Fran Bow

Fran is a young girl who, after the loss of her parents, wakes up in a children’s asylum separated from her cat, Mr. Midnight. She sets out to escape, find him, and return to her aunt.

Explore hand-drawn locations, inspect objects, talk with unusual characters, and collect and combine items to solve puzzles. Fran can take medication to reveal a grotesque alternate view of her surroundings, exposing clues and objects hidden from sight.

Progress through a story-driven adventure with puzzles of varying difficulty and occasional arcade-style mini-games. Mr. Midnight is an interactive companion, and the world’s shifting perspectives are central to exploration.

Players often praise Fran Bow’s emotional, mysterious story, hand-drawn art, and unsettling atmosphere, as well as the pill-based shifts between realities and its memorable characters. Many find the puzzles engaging, though some describe their solutions as obscure or time-consuming, and the story’s ambiguity is not to everyone’s taste.