FaeTrap (DEMO)
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧Right, magic, the thing that "takes people away"...
But you don't actually believe in it, do you?✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧
There are many beautiful things that come with being led astray~ After getting caught in their trap, you have this unique opportunity to explore the whimsical, alluring realm of the fae!
...But you won't be doing that.
«Content Warnings»
This game contains depictions of dub con, drug use, cannibalism, gore, violence, physical domination, gaslighting, harsh language and flashing visuals.
Disclaimer: although erotic at times, the game is not explicit and it does not contain outright smut nor pornography.
«Content»
Fae trap is centered around two characters: Nyxia and Leshi, both on a mission to get familiar with your insides-
It's up to you to decide in what way.
FaeTrap is a primarily character-focused game with high replay value, featuring plenty of routes and an overarching plot, lore and secrets to be found~!
It has customizable naming and pronouns and two ¨ love interests" (a term I use very loosely). This version features Nyxia's route only, containing one "good" ending, two bad endings and many, many in-betweens. Additionally, there are a few Leshi-focused endings and some special routes for you to find~
«What is planned»
* There will be one route for Nyxia, one for Leshi and one shared route. Currently, Leshi's route is the one being developed. The full release will also feature a mild rehaul of certain scenes for Nyxia's route, less blank screens and more interactive and optimized content. This version is more so a proof of concept;
*The game is currently available in English and French, and I plan on adding a PTBR version in the future;
* There is currently no support for mobile (the bazillion shaders make performance reeeally bad), but I'm working on it!
«Notes from the developer»
Hello! I go by Hol, or Faeelure (get it? get it?)
This page, my tumblr blog and bluesky are the only official pages for the game. I am a solo dev, and I kindly ask that you do not upload this game elsewhere without first asking for my permission. Any other fan content is greatly appreciated - fanart, fanfiction, translations, anything at all.
A special thank you for my kind friends who supported me in the development of this game, and I hope you guys like it just as much as me!
| Updated | 3 hours ago |
| Status | In development |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Rating | Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars (176 total ratings) |
| Author | Faeelure |
| Genre | Visual Novel |
| Made with | Ren'Py |
| Tags | Adult, Dark Fantasy, Erotic, Fantasy, Horror, Indie, Psychological Horror, Story Rich, Yandere |
| Average session | About an hour |
| Languages | English |
| Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse |
| Content | No generative AI was used |
Download
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Development log
- French Translation for FaeTrap 1.4.359 days ago
- Fixing the unfinished route63 days ago
- Minor bug fix for Leshi's scene65 days ago
- Fixed the shader bug81 days ago
- General Update - Special Nyxia's POV RouteFeb 28, 2026
- Revamping the artworkFeb 20, 2026
- Optimized spritesJan 11, 2026
- Pronoun updateJan 07, 2026





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Hi Faeelure! Thank you so much for creating this amazing game, Nyxia is such an incredible, deeply fascinating character and I’m completely obsessed with his design and personality! Your explanation about the lore and his dynamic with Leshi makes so much sense. It really shows how much thought you put into their psychological mind games. It’s devastating to see him struggle in the bad ending, but it just proves how complex of a character he is. Thank you again for your hard work, you did an amazing job! :3
10000000/10 would not recommend. Never make a game again. I'm depressed and I hate you(This is amazing and I support you in everything you do)
ABSOLUTE CINEMA. la mejor novela visual que haya jugado, me dieron muchas ganas de llorar con ese final, definitivamente un juego maravilloso del cual llore con el corazón en las manos. i love this.
I played this game without reading the description and without knowing much about it. Someone recommended it and I'm glad I listened. This is the FIRST game that has me in tears! It was short and not many options were giving and regardless of that the emotional pain that I am in is remarkable. Beautiful work, a true master piece.
Dark masterpiece, props to the creator for this beautifully made game
fuh him
(sorry for the shitty english, i'm actually brazillian :/)
i'm totally in love with this game, the best i've played so far. There are a lot of cgs, animation, deep characters, a lot of endings and choices, and very present decay points. I love when the choices REALLY have impact on the way the character will interact with us. You put such effort on this game, and..how can i say? im inspired, delighted, idk, i don't know much words in english that can describe how i feel towards your wonderful work! I mean, and you are even planning on translating to portuguese! I would help you if i knew coding and etc lol. I love nyxia and i cried out of rage bc of leshi. I really wish you all the best things, really. I will totaly donate if you plan on creating a ko-fi
I went from hating this man to sobbing at the end holy shit this is a good vn
wow, just wow. this vn is one of the most mentally and emotionally taxing ones to play through. i have nothing but applause to give. looking forward for more!!!
When's the Android version will be released?
