{"id":68202,"date":"2026-06-13T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=68202"},"modified":"2026-06-12T19:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T10:32:14","slug":"japanese-hand-drawn-psychological-horror-rabbit-circle-lets-you-join-a-club-of-runaway-girls-looping-through-surreal-manifestations-of-their-deepest-traumas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-hand-drawn-psychological-horror-rabbit-circle-lets-you-join-a-club-of-runaway-girls-looping-through-surreal-manifestations-of-their-deepest-traumas\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese hand-drawn psychological horror Rabbit Circle lets you join a club of runaway girls looping through surreal manifestations of their deepest traumas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u00a0Currently in development by \u00a0multimedia creator <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/0comet_moth0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Comet Moth<\/a>, <strong>Rabbit Circle<\/strong> is a psychological horror game whose story follows a group of runaway girls. The heroines, through their shared loneliness, find solace in each other, but are eventually forced to face the physical manifestations of their trauma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"671\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260612-682020001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260612-682020001.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260612-682020001-380x249.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260612-682020001-768x503.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rabbit Circle\u2019s protagonist is Alexia, a lonely girl who was brought to an abandoned church by her school clubmates against her will. Eventually, she warms up to the idea that the church serves as a better home than her own. With no unpleasant adults around, the group continue their club activities, which revolve around a stuffed toy rabbit that they call their \u201cProphet.\u201d As Alexia slowly finds happiness and learns more about her friends, she discovers that each of them carries a similar kind of loneliness, further strengthening their bond as a makeshift family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"816\" height=\"624\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260612-682020002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260612-682020002.jpg 816w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260612-682020002-380x291.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260612-682020002-768x587.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, not everything is as it seems, and you soon find yourself exploring the manifested traumas of each girl. Death is a common occurrence in Rabbit Circle, with the core goal having you replay it multiple times to change the ending and save as many people as you can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u500b\u4eba\u5236\u4f5c\u30db\u30e9\u30fcADV\u300eRabbit Circle\u300f<br><br>\u5177\u73fe\u5316\u3057\u305f\u30c8\u30e9\u30a6\u30de\u306e\u4e2d\u3092\u5f77\u5fa8\u3046\u5fc3\u7406\u30db\u30e9\u30fcADV\u3002<br><br>\u5e78\u305b\u306a\u6642\u9593\u3092\u53d6\u308a\u8fd4\u305d\u3046\u3002<br><br>Steam\u30a6\u30a3\u30c3\u30b7\u30e5\u30ea\u30b9\u30c8\u306f\u3053\u3061\u3089<br>\uff08<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NKrMRUVl0m\">https:\/\/t.co\/NKrMRUVl0m<\/a>\u2026)<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30a4\u30f3\u30c7\u30a3\u30fc\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E9%96%8B%E7%99%BA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u958b\u767a<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a4XeFHvVtT\">pic.twitter.com\/a4XeFHvVtT<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rabbit Circle (@Rabbit_circle66) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Rabbit_circle66\/status\/2058429134356021372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 24, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With an approximate playtime of two hours, Rabbit Circle\u2019s hand-drawn pastel aesthetic, surreal collage environments, and deep (albeit depressing) story, are the stars of the show. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Rabbit_circle66\/status\/2065023257410199991?s=20\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Rabbit_circle66\/status\/2065023257410199991?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According to the developers<\/a>, the English version of the game will release simultaneously with the Japanese version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rabbit Circle is currently in development for Windows and macOS (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4588290\/Rabbit_Circle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/toxic-bl-psychological-horror-visual-novel-dissolution-of-my-self-gets-steam-demo-help-dismantle-the-identity-of-an-exiled-prince\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Toxic BL psychological horror visual novel Dissolution of My Self gets Steam demo. 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