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When The Rumors Become Real

菠蘿 · Published by orange pineapple tea

Content notice: Some plot of the story contains violence, dead body and blood.

Positive — 100% positive (17 reviews) · 8 achievements

Last updated 27 Sept 2026

Matt, a 14-year-old student, is forced to visit a ghost house for having "hide and seek with oneself" challenge . He invites his friend Esther to visit together and pretends to do the challenge. However something wrong happened during the challenge.

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3 Sept 2026Lowest: £1.69 · Highest: £1.698 Oct 2026

Adventure, Indie, Simulation · 2024 · More under £5 games

Join Matt and Esther on a spine-chilling journey through a ghostly mansion in When The Rumors Become Real, an adventurous simulation experience by菠蘿.

About this game

Story

Matt is a 14-year-old secondary school student with a poor family and an ordinary appearance. One day, he was picked on by his classmates during a break. In order to make a fake so as not to attract bad things, he brought some props, and even putted his childhood friend Ma Esther into the danger, came to the haunted house together and pretended to challenge. However, sometimes plans go astray, and some terrible things still happened during the challenge. As for the ending, it's up to "you" to choose.

Character introduction

Name: Matt

Age: 14

Introduction: Because of the shadow of childhood, Matt has a timid personality, and because of some strange behaviors, he has no friends at school. Esther is his only friend. Partial eclipse, he hate carrots, corn and green beans mostly.

Name: Esther

Age: 14

Introduction: Esther is a little more mature than her peers, and her expression changes almost zero when she gets along with others. People think she is a cold person, but it is just her nature, not intentional. Because her mother has to work night shift, she eat with Matt‘s family, and occasionally help him eat dishes he doesn't like.

How to play

"You"just have to use a mouse click or keyboard to play the game. When the game progresses to a certain progress, several options will appear to be chosen, and the options will affect the development of the subsequent plot and even the ending.

Tips: Some endings require playing second round to get through.

Features

-1-1.5 hours game time

-7 beautiful cgs

-6 original background illustrations

-9 original bgm

- Some realistic background illustrations

-Cantonese dubbingThe main character and some important characters are dubbed by the game developer

Pineapple (completely amateur)

- 5 Multiple endings,including NE*2,BE*2,IE*1

System Requirements

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Minimum

Minimum:
  • OS *: Windows 7, 8, 10, 11
  • Processor: I7 core
  • Memory: 500 MB RAM
  • Graphics: whatever
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
  • Sound Card: whatever

Supported Languages

Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese*, English
*languages with full audio support

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