Helping Your Boyfriend

Helping Your Boyfriend is a psychological horror visual novel and dating sim created by Zieelane and Mousefishdog. You play a character living with Adrian, a caring doctor, whose nightly routine includes an unusual task involving old dolls. Beneath the game's soft colors and affectionate conversations, something far more disturbing begins to emerge.

UNRAVEL ADRIAN’S STRANGE NIGHTLY ROUTINE IN HELPING YOUR BOYFRIEND

Helping Your Boyfriend’s story begins with your character waking late at night as Adrian returns home from work. Because a leg illness prevents you from walking, you live with your boyfriend and spend time helping him dismantle old dolls. However, the routine takes an unsettling turn when a stranger appears at night and offers you a pill. Your decision about whether to take it changes the direction of the story and opens different possibilities for investigation. Across three days, you must make dialogue choices, discover clues, complete interactive tasks, and decide whom to trust. With four possible endings, each playthrough can reveal a different side of the characters and their relationships.

Take Apart Old Dolls One Piece at a Time

• Choose the right tools: Use the available tools to remove stitched parts from the dolls.
• Separate the pieces: Place the detached components into their corresponding storage slots.
• Follow the task instructions: Pay attention to the required actions instead of rushing through the minigame.
• Complete each assignment: Finish Adrian's unusual requests to continue the story.

Decide Who Deserves Your Trust

• Adrian: Your doctor boyfriend appears caring and attentive, but his behavior becomes increasingly important as the story unfolds.
• Ian: A mysterious nighttime encounter introduces another character whose actions influence your decisions.
• Oliver: This character becomes relevant as you investigate the situation and explore possible ways forward.
• Your protagonist: Customize your character's name, pronouns, and body type to make the experience more personal.

Four Endings Hidden Behind Your Choices

• My Boyfriend Is the Best: Explore the outcome associated with remaining on the more familiar path.
• Nobody's Home: Discover a different result by investigating and attempting to leave.
• The Empty Cage: Uncover more of the mystery through specific investigation choices.
• Moving Forward: Explore an alternative outcome influenced by your relationship with Ian.

The game also includes additional game-over scenes when you fail certain timed challenges. Saving before major decisions makes it easier to revisit important moments and discover different outcomes.

Guides To Play

• Mouse: Select dialogue options and interact with objects.
• Left Mouse Button: Click and drag items during minigames.
• Enter: Advance dialogue or confirm selections.
• Space + Arrow Keys: Complete applicable quick-time events.
• L: Open the dialogue history.
• A: Enable automatic dialogue.
• Ctrl / Tab: Skip dialogue.
• Bell Icon: Open the Save, Load, and Settings menus.

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Consider these games: Doki Doki Literature Club!, CreepyDates, Yandere AI Girlfriend Simulator, and The Freak Circus. Each offers a different approach to narrative-driven experiences, character relationships, or psychological horror.

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