The Velvet Arcade presents

Bloom

A painted fantasy story RPG

A healer the Cathedral fears. The warden sent to bring her in. Ten chapters to decide whose side you are on.

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  • 10 chapterswritten and playable, start to end
  • Free demoabout 20 minutes, in your browser
  • Card fightsturn-based, three difficulties
  • Windowson Steam, spring 2027

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About the Arcade

Games for grown-ups, built on story.

The Velvet Arcade makes games for adults that put story and characters first. Worlds with real stakes, people worth caring about, and choices that change how things end. Some of our games are for mature players; some have an uncut edition in our adult section. Every one of them starts with a story worth telling.

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The Velvet Arcade is one person making painted story games: written scenes with real choices, turn-based fights, and a cast worth coming home to. The games are sold here directly, with a free demo you can play in your browser.

They are stories with mature themes. Explicit content exists only in the adult section (18+), behind its own door.

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