Cosmic High Schooler

Cosmic High Schooler is a text-based story game about a poor rural girl who earns a place at a top high school. For the 16 years since her birth, the seasons have turned and the sun has risen and set according to the familiar rhythms of the universe. After two mysterious boys enter her life at high school, supernatural forces disturb her ordinary routine, blurring the line between reality and dreams. Your choices determine how the story unfolds and which emotional routes and plot developments you experience.

Characters

The protagonist is kind, sincere and sensitive, and usually relies on common sense to understand the world around her. She wears a sunflower hair clip and, despite her gentle nature, can show surprising courage when it matters. At high school, she becomes involved with people and events that seem to reach beyond the ordinary.

Tiantian is one of the characters whose route you can pursue. A transfer student and the protagonist’s new deskmate, he is the god of the universe, able to control natural laws and change the world at will. Though he acts like a mischievous student and meets everything with humor and nonchalance, he understands the world unusually well and is difficult to read.

Luzhe is another possible romantic route. A handsome student from a prominent, wealthy family, he draws attention wherever he goes and appears unfailingly polished, though he is calculating and has a hidden side. He is often accompanied by a violin, whose music seems to carry something from beyond this world.

Zhang Zecheng is a key figure in the main story. The school’s new teacher is an internationally renowned physicist, but his reason for teaching at a high school is a mystery. He is courteous and scholarly, yet sometimes introduces ideas that seem out of place in a high school classroom.

Choices and endings

The game contains suggestive storytelling and complex characters, alongside a range of artwork. It has 10 or more endings, and an estimated playtime of over 8 hours. The story includes unsettling premises, psychological horror and depictions of extreme behavior.