Toxic

A JRPG game about recovering from a bad relationship

What really happened?

Alex and Charlie were happy once, in love; they got married, bought a house, had big plans for the future. It was perfect until one day Charlie grew cold, afflicted by some kind of curse. She transformed into a monster, wreaking havoc in their home, and then fled.

Alex followed not long after, searching, desperate to find her wife and lift the curse. Now, she returns to the house they once shared to try to find a way forward, putting it back in order while memories resurface, accompanied by the ghosts of their past selves who in turn help and hinder and themselves grow and change. Throughout the game, Alex must slowly come to terms with reality, past and future, and decide what she wants now.

Toxic is a story of coming back, of misremembering and blocking out the bad.

It's about realizing you don’t really know a person at all, about realizing that you've compromised yourself for them regardless.

Content warnings: domestic violence, mental illness, alcohol abuse

This game was created entirely in RPG Maker MZ using the default assets only. It took me about 100 hours to create from initial concept all the way through to testing and getting it online.

Originally created for the Frigid Cold Horror jRPG Jam hosted by DECENT TREATMENT.

Play it now on itch.io!
It takes approximately 60-90 minutes.

Played it already? I'd love to hear what you thought of it!

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