Artificial Mansion

Artificial Mansion is a visual novel about Reuben, who inherits his late uncle’s mansion and discovers a secret room containing three life-like dolls. The mansion had been abandoned for nearly 100 years because its owners kept disappearing, but Reuben’s uncle dismissed the stories as rumors, bought the property and renovated it. He later died of natural causes, leaving Reuben to revisit the mansion he knew as a child. After Reuben accidentally awakens the dolls, he becomes trapped in a life-or-death game: two try to protect him, while the third tries to kill him.

The characters

Reuben was close to his uncle and spent much of his time at the mansion, but never noticed anything unusual there. He initially finds all three dolls terrifying, including the two who want to protect him.

Briar is one of Reuben’s protectors. Rude and quick to lash out when someone acts foolishly, she has grown pessimistic after repeatedly failing to protect people. Lottie, the other protector, is polite and friendly; she quickly grows fond of Reuben and believes he may be the first person to survive. Having slept for 100 years, she is curious about how the mansion has changed.

Adelaide is a killer doll made to eliminate anyone in sight when she wakes. Her emotions are more limited than those of the other dolls, and she needs to rest for much longer, but she can be much stronger than they are.

Choices and endings

Your choices affect the story. The visual novel has multiple endings: two romance endings, one friendship ending and several bad endings. It takes 3–5 hours to read.