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As an amnesiac alchemist, Faust creates and raises homunculi, then exploits their labor and souls to revive his dead daughter.
Released 08 Mar 2018
Create Homunculi
Raise Alchemical Daughters
Send Daughters to Work
My Lovely Daughter is an alchemist simulator that explores the depth of a father’s grief and how far he will go to resurrect his daughter. Contains dark and disturbing subject matters, might not be suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Developed by GameChanger Studio · Published by Toge Productions, Neon Doctrine, Raw Fury
You play as Faust, an amnesiac alchemist who wakes to discover that his daughter has died. He pursues forbidden alchemy to restore her soul while gradually uncovering memories of his past and the events behind his loss.
Alchemy lets Faust create homunculi, artificial daughters with different traits and characteristics. You raise them, build relationships, and use gifts and interactions as you learn about them and advance the story.
Homunculi can be assigned jobs around town to earn money and support Faust’s research. Progress also requires sacrificing them to harvest their souls, making them resources in his effort to revive his daughter. Letters, secrets, and multiple endings add story discoveries and replay paths.
Players who enjoy the game often praise its grim premise, distinctive art, and atmosphere, and some find the cycle of raising and sacrificing homunculi an affecting or unusual way to connect the mechanics to the story. Others say the management loop becomes repetitive, especially later or when pursuing endings, and report that story hints and some ending payoffs can be unclear or unsatisfying.
The dark and twisted themes of My Lovely Daughter are a commentary on child labor, abusive parenting, and ignorant societies. This game is intended to make people sad and uneasy but there is a deeper meaning behind the horror.
My Lovely Daughter is inspired by the hardships experienced by members of our team growing up. The game is designed to upset and disturb you.
My Lovely Daughter is a game about overcoming the loss of a loved one through forbidden alchemy experiments ... and murder. You are Faust, an amnesiac alchemist and father, who wakes up alone and confused only to discover that your lovely daughter has died. As you enter the first stages of grief, you do what everyone wishes they could do but can’t: bring back the dead with the power of alchemy.
To revive your daughter, you must perform forbidden alchemy experiments to restore her soul. You will have to create dozens of homunculi, raise them as if they were your own daughter, build relationships with them ... and then murder them to harvest their souls!
To support your experiments, you will also need to assign jobs to your homunculi, even sacrifice their bodies to sell their remnants, all to keep your income flowing and your research progressing. Perhaps, along the way, you will even recover your own memories and come to understand how this terrible situation came about.
A dark, twisted story about love and family
Dozens of “daughters” to raise, each with their own traits and characteristics
Simulation-based gameplay that directly impacts the story
Unique art style emphasizing the dark theme of the game
High replay value with multiple endings, secrets to unlock, and letters to collect
Gothic-style soundtrack inspired by the immersive world of My Lovely Daughter
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Achievements | 50 |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 4 listed on Steam |
| Website | Official website |
