC?? AND THE VOICE ACTING? PURE DIVINENESS!!!
DUDE I JUST OPENED THE GAME AND IM ALREADY SO GEEKED BY THE INTRO MUSIC, HOLY CHET THIS SO PEAK??? WHAT???
I just finished it and I will going deep
Ok so reminder this is theory
So the Numbers I first throught they were A1Z26 ciphers and wrote them down and translated them but it ended up giving me a bunch of whole number sthought it was another but it kept loopibng back
So I decided to think maybe it's not a cipher but something else then we get to the Poems. These peoms are extremely spesific so they had to mean something. And so I decided to treat the numbers as a book cipher, but no normal colelct has 90 peoms 83 lines so I decided to change to symbolize I went to each poem and got what they meant so it means I have to be treating my numbers as symbols not lines
Now it means to three flower symbo, elemt symbol and emotion symbol
90,65,11
translate to
Often late season symbol
Wind/mist
Early emotions
Whiuch also translate to chrysanthemum, Mist, Fear/Falling
So the whole meaning is |Hidden truth in the mist about a fall|
47,28,18
Lotus/Pavlion/Water
Lanter/Light
Memmory
Translate to "Lotus pavilion light hides the truth about memory"
74,83,18
Aumt/Ending
Shadow/Fog
Memmory of course
Translating to "The truth is in the shadow behind the memory of that ending"
So the last one is no differ it's just a sentense
Revaltion/Clarity
Lantern
Memory
Lotus/Pavil
Ending
Mist
Lanther
Translating to
"The latern reveals the truthm your memory lost in the Paviilion an ending in the mist"
Which connects to the start where hans likely said
"Im so sorry for ever I've done, and even for simply existing But please remember this I will always be by your side, even when the Chrysanthemum petels wither and turn to dust, even when our love is noithing but the broken pieces of our promise. Because no matter what happens, I will always belong to you"
But this also means our character is likely dead or someway in the motions of it in the vase there was blue chrysanthemum, spider lilies and the profile is a whole lue chrysanthemyum covering their face.
So yeah. .
That's... impressive work!
I want to ask if you've already translated the meaning of the numbers? We have letter clues, like 18=E, 83=H, and so on, from investigating the locations. Because of this, when you correctly substitute all those numbers and think about it a little, they form the sentence: 'You are the creator.' If yes, what do u think about it?
so,
this is just my theory, but most likely, this cipher was created by the mc before she lost her memory (since this cipher and these numbers are written on her paintings with her name on them, except for the mug). She probably created it for us - it suggests mc knew something was going to happen.
From there, you can start developing your own theories, and I also lean towards the idea that the main character is dead, or something similar..
Heyy, js finished the demo a couple of days ago. i js wanted to ask, when will the game be like updated??
love the demo very muchh<3
Very cool game! I'm already
intrigued!Hello will the full version of the game be released on steam? or will be free? thank you so much.
I hope yall have a wonderful day thank you!
It will be released on both here and Steam. Though we appreciate our players play on any platform they love, if you haven't wish list it on Steam, we'd appreciate if you do xD
Ancient Asia is such a fascinating setting! I would never have thought to add it to forgetting your husband, but like... you make it work??? It's really cool :]
Thank you for trying out the demo ^^
Can you make for android too please 🥺
tiene otro idioma?
wow this story is just so provoking,i am a chinese so i can relate to the whole story,i just couldn't resist my excitement so i wrote this just after i finished the game.well, currently i only got two endings but definitely after i write this i will try to reach more stertchs.about this game,han just make me thinking whether he could be a man that murdered my parents and took away my porperties?cuz u know this is quite common in the old chinese society.there must be something hiding undoubtedly.and by the way,will this game involved any mysterious factors cuz han is somewhat supernatural,i feel that way,when i go into his studio(could be mine previously?)then he just showed up,like a ghost.bty,the footprints coulf indicate someone broke in?thanks for this amazing game,and please forgive me if my comments cause u feel unhappy cuz my english is not that good
Thank you so much for giving the demo a try! I'm so thrilled that you can relate to the theme of the story and the plot itself!! <333
when is the full verison gonna be out? Where do I check updates for this game I wanna support! >_<
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wow! this was so good, luved the demo ><
GUYS I CAN'T REACH DAY THREE HELP ME
Day 3 and 4 will be in the full release!
nooooo this is such a mean way to end the demo TwT but i cant wait for the full game this is such a cool consept with the clues and everything i would love it if there would be a way to combine the clues to get the right answer omllll!!!
thank you! And yes, there will be!
