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Laney, This Won’t Make You Happier

Explore a monochrome world as The Dilettante: a shapeshifter who can appear as anything, but struggles to be much of anything. This is a “jumping and spikes” game with no explicit goal or ending. Your progress…

5 April 2026

Laney, This Won’t Make You Happier is an indie developed by Late Nine, released 5 April 2026 on Web browser.

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What Laney, This Won’t Make You Happier is

Laney, This Won’t Make You Happier is an indie game developed by Late Nine and released in 2026. It is available on Web browser only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Explore a monochrome world as The Dilettante: a shapeshifter who can appear as anything, but struggles to be much of anything. This is a “jumping and spikes” game with no explicit goal or ending. Your progress is autosaved locally.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Laney, This Won’t Make You Happier launched on 5 April 2026, within three weeks of Crimson Desert Enhanced, Pragmata, Replaced and Mouse: P.I. For Hire.

Released around the same time: Crimson Desert Enhanced, Pragmata, Replaced, Mouse: P.I. For Hire.

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When did Laney, This Won’t Make You Happier come out?
Laney, This Won’t Make You Happier was released on 5 April 2026 for Web browser.

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