I think.. I got the good ending..? but then why am I crying..? my plushie is soaked in tears..
I did the right path. and.. thank you.. I started playing this game thinking it would be totally different game and I was surprised in the most positive way.
This game was so deep.. well developed, it must have been really hard to do it. I don't have money on me right now. But I will definitely make a donation.
This was so beautiful..
I totally thought I got the bad ending until after Leshi's last appearance.
Would you please tell me if I got the god ending or not..? I found it really sad seeing him telling me he loves me and that last scene..
Please continue to work hard. This was definitely not bullshit, you are loved, you are good enough, you did something amazing, and it touched someone deeply. I hope you can believe in yourself, and even if you sometimes can't. I'll believe in you. And your work is proof of it, please remember that.
Thank you, creator.
Hello <3
Thank you so much for the kind words, it makes me really happy to see my game bring value to others like this. You did get the good ending, the bad one looks almost identical except for Nyxia's reaction to Leshi's words. I do sincerely hope you stick around to see Leshi's route, and, again, thank you so much, it really means a lot to me <3
I will stick around! Tho I became a fan of Nyxia ahahah, I'm still curious and hope you keep adding more things! Or making more games! I'm glad my words made you happy, that makes me even happier! And I'm really glad I got the good ending, I thought I was doomed many times ahahah Sending you love and lots of hugs! <3 <3 <3 Please remember to drink water and eat lots! Need to feed that awesome brain!
I love the characters and the story so far, but the constant background animation is too much for my shitty laptop :( it can barely run the game, and it takes minutes just to get to the next text. any way i can fix this? i would really love to play this game to the end without getting a better laptop ;(
Hii! I can see how the background movement could be taxing on an older build, and it makes the game run poorly on mobile too. I was planning on adapting it to mobile, and I’d remove a lot of the VFX for that. Making it wouldn’t be difficult at all, so I might make a prototype and release it on itch before the next update. But, in the future, I do plan on releasing a more optimized version!
This is so precious I absolutely love it, thank you for taking your time to do this!
I've always been kind of scared to comment bcs my opinions would probably be trashed but I'M IN LOVE with Laurel and wonder if there will ever be content of her appearing again?? Bcs I've been trying to find her arts(whether official or not) or even just a glimpse of sprites but I couldn't. I REALLY REALLY REALLY love her^^ and I wanted her pictures, anything about her. No pressure though, sorry if that's a bad thing to ask :')
Hello <3
There is not much content on Laurel, but I do plan on making a little special storyline for her the same way I did for Nyxia. It should come out in the next update, and I want to make it more lighthearted.
If you’re interested, I have answered one Q&A or two about her on my tumblr, it goes by the same name as my itch account (Faeelure). You can find them in the navigation post. Thanks for playing and commenting!!
Thx for replyinggg!! Now I'll go find the q&a abt Laurel! And I'll be waiting for the next update with her^^
poetic </3
Can you make the game on Android too pleaseeee? I really want to play this game too.
FR! PLEASE 😭😭
Hi! I will work on porting it to mobile once i release the next update (Leshi’s and the shared route), so, in the coming months :)
THIS IS SOGOOD WHT
okay i just criedTT
i'm crying its so good man. i'm coming back for Leshi when its out
Bro the ending has me SOBBING this game is good 100% playing when the next part is out
Can you pick your gender/is it GN? ^_^
you can pick between she/her, he/him and they/them yes as well as a custom name
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
Ah, by the way - did you delete your Tumblr/did it get banned?
no :,) it’s in this link: https://www.tumblr.com/faeelure
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oh my gosh the ending, ive never cried playing a vn before omg this was so good
Thank you for covering it! I’m glad you enjoyed his character :)
*SPOILER*
love the game, amazing art, love nyxia
but is there no saving laurel at all 😭 for a second there i lowkey thought we were gonna kiss
I didn't expect this game to be so absorbing...
Nyxia's design is very beautiful and visual effects are stunning!
*SPOILERS*
Didn't expect a ?love triangle?
It's interesting that Leshi tried to get in the way of our relationship with Nyxia, but at the same time he was the one who didn't let Nyxia kill us in the 'happy' ending. Honestly, that felt like Nyxia didn't genuinely care about MC because only Leshi could get through to him. Like we are a tool, a distraction to break the toxic attachment between the two of them. Even in the end we see his name in the dialogue along with the question about MC being useful to Nyxia :(
Even though the moment was very touching, I really thought he'd say 'I love you... as a pet' :)
Is it true that 'this is not a love story' after all?
