soundless – A MODERN SALEM IN REMOTE AREA –

Last updated February 10th, 2025

soundless – A MODERN SALEM IN REMOTE AREA – is a kinetic yuri denpa visual novel about a young girl named Mercy, who has become a social outcast in the cult town she lives in due to a curse. Another young girl, the new Holy Woman Auma, approaches her and claims she also possesses the curse.

Soundless is milk+ visual’s first game, released in 2017 back when milk+ visual was known as only milk+. It was described as a denpa horror even then, inspired by titles such as Subarashiki Hibi, Tsui no Sora, Sayonara wo Oshiete and Jisatsu no Tame no 101 no Houhou. Its development was first publicly announced in 2016 on the LemmaSoft Forums, and persevered to completion, even in the face of health issues and homelessness.

For the game’s first anniversary, an updated version with major story changes and grammar fixes was uploaded to itch.io. The original 1.0 version was subsequently archived on the website for posterity.

In August 2022, a definitive version called soundless – A MODERN SALEM IN REMOTE AREA – final verse (Soundless FV or Final Verse for short) was announced for the 5th anniversary celebration and released on October 6th. This version ports soundless to the latest version of the Ren’Py engine, raises the resolution, adds accessibility features, adds the ability to toggle extremely violent images off, adds an opening cutscene, and most importantly, comes with an additional after story scenario, “adiaphoron”. The celebration will also include the long-awaited Android port and artbook, to be released at a later time. An art update was released on September 29th, 2023, and the Android port was released on December 20th, 2023.

• ~80k words (main game and bonus content combined), one ending, and a harrowing, oppressive atmosphere
• An old-fashioned, 00s-esque interface, with an optional Windows installer of the same aesthetic
• Over 40 CGs and a CG gallery
• MIDI music (converted to a different format due to engine limitations) for your listening pleasure

milk+ visual is a three-person doujin visual novel studio focused around developing dramatic yuri tales with women facing various troubles, both interior and exterior—in other words, menhera heroines often (but not always) in toxic or troubled relationships and/or dangerous situations. Our mascots are Magenta Milk, a nurse fanatic who likes to collect medical equipment, and her girlfriend Monochrome Matrimony, her fellow surgeon roleplayer who loves sharp objects.

• Director: papaya
• Scenario: papaya
• Artwork: papaya
• Programming: papaya
• QC (Original): Beignet, eros, Quin, curry, Kei, Ren
• Editing (Adiaphoron): Faust, Cherimoya

• Music & Sound: Cnoc, Ramine, Abstract Hope, Taira Komori, Minpoke, THE MATCH-MAKERS, Vita-Chi
• Backgrounds: COCOON, Neo Himeism, Joe Mabel, BEIZ Graphics, Ayaemo Research Institute, THoE

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