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Ballads at Midnight

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App ID 1967870
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Abiding Bridge
Franchise Abiding Bridge
Supported Systems Windows macOS
Technologies PyGame Engine, RenPy Engine
Last Changenumber 30931786
Last Record Update 4 September 2025 – 00:23:06 UTC ()
Release Date 15 July 2022 – 20:03:26 UTC ()
❓ 87.42%
440 reviews
0
In-Game
🆓 Free to Play 💘 Otome 🧛 Vampire 👩 Female Protagonist 📚 Interactive Fiction

When a sarcastic bard is arrested and exiled to an abandoned castle, she expected to be at the mercy of a hungry, blood-thirsty vampire. She soon discovers that the vampire, Lucius, is not starving: he is gravely bored. She may just survive on borrowed time, one ballad each midnight.

Additional Information

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

Developer Synstoria
controller_support full
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Abiding Bridge
IsFreeApp Yes
Exclude from family sharing (exfgls) 3 (Free Game)
Store Release Date 15 July 2022 – 20:03:26 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.gg/BPsUa6yzyZ
https://x.com/synstoria
Primary Genre Adventure (25)
Store Genres Adventure (25), Indie (23), Free to Play (37)
Steam Release Date 15 July 2022 – 20:03:26 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 13 May 2025 – 10:09:52 UTC () (1747130992)
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Is free on the store? Yes
review_score 8
review_percentage 94
Detected Technologies (?) PyGame Engine, RenPy Engine
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • 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
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 28 August 2025 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 9131322
  • configuration:
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    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
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    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-10.0-beta
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 12 April 2022 – 14:26:06 UTC (), in changelist #14495588

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes

Tags

🆓 Free to Play 💘 Otome 🧛 Vampire 👩 Female Protagonist 📚 Interactive Fiction 💘 Romance 🛏️ Cozy 📚 Visual Novel 🗺️ Adventure 📚 Story Rich 😨 Dark 🧚 Choose Your Own Adventure 💘 Dating Sim 🎨 Hand-drawn 🎨 Stylized 🏰 Medieval 🎭 Drama 🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+ 😃 Funny 💔 Emotional

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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timestamp13 May 2025 – 10:10:02 UTC

Trailer 465098 ↴

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timestamp 29 May 2022 – 12:17:58 UTC

Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
1967871 Windows 193.58 MiB 126.78 MiB
1967872 macOS 155.92 MiB 115.43 MiB

Total size on disk is 349.51 MiB and total download size is 242.21 MiB.

Total size on disk is 193.58 MiB and total download size is 126.78 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 9131322 15 July 2022 – 21:29:40 UTC
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