We Know the Devil

Impecable. No puede haber algo tan bien escrito, no puede ser legal. Hay secuencias que hubiera querido que se extendieran infinitamente

Gains a lot upon completionist repeat playthroughs and the final (true?) ending is a joy to behold. Be advised that the story and characters deal critical damage if you're a lesbian with religious guilt, have lost friends or been the lost friend, existed anywhere online in the 2010s or if you've ever felt alone in a room full of people you love. The devil is everywhere but god sees it all, every movie you weren't allowed to see, every nervous change of tabs upon hearing the door creak, all the touch you couldn't have and the bullies you swore you'd kill.

Amazing soundtrack that isnt afraid to hurt when it has to. Greater than the sum of its parts even if they already kicked ass.

a beautiful story with some horrific backstory behind it. the art is gorgeous, even at the times where its terrifying. emotionally devastating, wonderful symbolism and overall a 10/10 game, if i could forget the game so i could play it again i would.

Fantastic horror yuri VN about religious trauma and the (queer) struggles of not being "good", of not being "enough", of not "fitting", of not being able to do it "right" and of ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID RUNNING THROUGH MY HEAD RUNNING THROUGH MY HEAD

have not stopped thinking about it since i finished it a few months ago. i like venus i like neptune i like jupiter i love the devil

Short but very very good. A playthrough takes about an hour and there's 4 endings to see, all of them worth seeing. The true ending is especially excellent, and was a really nice sendoff to the game after getting the other 3.

*We Know the Devil* is a deeply atmospheric visual novel that masterfully captures the awkwardness, tension, and fragility of self-discovery. It all takes place against the backdrop of a supernatural summer camp. The game is full of eeriness, with its minimalist art style and really fitting soundtrack, however it does offer sincere introspective moments.

Compared to *Heaven Will Be Mine*, I find We Know the Devil to be more more intimate and grounded, focusing on the raw, unspoken dynamics between the three protagonists. While it lacks the philosophical depth of its spiritual successor, it shines in its ability to make every moment feel intensely personal and impactful.

The writing is good, weaving themes of identity, queerness, and belonging into the narrative, and the setting/world is fitting for the story told (with all it's magical realism).

The gameplay centers around choosing which pair of characters spends time together, with the "odd one out" becoming a key part of the story’s emotional core.

Overall, I find We Know the Devil to be a beautiful experience, perfect for those who appreciate thoughtful storytelling and a touch of supernatural dread. If you enjoyed Heaven Will Be Mine, this is probably a must-play – different, yes, yet equally powerful in its own way.

A very short experience that I am nonetheless still thinking about several days later. Best completed in one sitting.

really resonated with me

Bought this game with a handful of others in 2019
Came out in 2022
Actually got to playing this in 2024

This game spoke to feelings Ive had for nearly a decade. Dont be like me, play this game as soon as you can.

Okay look. this game may seem utterly incomprhensible at first. you may not get it at a first, or even second playthrough. but theres something so uniquely personal and tender about this game that when it gets ONE chance to slip through the crack in your armour it hits in a way that will make you feel uncofmortably, horribly seen. I remember playing through Venus and neptunes endings and while i respected the intent i never seemed to got it but then i got to jupiters. and. Oh my god. I swear if you give this game the chance it will rewire your brain chemistry im not joking. Something about being queer and isolated and struggling with your own place in a world that made you believe you deserved to be hated. god. this game GETS it.

incredibly formative visual novel for me. you will find a character or two or three to relate to to some degree. the art and music rock.

very much ironic to be playing this during Christmas Eve xP

went in completely blind and didn't understand the underlying story for a bit, but otherwise the atmosphere was really well done despite some of the odd dialogue and the story is very interesting, and resonating !!

