The Circus

The Circus is a horror game about Nachelle, a young girl taken from an orphanage to the circus Chursey. You explore the circus, search for clues and items, and try to survive while uncovering why you were brought there and what happened to the previous keeper.

The story

On the day Chursey arrives at the orphanage, children celebrate, but Nachelle sits apart, pink-haired and curled up in a corner. Before losing her senses, she hears, “Come with us, you are the chosen one,” followed by, “Welcome to the circus Chursey.” As you explore, you can collect the forgotten memory fragments to uncover the truth.

Explore the circus

The game progresses over days divided into daytime and nighttime, and things change as time passes. At night, a bell signals that you can explore, trigger events, collect specific items, solve puzzles to complete missions and, sometimes, find special items. Your health is shown as hearts in the upper-left corner; when they reach zero, you die. Your daily exploration can affect Nachelle’s fate, reveal hidden stories in objects scattered throughout the game and uncover characters’ pasts.

Choices and endings

The ending depends on the elements you find and the number of memory fragments you collect, with different branches leading to different outcomes. In the finale, Nachelle faces characters she has met along the way in a fight against her fate.

Character presentation

The characters have individual voices and dynamically animated LIVE2D models. You can collect the in-game CGs and view them in a gallery.