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Fran Bow

Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny. After witnessing the gruesome and mysterious loss of her parents, found dismembered at their home, Fran rushes into the woods, together with her only friend, Mr. Midnight, a black cat that Fran had previously received as a present from her parents. In the forest, Fran goes into shock over the loss of her parents and when she recovers, she’s at Oswald Asylum, an oppressive mental institution for children, and Mr. Midnight is nowhere to be found. After having a

Release date
August 27, 2015
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Developer
Killmonday Games
Publisher
Killmonday Games
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Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny. After witnessing the gruesome and mysterious loss of her parents, found dismembered at their home, Fran rushes into the woods, together with her only friend, Mr. Midnight, a black cat that Fran had previously received as a present from her parents. In the forest, Fran goes into shock over the loss of her parents and when she recovers, she’s at Oswald Asylum, an oppressive mental institution for children, and Mr.

Midnight is nowhere to be found. After having a dream about her beloved cat, Fran decides to escape from the mental institution to find him and go back home to Aunt Grace, her only living relative. Story driven creepy psychological horror adventure game. Unique and peculiar hand drawn 2D Art-Style and 2D animation. Self administer medication to open the terrible hidden world that will help solve puzzles and find objects.A big variety of puzzles designed with different levels of difficulty and specifically based on the story.

Three arcade inspired mini-games all with different art style to be part of the transitions in the story. Interactive and occasionally playable pet cat, Mr Midnight.50+ interactive unique characters with unique personalities. Original Soundtrack Story driven creepy psychological horror adventure game. Unique and peculiar hand drawn 2D Art-Style and 2D animation.…

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★ 9.0/10GOG · 529 ratings
GOGLast checked November 4, 2026

Most helpful8

★ 5 / 5
Most people have never heard of this game. It was a very under the radar Indie Gogo crowdfunded game, created by a couple Swedes. They…
★ 5 / 5
Wanna escape reality and see creatures beyond your wildest dreams? And I mean it - no medieval fantasy here. Buy ticket here! Setup being a…
★ 5 / 5
Reminiscent to The Cat Lady, Downfall, Silent Hill, and American McGee's Alice. I'm in the middle of the second chapter as I write this. I've…
★ 5 / 5
I absolutely adore this game. If you like point and click adventure games, please give this one a whirl. And if you've never tried a…
★ 5 / 5
Fran bow is a great point and click adventure game. It has a great art style and a creepy sound scape. The central plot revolves…
★ 5 / 5
When I bought this game I knew nothing about it so at first I thought this might be a cute little indie adventure with some…
★ 4 / 5
This game looks very good : artwork, gameplay, cynicism and creepy hidden reality all work very well. But it works a bit too well for…
★ 4 / 5
I'm not too familiar or fond of the point-and-click adventure genre in particular, but with placing mental illness and a two-fold (four-fold) gameplay style in…

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★ 5 / 5
This game is beautiful, the art style is fantastic, the main character is lovable and interesting, and the world is extremely interesting. The lore for…
★ 5 / 5
Absolute masterpiece of a game, it explores exceedingly dark topics with a refreshing style of childish innocence.
★ 5 / 5
THIS GAME IS VERY INCREDIBLE, THE LORE, THE ATMOSPHERE. THE GORE, IS REALLY AMAZING, I LOVE FRAN BOW
★ 5 / 5
its dark af. If you are fimiliar with dark, hard to consume, psychologically heavy to take in games it will be in your top 5…
★ 1 / 5
This is a point-and-click adventure game. It is primarily controlled with a mouse. As such, there is dialogue and puzzles to sort through. The general…
★ 4 / 5
While there are some parts that take a bit too long over all its a decent game. Dark, creepy and strange. What's not to like.
★ 5 / 5
I've always had interest in this game's narrative, and I'm glad I finally get to play it. I love the gameplay mechanics and puzzles, and…

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