Her Love, Like Poison
A dark lesbian horror/romance story so toxic it's emitting spores. Ethel, a shy university student, ventures into the wintry woods late one night, where she meets an enchanting raven-haired femme fatale - but…
Her Love, Like Poison is an indie developed by Ebi-Hime, released 28 July 2025 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Her Love, Like Poison is
Her Love, Like Poison is an indie game developed by Ebi-Hime and released in 2025. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Ren'Py.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Ethel Briggs is a shy, self-conscious girl in her final year of university. Though she should be working on her thesis about Romantic poetry, her well of inspiration has run dry. After a nasty break-up with her former girlfriend, Clementine, Ethel is feeling very blue - and it certainly doesn't help that she's spending the winter holidays in the depressingly drab village of Oxbury, while her family are off holidaying in sunny Australia. Left to her own devices, Ethel struggles to finish her thesis while the cold, wintry wind blows outside and the days continue to get shorter and darker. Staying inside proves to be unbearable, however, and Ethel escapes the confines of her family's home for…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are horror and romance. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Her Love, Like Poison launched on 28 July 2025, within three weeks of Mafia: The Old Country, Donkey Kong Bananza, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers and Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound.
Released around the same time: Mafia: The Old Country, Donkey Kong Bananza, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound.
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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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