Lust Epidemic
Mystery, Horror, Comedy, Dating sim · by NLT Media · 2019
A student is stranded at a rival university when a hurricane hits, and the old, creepy campus turns out to hide far more than empty lecture halls.
Who it's for: Adults who want a short, explicit mystery adventure with puzzles and a spooky campus, more than a reading-focused visual novel.
The story (spoiler-free)
Brad, a student from East State University, gets stuck at rival Saint Dame University when a hurricane changes course and hits the town. With the roads cut off, he is shut in on an old campus with a handful of women and a lot of locked doors.
It plays as a top-down adventure rather than a classic visual novel: you explore the grounds, collect items and clues, solve puzzles to open new areas, and build relationships with the women you are trapped with. A spooky, slightly supernatural mystery runs underneath, and the explicit scenes are a big part of the reward loop.
It is NLT Media's first game and shares a world with Treasure of Nadia and The Genesis Order, but stands on its own. It is short by the studio's standards and finished.
Where to play
Guides & resources
Why play it
- +Finished, complete release from an established adult developer
- +Puzzle-driven exploration with a creepy mystery gives it more structure than most adult VNs
- +Shorter than NLT's later games, so it is a quick entry point to the series
- +Official Android build with the itch.io purchase
Keep in mind
- −An adventure game with backtracking and item hunting, not a reading-focused VN
- −Story and characters are thin; the adult content is the main draw
- −Older and smaller than Treasure of Nadia and The Genesis Order
- −No Linux build on Steam or GOG; Linux only via itch.io
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