Incel Syndrome

Incel Syndrome is an interactive visual novel about Sam, who lives aimlessly, browses imageboards and spends time with his friends Jake and Jonathan. Though he is not looking for a girlfriend, he becomes caught up in conspiracy theories, and intrusive thoughts about the opposite sex begin to occupy his mind.

Sam’s story

You explore two timelines freely. The present follows Sam’s current activities and interactions, while the past recounts his life up to the present in the form of a manifesto. The timelines converge at the end of the game.

Themes

The narrative explores incel subculture and currents in contemporary internet culture, setting them against the theories of Otto Weininger, an Austrian philosopher who died in 1903 shortly after completing a 500-page treatise on male-female relations. The game aims to present a nuanced view of incel subculture rather than the caricatures it says are often depicted.