Steam game

Shoestrings Story

A point-and-click visual novel updating the classic "hero vs. demon king" fantasy into a cynical modern world where you can’t win by force alone. What defines a hero now? Will they be paid, or get any compensation at all?

$8.99 March 6, 2026

By KITTYPOOL

Windows
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Shoestrings Story - KITTYPOOL. Popular. Released March 6, 2026
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Overview

About this game

*The in-game English text is machine-translated.

  • A point-and-click visual novel

  • Approximately 300,000 characters of narrative

  • A wide variety of mini-games

  • Retro pixel graphics

  • A smoking girl dragging around a TV

  • Sudden quantum mechanics

  • No "just parry" mechanic

The protagonist is a freelance writer named Lovecatch. Due to childhood trauma, they are unable to speak and have no combat experience. However, after saving a wounded, mysterious creature known as a Mamono, they are unexpectedly chosen to become a "Hero." Lovecatch’s mission is to "persuade" an entity called the "Demon King," who is said to command the Mamono, and bring an end to the 900-year-long war against these creatures.

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