Hydrangea

About this game

Your sweetheart fell ill with a mysterious illness. Thankfully, you changed your mind about breaking up with them. Now, you're even closer to them.
Too close.

A romance/psychological horror visual novel inspired by the Hanahaki disease trope. Immerse yourself in a romance with a sweetheart you can customize. But beware, as affection turns to obsession, the petals of love may suffocate.

Features:

- Choose your name, as well as your sweetheart's name, pronouns, and appearence.

- Contains four endings. Aim to see the first three to unlock the true end.

- Original soundtrack, backgrounds, portraits, and CGs!

- Story length: 20k words.

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ABOUT:

Meiri Games is a Brazilian indie dev making free horror visual novels. Meiri lead a team of volunteers to create Hydrangea.

Sprites and CG: Misha

Background art: Banh-mi andJam

Music: Eric Jeffrey Tan

GUI: Abby Jocson / craboozled

Promo pixel art: Mary

Coding: Shie

Technical Artist: Joshua Bowles

Additional CGs and Special Thanks: Nevi

Voice of Yuu: David Finley

Voice of Yua: Liyah Pon

Casting and Directing: Phebe Fabacher (Very Berry Studios)
Mixing: Hayden Davis (Very Berry Studios)
Trailer Edited by Hayden Davis (Very Berry Studios)



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HINTS:
- Ending 3 is not unlocked by default.

- There are some secrets you might not find at a first glance...

Latest news

• Announcements·22 Oct 2025Official

  New game demo released!

  Happy to announce that the demo of the game that takes place a few years after the events of MyGF, Doce Fim, is now available for free!“They say the world is going to end this year.But to me, that’s not important at all.In this lonely, empty room, all I have are my delusions.…This might be my last chance. To create something that matters.”I worked on it almost everyday for the past 9 months, sometimes 5-6 hours a day. I’ve invested everything I can into it.I’m not exaggerating when I say that this game is my life’s work. Every game I’ve released for the past 4-5ish years has been building up to this; from the themes to the characters to the mysteries.Please tell your friends, favorite streamers, let’s players, family, anyone. I want this game to mean something to someone like it means to me.Shape queer love and friendship at the end of the world in this choice-driven, emotional narrative. Will you open yourself to trust, or settle for comfortable loneliness?Thank you for the support. Please give the demo a chance!MeiriP.SSteam didn't allow me to link the ways you can support development in the game. Follow me on social media to find out how.https://bsky.app/profile/meiri.itch.iohttps://www.instagram.com/meiri_games/https://x.com/meimcmei
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• Announcements·7 Apr 2025Official

  New Psychological Horror Game: METAHORROR THERAPY SESSION

  {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45151873/23bbfab7d4ac944235a790b2405c39624947c44d.png Dr. Montgomery's latest patient, Noel, is as mysterious as he is prone to obfuscating. But there's something odd about these sessions with him. Something left unsaid. It's almost as if... they cannot escape this room. | A visual novel about an endless therapy session - developed, directed, produced and written by a psychologist! || COMING TO STEAM IN JUNE 2025! WISHLIST NOW: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3560830/Metahorror_Therapy_Session/ If you enjoyed Hydrangea, you're going to love this next release! I've been working very hard on it for nearly 2 years, so please wishlist it to help out! - Meiri
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• Announcements·15 Sept 2024Official

  Hydrangea - Now Available!

  Hydrangea is available to play for FREE on Steam! A romance/psychological horror visual novel inspired by the Hanahaki disease trope. Immerse yourself in a romance with a sweetheart you can customize. But beware, as affection turns to obsession, the petals of love may suffocate. Features: - Choose your name, as well as your sweetheart's name, pronouns, and appearence. - Contains four endings. Aim to see the first three to unlock the true end. - Original soundtrack, backgrounds, portraits, and CGs! - Story length: 20k words. ----------- ABOUT: My name is Meiri, I'm a Brazilian indie dev making free horror visual novels. I led a team of volunteers to create Hydrangea for the 2024 Yandere Game Jam. If you find typos, bugs, and other errors, please report them via e-mail. It might take me a little while to release an update, as unfortunately, I'm going through burnout regarding this project. Releasing Hydrangea was a challenge and I'm just now finally getting to wind down. *THE TWIN CHARACTER USING THEY/THEM PRONOUNS IS NOT A BUG. *O PERSONAGEM DO GÊMEO USANDO PRONOMES FEMININOS E MASCULINOS NÃO É UM BUG. If you enjoyed Hydrangea, check out my other releases here on Steam. Your support will help me release more games of higher quality. https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44771509-Meiri-Games/ Moreover, if you see potential in my work, I have a Patreon where I post monthly exclusive updates, and in the future will release early access games and demos. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/meirigames Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/mei1405 Other ways to contact me: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/meirigames.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meiri_games/ MORE GAMES: https://meiri.itch.io/ https://meiri.neocities.org/ -----
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