YO THIS IS FIRE
I LOVED THIS GAME AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I freaked out during the whole demo and kept writing down all the new things I discovered on paper, hahaha. Also, I have a wild theory that MAYBE Han is made of ceramic and was created by Y/N (since she's an artist too) ... I know it sounds completely crazy, but in a way, it DOES makes sense?? I swear I'm not insane.
sounds like it should be the opposite
hiii i LOVEDDD this demo i'm a big sucker for pretty guys with long hair so who was i to NOT play this game and get all endings in one sitting,,,,, also i did manage to sort of decipher the numbers on the painting and oh my god i was sat by my desk looking like an idiot trying to make sense of what it could mean😭😭😭i'm hooked to say the least i will sooooo play this when it's out
JUST FINISHED THE DEMO!!
thats was hot!! the design, animation, music!! loved it!!! i could see the effort and detail you had put in it!! love it and cant wait for the rest of it!!! Xx
thank you sm for playing!
The game is fantastic! I absolutely love the character designs and atmosphere — can't wait to see more!
By the way, does anyone know how to get Fired Heart end?
(Hoping it's OK to answer this) Who are you?>Let him touch your hand>Parents>Someone was watching>Living room>Foyer>Han.
This sequence should work, but I'd recommend doing it from a new game instead of a save! There's a bug, and if you try to load a save from the last choice, it'll give you the other ending from this part of the game.
Thanks!! <3
Me gustó mucho el juego, por ahora. Siento que amo pero desconfío mucho de Han. Con los diferentes finales me di cuenta de que no es tan bueno y cariñoso como parece, jajaja.
Me gusta mucho la música, la atmósfera, y el estilo de habla. Aunque me siento espiado en cada cosa que hago, ajgsjhasabhd
He completado los seis finales malos, pero tengo una pregunta. En esta Demo, ¿ya existe un final bueno? ¿o son solo rutas no completadas?
Thank you sm for playing!! Han is just being Han hehe
The non-bad paths are the paths "to be coninnued" in the game. The full game is planned to have a lot of different endings, mixing both good bad and everything in between.
Thank you for the demo! I really enjoyed it and I'm looking forward to the full release :) (I want to make Han happy...😭💔)
Is it possible to get a hint for one of the endings...? The demo description says there should be 6 bad endings and 2 TBC "endings", but by my count I have 3 TBC and 5 bad endings. (One TBC in the bedroom, one in the bath, and one with footprints) I'm guessing the ending I'm missing is "Fired Heart", but maybe I'm just miscounting one of the bad endings as a TBC ending??
Thank you for playing!!!
(I want to make Han happy...😭💔) -- this is so really hahah
So in the demo, you should be able to unlock the Fired Art also! If you're struggle with it, Yinny has a play through on youtube where she tries to unlock everything.
The full game will have so many endings, so I'll be making a detailed guide on how to unlock them as a Kickstarter reward for people.
Literally just going to be me yapping so don't mind me(^∀^●)ノシ
BUT OMFG, IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS GAME FOR AGESSS. AND IT DID NOTTTTT DISSAPOINT?! HELLO?!
First of all, THAT SWIFT ASS ANIMATION WHEN YOU BEGIN THE GAME WAS SO STUNNING FOR NO REASON. Like it jump scared me IN A GOOD WAY ( •̀ ω •́ )✧ AND THAT SOUND TRACK GAGGSSSSSS. I think the only issue i had when playing was when we were in the garden with han, the voice acting when it did come up would mix with the music. BUT MIND YOU THATS THE ONLY ISSUE. WE GOING ONLY UPP FROM HERE!!!!!
