VAINSANE / Press kit
Mortality... Please Is Available Now on Steam
VAINSANE’s short psychological horror visual novel follows Penelope as she confronts an ageless nineteen-year-old, an archive mystery, and a series of moral dilemmas.
Overview
Mortality... Please is a short psychological horror visual novel developed and published by VAINSANE for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Penelope is terrified of growing older, despite telling others that she is excited about her life. She finds comfort in Kyte, a charming nineteen-year-old who appears in a 1984 yearbook and admits that he is not normal. As a former fiancée named Ursa arrives with photographs and letters, Penelope investigates Kyte’s past, his vanished father, and a locked box that may be connected to his condition. Player choices shape Penelope’s attitudes and decisions, determining Kyte’s fate across three distinct endings. Mortality... Please launched on October 9, 2026, and is available now on Steam.
Key features
- A short psychological horror story about Penelope and an ageless nineteen-year-old named Kyte.
- Choice-driven progression shaped by Penelope’s beliefs about what love requires.
- Three distinct endings determined by attitudes and decisions accumulated throughout the story.
- An archive mystery involving decades-old records, private society letters, photographs, and multiple moral dilemmas.
- Orthographic environments, cinematic backdrops, dramatic character close-ups, and unsettling motion graphics.
- An eerie, atmospheric soundtrack.
Facts
- Developer
- VAINSANE
- Publisher
- VAINSANE
- Release
- Oct 9, 2026
- Status
- Released
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie
Press contact: contact@vainsane.com
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About VAINSANE
VAINSANE is the developer and publisher of Mortality... Please. More information is available at https://vainsane.com/.