Beautiful story

Good

this game has stuck in my brainwaves and rattled my psyche every time i play it. fundamentally changed what i look for in media since the age of like 15. 10/10 game would recommend

There's something good in every ending. If I'd played this game when I was in highschool I think it would've irrevocably Changed Me in a different way than it is now.

left me emotionally shaken afterwards in a way most games can't. highly recommend, go in as blind as you can

i feel like i SHOULD really like this game? i mean, everything about it screams it'd be perfect for me. spooky vibes, themes of religious trauma, LGBT identity, really fucking strange worldbuilding, extremely good and at times jarring music, really cool use of photos with uncomfortable vibes. And I loved heaven will be mine.

but i just. don't?

none of it resonates with me. all the writing feels like a big bunch of pointless drivel and is saying absolutely nothing? it felt like i was reading something translated from another language or something because it made sense but it. didn't? only one bit of dialogue really did make sense to me, and I DID like that, but that's... one thing in the entire game. The characters just. Felt so strange and weird and inhuman (and not even when they LITERALLY become inhuman, either. i just. didn't get them at all, i guess, and yet everyone acts like theyre insanely well written? I guess it just missed the mark for me.

there wasn't really much of the LGBT theme either, imo, despite that being a selling point and the way they handled the trans character felt really shitty and weird im ngl, lmao but that's MY opinion and I'm probably in the minority, there.

I got this for 2 bucks, so I don't regret it solely for the vibes and music. But... man. This was a huge let down. I was gonna do the true ending, but it seems to be bugged or something for me, and I don't even really care.

Also, the harry potter shit is just... tasteless and weird and gross especially in a fuckin' game so apparently based around LGBT shit, no wonder the trans character was handled so shittily lmao. .

I usually like, weird-ass VNs, I *like* themes of LGBT shit, and spookiness, and religious trauma, etc etc etc as I can personally very deeply relate to it. This hit absolutely none of those except for the vibes, which I admit, were excellent. But that isn't anywhere near enough to carry the whole game, when it's the background, y;know?

I guess I'm just let down. I wanted to feel a bunch of emotions like I did when beating Heaven will be mine, and yet, I felt absolutely nothing.

A wonderful beautiful terrifying horror at summer camp story of three queers, religious trauma, and finding out how to save themselves and each other.

Such a good lilttle visual novel, from my perspective as a queer person that was in a catholic school. Relatable and also quite full of heart and love. It's quite an enjoyable read that has some really hard hitting moments.

"It's like... I didn't realize how much my body was, bothering me, all the time, before? And when they're peeled off it finally feels like I don't have to think about them so much. Like normal."

good game.

There's always a way out together, all of us... To shine and grow and let them all know. It's not just you...it's us. It's hard, but we can become new again.

This game is amazing. I wish I'd played it years ago.

If this game even remotely seems like the sort of thing you'd be interested in, PLAY. IT.

I thoroughly enjoyed this story!

"I want them within and without me. All through and about me. I want feathers in my lungs and eyes on my skin. I want my heart to see and my lungs to fly"

short, sweet, and heartfelt beyond measure, i can't help but treasure we know the devil for how it captures the experience of being a religiously repressed young queer

The devil is just a phase.
The devil wants to be touched.
The devil wants to be seen.
The devil wants to be let in.
We know the devil, and it's us.

"Promise me hell is right there, right behind that door. All of it. Promise, really promise, there's no going back. If that's really true, if you can really promise me, then I'll go, and I won't feel bad about it at all."

we know the devil is i saw the tv glow. we know the devil is a normal creepypasta retrospective. we know the devil is the 25th ward. we know the devil is mulholland drive.

i will not pretend like i fully understand we know the devil but i do not need to. if there was a queer art canon this would be biblical.

character-driven allegory written in poetic prose. if you prefer plot-driven vns you probably wont get/like it imo. the plot is fully centered on the characters' relationships. i love the general aesthetics it presents itself with, it does a great job of putting you in a specific timeframe and setting that is very very familiar to a raised-christian queer. i also really enjoy the mechanic of exclusion, i think that's a very interesting subversion of common romantic vn mechanics! quite short.