Okay theories wise, for some reason i don't see merchant li as a love interest. WHICH MAY BE OBVIOUSLY WRONG BUT HEAR ME OUT ALR, we know the mcs parents are merchants that " passed away " BUT HAVE THEY REALLY?! Han obvs is watching over her 24/7 and could have just placed those letters of them being dead or hating her so she could feel that " only han loves her" but im leaning more towards it being a ploy. And the fact that both li and her parents are merchants could MAYBE, JUST MAYBE mean that he could be her father OR AT THE VERY LEAST her brother so the " im coming for you" could mean " im coming to save you " but in a parent or brother coming to save their sibling typa way. Maybe thats why Han is going to " see his client" since he wants to cut off all her family ties....Or he could just be a ml........................ (´。_。`)
Like ik the lotus pavilion is hinted to being her home since she feels it to be " familiar" BUT THE B**** HAS AMNESIA, I DONT TRUST HER?!
But another theory I do have is her POTENTIALLY being dead, but I'm less sure for that one. Since the chrysanthemums being EVERYWHERE, hinting towards funerals could maybe be linked to Han MAYBE grieving for her since she's died before. And her not taking this wacko medicine could maybe be linked to him maintaining her corpse. And the whole him explaining how they met changing quicker then the weather also leaves me a bit suspicious on that end too, since he's clearly not using her since he definitely likes her. But yet again him being an "artist" when she's clearly an artist is very strange too. Im thinking its those tropes where he falls in love with her talents, trying to make it his own or keeping her to have it for himself or sum. BUT IDK. THATS WHY IT INTRIGUES ME!!!(︶^︶)!!!
Theories aside though, VI IF YOU'RE SOMEHOW READING THIS WHERE IS THE BADDIE WITH THE BLINDFOLD, HES ALSO LOWKS GIVING DEAD SPIRIT ENERGY BUT I WANNA SEE THAT FINE BABE, I WAS JUMPING WHEN I SAW THAT DOLL BUT THEN SAT BACK DOWN WHEN IT SAID TBC !!!!!!!!!!!! 😭😭🙏🙏🙏🙏
Like dont get me wrong sketchy ahh han is alr, BUT THAT BADDIE IN THE PREVEIW PIC HAS MY HEARTTTTTTT !!!!!! Hes defo Hans brother but idgaf? Like yeah he does seem like the better option?!
ANYWAYS, I LOVE LOVE LOVEDDDDD THIS DEMO, so if you're not sure to play right now and are reading this. GO PLAY!!!!!!! Ive found like 4 of those death endings so far and i think all the tbc endings aswell. IM SO EXCITED FOR MORE UPDATES !!!!
PROPS TO EVERYONE WHO WORKED ON THIS GAME BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS GENUIENLY AMAZING ( FOR A DEMO BTW?!?!) !!! (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*:・゚✧💖💖💖
Thank you for the comment xD I'm loving all of your theories!
The baddie with the blind fold is the second love interest you can romance when the DLC comes out so fret not, he will be there teehee. I'm running a Kickstarter soon to fund the full release and the DLC with full voice acting so I really hope to get this game released next year if everything runs smoothly!
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS MY FINE BABEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. AHHHHHHHHH I CANT WAIT
₍₍⚞(˶˃ ᗜ ˂˶)⚟⁾⁾ ❤️❤️❤️❤️😈
( U didn't mention merchant li as a love interest so that's making my theorist side so giddy...... hes probs 3rd ml....... )
(´。_。`)
AND IM DEFNIATELY SURE THIS GAME WILL RUN SMOOTHLY !!! THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT AND LOVE PUT INTO IT IS SHOWING !!! YOU GOT THIS VI !!! (✿◡‿◡)💖
Oh, Han is really cute! I'm gonna need to play this! 😊
I'm also following the Kickstarter, I'm curious once it goes live if there will be tier rewards at all, either way I think I'll need to get the DLC once it's available as well, hoping the game will have at least one ending where we can stay with him, because he's just too cute 😍
Oooh I'm glad you're liking Han!
