Developer: Hosted Games
At a glance
13 Steam reviews rate it “Mixed” (69% positive). Released on August 19, 2021 by Hosted Games. Current price: $5.99.
Description
Blood for Poppies is a 188,000-word psychological horror interactive novel by M.E. Smith about entrapment and the lingering effects of trauma. It's entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
- Play as male or female; gay, bi, or straight.
- Romance a seemingly emotionless young woman struggling to feel human, an insecure and compassionate artist striving to achieve his dreams despite Doctor's control, and a rebellious young man with a temper that eclipses his better nature.
- Befriend and uplift your fellow freaks or alienate all around you through cruelty, manipulation, and betrayal. Characters respond to your choices... for better or worse.
- Escape Doctor's clutches or inherit his scientific work for your own benevolent or malicious designs.
- Devote yourself to Doctor by expressing loyalty to him or rebel against him at every opportunity.
- Ally yourself with others for your own goals, but be careful; everyone has their own motivations and betrayal is always a possibility.
- Revel in the hideous or cultivate beauty, live joyously or give in to despair, express compassion or cruelty, allow your fate to be malleable putty in the hands of others or manipulate all around you; your attitudes and tendencies are up to you.
- Achieve endings that change in minor and major ways depending on the actions you take and the relationships you build.
Influence who lives and dies; not everyone makes it to the end.
Supported languages: english
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System Requirements
Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Mac
- OS: macOS 12.0
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 20.04
User Reviews
This game is very short, very ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up and very sad but it kept me engaged every step of the way
I had a short quiet life with my wife Carmelle
Do I have to buy it again in order to play it on my tablet? Steam tells me I own it, but won't run this game for me execpt when I am on my desktop--where it continually locks up.
I'd wait for a sale before buying it. 5/10. Not bad, but not great either.
a short read, somewhere between dark and bitter sweet. To be fair I had a good understanding going in that this wasnt going to be my usual cup of tea, but the price was low and I was curious.
There are several opportunities in the story where you can define the personality of the MC by the choices that you make, and doing so will also trigger some steam achievements relating to them. Other choices are offered that will lead to different endings. I took what I felt were the "lightest" of options, which ended with me being the one that died (not a spoiler as it is mentioned on the store page that not everyone makes it out, you not making it out is an obvious option ; p) I might play through again and see if I missed anything that lets me get to the end alive without being the instrument of someone elses demise, but from my first play through, that does not look to be an option.
Writing wise I found the story to be a bit well just short on everything, short on dialogue, short on descriptive narrative,... Sparse would be a good word for it. This was a very popular style of writing back in the early 1900's when everything was in print and space was at a premium, but these days there's not really much reason for such a dearth of expose.
All in all I can see this having appeal for a certain kind of audiance, Know yourself and all that before you buy, unless like me you are just curious ; )
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Additional Information
| Developer | Hosted Games |
| Platforms | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| Age rating | None |
| Release date | August 19, 2021 |
| User reviews | 69% positive (13) |