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Does anyone know of games about SA trauma?

A topic by IslandWind created Mar 05, 2025 Views: 1,388 Replies: 6
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So, I may or may not be working on a game where one of the main characters is a sexual assault survivor and dealing with its after-effects, and I'm just wondering if you know of other games that touch upon this topic? Like, not just by having a character who happens to be a survivor, but where the story actually describes and explores what it's like to be dealing with SA trauma. I know Life is Strange has a subplot where one of the characters (not naming names so as not to spoil anything) confides she has been drugged at a party and taken advantage of, and I think Silent Hill 2 has a sequence that heavily implies that what one of the characters is dealing was caused by her being abused as a child, but that's the only ones I can think of off the top of my head.

I know there are games that deal more generally with trauma, like Celeste, but do people know of games dealing more specifically with the after-effects of sexual assault?

As a side question, anyone remember the name of that RPG Maker (?) game where you go into a haunted house because you left your scarf there (at least that's how I remember it), and it has these reassuring messages in green text like "You couldn't have known" and "It wasn't your fault"? It was really popular when it came out but now I can't remember what it was called.


Note: I guess this is obvious, but just in case, I'm not after gross 'adult' games or edgy games making fun of SA/survivors.

Edit: Just came across https://itch.io/t/11699/mental-health-in-games-resource-list cataloguing games and resources about mental health, so I'll just drop the link here.

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Mine kind of does? I mean in a more meme-y/entertaining way it brings light to an active predator that victimized multiple minors https://nmcm.itch.io/tinky-tim-the-digital-predator

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Really interesting! Not quite what I was looking for, but thanks for the reply!
edit: btw, really interesting premise for a game!

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No worries, thank you for checking it out! :D 

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Not quite what you're looking for, but maybe close enough: https://taylormccue.itch.io/trauma

Thanks, that looks really interesting, will give it a try for sure!

Forgot to reply: That was pretty much exactly what I was looking for, thank you so much! Good to know I'm not the only one exploring this topic.