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MetaWare High School (Demo)

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App ID 1194740
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Not Fun Games
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies PyGame Engine, RenPy Engine
Last Changenumber 28984968
Last Record Update 14 May 2025 – 16:13:12 UTC ()
Release Date 2 April 2020 – 08:16:30 UTC ()
😍 90.18%
677 reviews
0
In-Game

How do you see the world when nothing is real? An experimental metafictional visual novel.

Additional Information

This game is excluded from Steam Family Sharing because: Free Game

Developer Not Fun Games
metacritic_name MetaWare High School (Demo)
controller_support partial
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Not Fun Games
IsFreeApp Yes
Exclude from family sharing (exfgls) 3 (Free Game)
Store Release Date 2 April 2020 – 08:16:30 UTC ()
osarch empty string
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://bsky.app/profile/notfungames.bsky.social
https://x.com/NotFunGames
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzEWXOmG6P87-CpYusuqm7Q
Primary Genre Indie (23)
Store Genres Casual (4), Indie (23), Free to Play (37)
Steam Release Date 2 April 2020 – 08:16:30 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 25 January 2025 – 15:38:47 UTC () (1737819527)
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Is free on the store? Yes
review_score 9
review_percentage 96
Detected Technologies (?) PyGame Engine, RenPy Engine
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 5 February 2025 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 17201315
  • configuration:
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    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
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    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
Content Descriptors General Mature Content (5)
controllertagwizard Yes
First seen on SteamDB 12 November 2019 – 17:39:13 UTC (), in changelist #7187479
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes

Tags

📚 Visual Novel 🧙‍♂ Philosophical ⚗️ Experimental 😃 Funny 🌸 Anime ✍️ Well-Written 💔 Emotional 🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+ 🫠 Surreal 〰️ Nonlinear 🫂 Psychological 🧸 Cute 🤣 Memes 🤡 Comedy 🕴 Psychological Horror 🧚 Choose Your Own Adventure 🔚 Multiple Endings 😌 Casual 🎭 Drama 💘 Dating Sim

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Profile Features Limited

Hardware Categories

Partial Controller Support DualShock Controllers (USB Only) DualShock Controllers DualSense Controllers (USB Only) DualSense Controllers

Assets

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timestamp1 February 2025 – 17:39:47 UTC
Trailers
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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
1194741 MetaWare High School (Demo) Content 111.79 MiB 96.34 MiB
1194743 Windows 73.29 MiB 21.84 MiB
1194744 macOS 64-bit 58.87 MiB 16.39 MiB
1194745 Linux 52.69 MiB 15.18 MiB
1322470 DLC 1322470MetaWare High School (Demo) Special Features (1322470) Depot 206.23 MiB 136.14 MiB

Total size on disk is 502.87 MiB and total download size is 285.89 MiB.

Total size on disk is 185.08 MiB and total download size is 118.18 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 17201315 1 February 2025 – 03:00:53 UTC
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