This story is built on vibes and glued together with it's carnal want to be understood, or at least just seen instead of stared straight through like it's glass. When a story makes so much sense yet leaves me uselessly floundering to make articulated sense of it to anybody else's ears other than mine, those are the stories that mean the most to the people who need to hear them.

I'm just lost on this one and I fit the target demographic. The BGM and foley really confused the tone for me throughout the first playthrough. The narrative was both banal and pompous with no discernable plot. Then it just ended.

I might try the other endings for achievements and to see if anything at all becomes more clear but then again I might just be done with this one.

I read a good review of it somewhere and I guess to each their own.

Edit: finished the other endings. Still not for me for the same reasons.

this is the most beautifully hurtful thing i have ever experienced

it hurts so much and i love it

Play this game. Holy shit, I loved this, and you will too. A potently touching game that is best played blind, and I think will stay with me for a long time :))

It's a simple and charming visual novel which realistic backgrounds that blend in so well with the characters art style, that works a lot into the atmosphere when combined with the sublime soundtrack.
The writing is not one of the best but the story itself along with the characters are very charming.
The plot of the game is all about queerness, discovering oneself and how religions impact on both of these things, and while I'm not queer myself I could enjoy these poins nonetheless.

A gorgeous game, with dialogue that will stay with me! Very short but very worthwhile.

We Know the Devil is a very short, simple experience, but it packs plenty of heart into its runtime, and the understated themes and quiet implications just underneath the surrealist elements of the story really stick with you. Though you can kind of bumrush through it if you want to, I think it's a game that rewards some contemplation, taking the time to pace yourself as you're figuring out the game's multiple routes. As, essentially, an extended metaphor for queer existence, it conveys its message admirably, and if you connect to any element of the story, you'll really, really feel it. Give it a go.

This game was dog crap

This game is art if there ever were such a thing. What an absolute masterpiece. For one thing, the writing is actually excellent, which I can't say for a lot of indie visual novels. It tells its story well instead of just trying to show off its literary genius. More importantly, the story is also excellent. It's deep, intriguing, and fantastically artistic, to the extent that you probably won't understand everything that's going on. It takes a few playthroughs and even then, it's still quite a thing to unravel. And for all the reviews talking about this being an "LGBTQ game," I just want to say that honestly, you could entirely miss that if you really can't read between the lines. It's just a good story. The point is, you don't need to be gay or interested in LGBTQ stories to love this game.

The choices are only ever character pairs, not conventional visual novel choices, but after a couple playthroughs, you can figure out the trick to get the different endings and ultimately the true ending. I think that just adds even more to the artistry of the game.

The visuals are also perfect. The hand-drawn greyscale characters against the grainy 80s-esque irl photos -- every design choice in this game was absolutely the right one.

In short, this game is true art and a prime representation of what makes indie so great.

(PS: disregard my playtime. I mostly played offline, so it didn't get logged. I thoroughly played through all endings.)

It was a really interesting and well-put-together game. I have two endings left to get and I'm looking forward to it! I love the art style and the use of real photos - they fit in well to the game without being distracting.

this novel goes through so many ethereal elements of trauma and romance in ~2 hours

beautiful

Fascinating little visual novel, great atmosphere, interesting characters

Amazing game! It's not too long and its price isn't too bad. The storyline lets you see what it's like to feel left behind, and what it feels like to feel out of place in life especially in youth.

i loved this so much i wish gay people were real

I feel like an in depth review for a story you can absolutely knock out in a couple of hours is too much, as you'd be wasting time reading this instead of the game.

That said, I'll say a few things. This is a story for people who identify with outcast groups, primarily LGBT+ people. This isn't to gatekeep non-LGBT+ audiences, but it will be difficult to connect with the themes of this game. It's pretty heavy, but its message is ultimately hopeful.