The Kickstarter will have tier rewards, and the DLC will be a part of it! Of course the game will have a lot of different types of endings, bad and good, and crazy, with Han and the second love interest!
i KNOW it looks familiar MY FAV FELLOW VIET GAME DEV I LOVE YOU THANK YOU SM FOR THE MEAL GAHHH
Oh hello!! My mission is to create and spread one long-haired pretty male love interest at a time teehee. Hope you have fun with the demo and thank you for the support!
The production value is insane. Art direction is *chef's kiss* from UI, to sprites to CGs to backgrounds...
The mechanics are so neat: the notebook with clues feature to try and deduce stuffs, and the point and click gameplay really gives the game a detective vibe. It's like playing as Sherlock Holmes but more sinister, I love it.
The writing introduces the mysteries at a good pace, not too fast (becoming lore dumping) nor too slow (making you lose interest), it is just perfect : D I have so many questions ahhhh.
I gotta say though, don't get me wrong LI's design is beautiful but can we also talk about An PLEASE. Maybe questionable to simp on a man with no light in his eyes but we are all yandere fans here soooo... (if An DLC one day COUGH count me in COUGH)
Yuno thank you for your kind words. I hope you unlocked enough endings in the demo to get more of the answer. This is the first hear-me-out for AN so perhaps we need to consider him xD I did plan out to have some endings involving him in the full game too, but we'll see how they go teehee.
FYI I'm a big fan of a cup of destiny so much, toxic men in ancient asia is where it's at :D
AHHH tysm for checking the game out!! I will be happy with any AN content RAHHH. Can't wait for full game to get to know him and my beautiful but crazy husband Xd
Edit: I AM SORRY FOR MULTIPLE COMMENTS, IT JUST BUGGED AND REPEATED IT
Yes the game was so good!! Can’t wait to try out more stuff you work on!!
all good - itch.io has been so buggyyyy 😭
Amazing demo! It's obvious this was made with a lot of care and effort. I really love the blue and red colors, the art ambience is spooky but beautiful. I like the mystery of what's going on. The doll was cute in my opinion! I got an early game over when MC doesn't trust Han and tries to leave. I really loved the translucent flowers blurring her vision at that part, Favorite part because of how pretty it looked lol. I wish the game let player save before picking dialogue options. Maybe the player can and I didn't see it?
Thank you so much for trying out!!
I love your shoutout to the doll haha xD Thank you for noticing all the little details, I did put a lot of thoughts into the visuals and the effect!
The inability to save before picking options was intentional to make the game more difficult and people need to pay attention where to save next time but thank you for your feedback!
SUCH AN AMAZING DEMO I'M ALREADY SO EXCITED FOR THE FULL RELEASE!! The art style is beautiful, the music really adds to the game play (especially the more uneasy/tension filled scenes)
==Spoilers==
I'm so interested in hearing about Han and MC's relationship, is he really an artist, or was MC the true artist the entire time and he's trying to maybe recreate her type of art work when the merchant comes because Han knows the Merchant may become suspicious when he isn't able to get his art piece, a bit of a theory of mine.
I've gotten 2 endings, cracked vow and wilted bride, and especially the "wilted bride" ending where han says something around the lines of needing to protect our MC is so interesting, I wonder if MC did actually die, or something happened to her, where he was able to some how keep her alive, and he's been trying to protect her because of his love for her.
Overall so many interesting and exciting possibilities of things happening and unfolding in the story that I can't wait for the full release. Han is so loveable (What can I say I love my questionably motived love interest), the music is so beautiful, the art is so amazingly done, and the little animations for some of the scenes is so nicely crafted. Amazing work can't wait to see where this story goes!
Ooooh I love your theories xD We shall see how things unravel in the full game!
I'm so happy you're having a great time and loving Han in general haha I was nervous when monitoring how people are reacting to him :D