Sorry if I didn't read it carefully but whose grave is next to ours? :D
Idk if it's true but it'd be so romantic if it's Laurel damn I miss her sm
Esse jogo tem um potencial enorme, ansiosa para a tradução em português :)
Obrigada, Bia! Eu planejo traduzir o jogo depois de terminá-lo, mas realmente não sei dizer quanto tempo isso irá levar. Torcendo pra que você esteja aqui pra jogar quando eu fizer :3
this game is soo good the good end had me crine at the end
Can you please make android version please
Hii!
Yes, I plan to tackle mobile support and translations and all once I’m done with the story
Cool can't wait to play game
I loved this game so much, GREAT PLOT AND ARTSTYLE 10/10
A question for the creator and a spoiler for view
At the ending of Nyxia's route I'm actually curious as to what Leshi's relationship is, When the mc was still in their drugged state Leshi said that Nyxia traded him for mc and he thought they were companions but at appears Nyxia didn't think of that.
And then Nyxia suddenly said you need to work better than that to away me??
Like at first I thought it was him Leshi being manipulative but now I really can't ignore it since my mind keeps playing this question.
Does Leshi hold some feelings for Nyxia or is it just the bond they have accompanying each other while they were in the forest?
Hii sorry for taking a while to answer, was busy with life
Leshi does hold feelings for Nyxia, and Nyxia does the same for him. It's not exaaactly romantic for either side, they're in a situationship. But what Leshi was doing there *was* manipulation: he was reminding Nyxia of all the time they spent together so Nyxia would either 1. drop you on the stop or 2. get mad at Leshi for doing exactly this, keep you (but drugged up) and, when you died, he (Nyxia) would realize that he (Leshi) was right all along, and go back to him. This is what happens in the bad ending. Nyxia keeps drugging you up and you die. In the good ending, Nyxia breaks free from this cycle Leshi had him in, and actually treats you like a partner, and you two live happily ever after. I hope this clears things up :D
Hi, Faeelure. Just to say that I have finished the French translation of the game. But since I don't know where to share the patch, I will share it here. If it bothers you, don't worry, I will delete it at your request.
Here is the French patch for those who want it: Patch Français 1.4.3
That's great! If you don't mind, I'd like to add it as an official translation. I requested access in an account named gymnothorax
okay I hope you were able to access it because the sharing link has changed
I did, thank you :)
How would you like to be credited for the translation/ what name would you like me to credit you by?
Credit me by calling me Liu. And one last thing: for the pronouns, I was afraid of breaking the game so I didn't touch them too much in the files, but now I realize that certain dialogues are a bit in English/French. I will try to modify that.
Okay, just notify me if you change something and I will update it in the game's page :) Feel free to add to it whenever you'd like. Thanks again for the translation!
this was so sad bro
Hi! Love the game but i was wondering if this is an error?
wait… it might be. Can you tell me what route this is/ what was happening in the story?
It's Nyxia's route in the beginning still, when you enter the cave and you don't look at the books but look at the other things, you find a picture with Nyxia and Leshi and then i got this
Sheesh thanks for telling me. Apparently I deleted the image from the files and I didnt even notice it...
I uploaded a new version called 1.4.3 that should hopefully contain the image! I'm not gonna make a new devlog just for that, so just telling ya :D
Thanks again for letting me know
Came for the naga love interest and left crying AHHH I cant wait to replay some more <3 you did amazing at writting the ending im not exactly how to feel about Nyxia as a ML though
stop im gonna cry, DONT LEAVE ME NYXIA :sob
Hey. Is it okay if I do a French translation?
Omg that would be amazing!! Please feel free to! I believe I have included a pronoun dictionary in the game files to make translation into gendered languages easier, I hope it helps :3
Thank you very much. This will allow French people and my friends to be able to play it properly. Thanks again
Okay I tried Nxyia's Route first. It broke me but I loved it Gosh I have to try Leshi's now but I'm scared
Thank you <3 I hope you like Leshi's route when it comes out
Looking Forward to It !!!
Made me cry. 10/10 Thank you to the developer for making this game
Spoilers and a question for the author
It seemed a bit out of character for me when Nyxia killed mc after mc stated something like "I thought he would treat me like an equal" or "I didnt think he would do this to me". In the other instances Nyxia killed mc or hurt them, it was always when they didnt obey and therefore displeased him. But in this case nothing like that happened, they just spoke a sentence. Nyxia even admits its a fair assumption or wish based on the option chosen. So why would he instantly kill them after Leshi leaves? It doesnt really make sense to me. Mc didnt do anything bad and he instantly reacts like that. After he already chose them, aka poisoned them.
Even when mc declines Nyxias companionship, he doesnt outright kill or hurt them. Instead, he actually takes the time to talk to them about it, even waits till they are sobered up, recognising that theyre are too 'valuable' to kill without a second thought. They are the *first* human to obey him among so many other failed ones, which is why he talks to them first.
