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Kill Your Darlings

The kingdom has imprisoned you in the dungeon! Manage your day-to-day life, date your fellow inmates (who are monsters) and fight by their side to escape in this innovative time-management dating-sim RPG where every choice matters and every playthrough is different.

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About the Game

You have been imprisoned in the royal dungeon. Forced to participate in weekly gladiatorial combat, you will surely die unless you make some powerful friends.

Manage your day-to-day life in the dungeon, date your fellow inmates (who are monsters) and fight by their side to survive and escape in this innovative time-management dating-sim RPG where every choice matters and every playthrough is different.

Key Features

  • Live your day-to-day life as a prisoner in a dungeon

  • Carefully manage your time, for it is limited

  • Date your inmates, who are monsters

  • Fight by their side in gladiatorial combat

  • Try to keep them alive...

  • ...or live with the consequences of your actions