We Know the Devil

We Know the Devil

Date Nighto, Worst Girls Games, Pillow Fight · 2015

A suffocating queer summer-camp nightmare

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The WhatsNext verdict

We Know the Devil is an exceptional short horror visual novel about queer adolescence, friendship, and exclusion. Play it for the atmosphere, emotionally precise characters, and soundtrack, especially if ambiguity and replaying routes appeal to you.

What it does best

  • A suffocating queer summer-camp nightmare

  • Three unforgettable kids caught between friendship and desire

  • A cruel, elegant structure built around choosing who gets left behind

  • Synth music that makes the whole night feel cursed

What might put you off

  • Vague supernatural worldbuilding

  • Short, repetitive route structure

The setup

What you are walking into

We Know the Devil is a visual novel about teens reluctantly fighting the devil at summer camp. Follow meangirl Neptune, tomboy Jupiter, and shy shy Venus as they get to know each other--but one always gets left out.

Where it lives

Web browserPC (Microsoft Windows)MacNintendo Switch

Genre

AdventureIndieVisual Novel

Vibe

HorrorDramaRomance
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