Will you resist — or embrace — the darkness within?

A supernatural neon-noir romance visual novel about monsters, love, and other horrors.

It's the 80s. Supernaturals flock to the neon-soaked streets of North Haven, determined to hide in plain sight amongst the ceaseless nightlife. 

Playing as the flirtatious vampire detective Circe or the brash hellhound cop Dante, you must solve cases that threaten to unveil your own dangerous secrets. Investigate bloodstained murders and vampire conspiracies with Circe, or hunt down the source of a deadly magic drug with Dante! Perhaps you'll even fall in love on the way, but beware — some of your potential love interests may be more monstrous than others.

The full game will have character-centric routes with multiple endings and variations. The first demo, releasing later this year, contains the majority of both Circe and Dante's common routes.

DEMO RELEASE DATE: TBA

If you want to see more, please consider signing up to be notified of our Kickstarter campaign later this year!

Burn the Midnight Oil features six romanceable characters whose hearts you can steal or break. 

✦ TWO PROTAGONISTS - PLAY AS CIRCE OR DANTE

Choose between two protagonists (Circe and Dante) at the start of each playthrough and explore different sides of North Haven.

✦ SIX ROMANCE ROUTES

Romance Abraxas, Edgar, and Nocturne as Circe or Iridis, Raoul, and Zeno as Dante. We recommend that you try each route more than once to experience as much as possible!

✦ MULTIPLE ENDINGS

Each route has three to five main endings, plus additional bad endings which may cut the story short. Happy endings don't come easy in North Haven, so it's up to you and the choices you make whether our protagonists find love or doom waiting for them at the end of the night.

✦ DOZENS OF GLOSSARY TERMS

Unlock important terms, names, and interesting lore tidbits as you play through the game! Can you collect them all? 

✦ ORIGINAL CHARACTER ART BY VIIPERFISH

Dozens of gorgeous sprites and illustrations to accompany the story. The full game will have a CG gallery to help you keep track of all the special illustrations.

✦ ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK BY BELL KALENGAR

The full game will feature over 20 original music tracks, bringing the world of Burn the Midnight Oil to life!

Want to stay up to date on Burn the Midnight Oil's development? Wishlist us on Steam (link coming soon), sign up to our Kickstarter campaign, and follow our socials for frequent updates! You can also support the development of this game by checking out our previous visual novel: Trouble Comes Twice!

⚠ Content Warning ⚠

We recommend Burn the Midnight Oil for ages 17 and up. Specific warnings for the demo include but are not limited to: body horror, depictions of alcohol and drug use,  implicit suggestive content, frequent strong language, violence, and references to (past) toxic relationships. 

Detailed content warnings for each route will be available in the full game.