But in the case where mc states their wish or assumption, he disregards all of that in an instance. He could literally talk to them about it or in the worse case poison them again so that they forget about it. Its also confusing because he stated that its a fair wish or assumption, he recognises that its fair to state such a thing. But he doesnt do anything of what I just listed, he just kills them. It feels like an irrational response and hes always shown to be rational, even know to dislike irrational behaviour.
Why does he kill them in that scene? Is there an explanation for this? It just feels out of character for me but I hope that can get cleared up with an answer.
Hello :3
Great question! I can totally see where you're coming from and why it would feel out of character, so let me explain my thought process for that specific scene:
It starts with them talking, and Leshi specifically asks the MC if they "understand the price of being with (Nyxia)". What Leshi is trying to do here is to call Nyxia out on his behavior to make him lash out at either the MC (most obvious way to get rid of them, because that's what Leshi wants: to get rid of you so that Nyxia will stay with him) or himself, so that he can guilt trip Nyxia later like he does in the scene leading up to either the good or bad ending. The logic here is not obvious: Leshi knows that Nyxia knows that he (Leshi) is trying to manipulate him (Nyxia), so he's trying to perpetuate Nyxia's toxic behavior through challenging him on it so that he doubles down (as Nyxia doesn't want to do as Leshi says, even if he ends up doing just that in the end) and ends up killing the MC from neglect later on (what happens in the bad ending). When they are talking, Leshi keeps calling Nyxia out: the line that get's cut off by Nyxia would have been "It is that, for your whole life, you will be swindled by him (regarding the "price" of staying with Nyxia)". He later states that Nyxia is "scared of being sincere" and, when Nyxia tries to sympathize with the MC by saying it's a fair wish to have (and do just what you described, try and talk it out with them), Leshi immediately cuts him off by saying that "Nyxia is acting on impulse" and "will say anything to get on this human's good side". He is doing this to get under Nyxia's skin. Nyxia retorts by saying "You will not throw me off with this haphazard ramble", referencing the fact that he knows Leshi is trying to manipulate him, to which Leshi replies that he (Nyxia) is just trying to justify his behavior by putting the blame on him (Leshi), as he always does. Leshi then leaves, giving Nyxia no room to explain himself.
The reason Nyxia kills you is because Leshi's bs worked: Nyxia is pissed off at Leshi for calling him out, but he can't deny his words in his mind. Nyxia is conflicted because he is only doing that to the MC (drugging them so they can't leave) because he has severe abandonment issues that Leshi encourages (he tries to make Nyxia kill every human he comes across in one way or another), and Nyxia knows this behavior is unjustifiable. He is torn because he does genuinely feel bad for all of this, thus his insane mental gymnastics throughout the rest of the game. When Leshi calls him out not only on this but also on blaming him (Leshi) for everything he does wrong, Nyxia feels hopeless, because he knows it's true but can't seem to stop (the reason he can't stop doing all of this to the humans is because he fears they will leave him and so must keep them there by all means necessary, and Leshi is allowing all of this to happen precisely to have Nyxia on this position in which he is depressed that he has no companions [because he killed all of them] so that he can be the one that get's to be there for Nyxia. Nyxia won't cut leshi off because he likes Leshi).
And so, since he can't bring himself to blame Leshi and he has to deal with the MC anyway, he lashes out at them instead. He tries to find a reason for it, that's why he ends up saying "I thought you had some sense left within you", as he is now trying to shift the blame on the MC 'not comprehending' their "deal" (that they are meant to put up with anything Nyxia does to them). Nyxia's throught process is that, because the MC spoke up that must mean they don't want to be with him, and because Leshi has 'tilled the ground' so to speak, Nyxia momentarily feels like there is nothing he can do to change the situation. He can't let you leave, because you'd get killed anyway, and he doesn't want to keep you around right now because it would remind him of all that Leshi has said and all that he's done in the past, so he ends up killing you instead.
I agree with you that it's irrational, but it's meant to be. This sequence is meant to show how deep into Nyxia's mind Leshi is, but I can see how that wouldn't be quite clear! I suppose I could work on improving it at some later time, but for now I hope you got the gist of what's going on in that scene (or at least what I tried to write) :3
I hope this all made sense (?) I am. quite eepy. Feel free to inquire more lol
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woah, this is honestly quite traumatizing :0.. in the best way possible !! nyxia's character is so well written (especially since the topics are so heavy in this one), I felt like crying when i saw the ending of him crying on our tombstone.. </3 I can't wait to see what you have in store for the other routes !!
Ok ok I know it's toxic not-quite-love but the Nyxia's ending broke mee! How could u authorr
LOVED IT SM! SPOILER AHEAD
I really thought he was going to eat me after I died ngl sorry Nyxia baby, I wouldnt have been mad though.