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Horse Position · Published by Horse Position
Content notice: The game explores themes of depression, loneliness, and escapism, and has topics that may seem triggering or inappropriate to some players. This includes alcohol abuse, mental instability, and suicide. The game has partial nudity and non-explicit scenes of consensual sex.
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Create yourself a perfect friend in this choice-driven visual novel. Love her, hate her, don't let her turn your life into a living hell.
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About this game
Did you know that you could create life by sheer imagination? In this visual novel, you follow a manga artist who creates a tulpa - a separate being inside his mind - hoping it could fix his problems. After all, what can go wrong, especially if the tulpa is this cute?
Genre: comedy, drama, psychological horror.
All the story, art, and music are made by real people, without gen-AI whatsoever.
What is it?
Tulpa the Unseen Lover is a visual novel in which you read text and make choices that change the story's outcome. Once the game is ready, you'll get:
Compelling story with multiple endings.
Up to three hours of gameplay.
Two romantic interests.
Unlockable outfits for your tulpa.
Dozens of high-quality CGs and cutscenes.
Characters
Meet Nick!
Nick is a 23-year-old manga artist living alone in a foreign country. Some might see him as a broke, depressed, and probably clinically insane loser; but that would be a rather shallow point of view. Nick is a talented mangaka with a lot of potential, but at the moment, he's clearly going through some stuff.
Nick also has an embarrassing secret he would never tell anyone.
Meet Nick’s Secret!
This cute girl is Nick’s best friend. It doesn’t matter that nobody else can see her!
During an especially weird period in his life, Nick creates her in his mind, and you, the player, are going to help him! Give her a name, choose her an outfit for the day; she’s here for your eyes only! And for Nick’s, of course.
But what is she, really? A hallucination, a ghost from the past, or an interdimensional being? What happens if she grows too attached? Does she like ice cream? There's only one way to find out.
More characters are currently in development!
About Us
This game is being developed by a married couple who also happen to be professional animators. We use our expertise and experience (including work on Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Zootopia 2, Overwatch cinematics, and more) to create interesting characters you'd love to interact with. All CGs and cutscenes are hand-animated in Blender, with no gen-AI.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS *: Windows 7 and higher
- Processor: 2.0 Ghz Dual Core
- Graphics: 4 GB RAM
Recommended
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: 2.0 Ghz Quad Core
- Graphics: 4 GB RAM
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Press Coverage
Tulpa the Unseen Lover is a psychological visual novel about a depressed manga artist manifesting a cute, ominous anime girl made by former Spider-Verse animators
It's very rare that I'm not thinking about the works of Satoshi Kon (pop on Tokyo Godfathers this Christmas, you won't regret it), but the one that I always come back to is Opus. It's a manga the director made in the mid '90s that he ultimately never finished before his death, following a manga artist who gets sucked into his own creation and forced to deal with the consequences of his writing. Tulpa the Unseen Lover, a psychological visual novel made by former Spider-Verse animators, is sort of like that, only in this case it's about a manga creator bringing an anime girl to life in his mind. Read moreRead full article on Rock, Paper, Shotgun
