
Cemetery Mary
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
[Release is July 24th, 8:00 PM EST, 5:00 PM PST]
Cemetery Mary is the story about a girl who loves visiting the cemetery.
When rumors of a serial killer start floating around town, she isn't too worried--that is, until her parents go missing. And in the wake of their disappearance, a message from an unknown number leaves Mary to wade through a sea of doubts and questions.
Unknown Number
Your parents are safe. [12:43 AM]
Is the rumored "Blackwood Butcher" playing some sort of sick prank? Or is something even more sinister responsible for their disappearance? Will she be able to find the identity of the mysterious killer, or the whereabouts of her parents?
Or will her meddling threaten to make her a permanent resident of the very cemetery she so admires?
This visual novel consists of 3 different routes, each with a Good Ending and a Bad Ending. There is also a True Ending, which can potentially be unlocked by playing any of the 3 routes.
Average playtime for 1 route is 2-2.5 hours. The True Ending is capable of adding an additional 1-2 hours.
Credits follow the True Ending!
| Status | Released |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Release date | Jul 25, 2020 |
| Rating | Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars (362 total ratings) |
| Author | arcadekitten |
| Genre | Visual Novel |
| Made with | Ren'Py |
| Tags | 2D, Ghosts, Meaningful Choices, Multiple Endings, Mystery, suspense, Thriller |
| Average session | A few hours |
| Languages | English, Russian |
| Links | Twitter/X, Patreon |
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Development log
- Cemetery Mary-Russian Translation Available!Mar 02, 2025
- Cemetery Mary-Updated and On Steam!Dec 30, 2021
- We're coming to Steam soon!+BIG update on the way!Dec 07, 2021
- Music Fix (and other stuff)Oct 26, 2021
- Minor Update-Coding ChangesOct 19, 2021
- Twyla Update-Fixing a Continuity ErrorAug 22, 2021
- The smallest edit everMar 30, 2021





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I'm loving seeing more of these characters (after playing the Sweethearts one)!
IF YOU HAVE NEVER PLAYED THIS GAME BEFORE PLEASE GIVE IT A TRYYY ITS ONE OF MY FAVORITE GAMES ON THIS SITEThis game is tuff
i played this game not so long ago and i love it so much im usually not a big fan of visual novels but this game is so gooooood such an interesting story and endings i hope you make more games like this soon :D and btw i love the artstyle
also i played every ending im pretty sure :D
I played this last year, but it is so good I did at least one ending for every character, and the secret ending is ugh so beautiful arcade kitten u are such a talented person
its gonna be my first time playing this and i havent watched the gamepay!! wish me luck
i got all 7 endings and i have never been so sad to have a game this good over. i enjoyed each play through, while it was a bit frustrating at how long the true ending took, i was not disappointed. i wish we had seen an actually happy ending with mary and reginald, the closest we actually got was the jail cell scene in the true ending. 10/10 games, the visual novel ones are always my favourite. i was genuinly sad when both theo and ed died.
could you please remove the malware from the game, i would really like to try the game you know
There is no malware present in the game or game files. If your antivirus software is flagging it, it's a false alarm.
If you're talking about when you open the app and a window pops up saying it's from an unknown publisher, it's usually fine. It costs money to sign off your apps for windows.
Some assets may be triggering your anti-virus, but it isn't actually harmful to your system.
Oh man, I thought I would be playing this game as a pick-me-up... I'm sobbing as we're delving into all the different ways grief can affect people. Excellent art, excellent writing.
Edit - and I'd like to tell myself that things are going to get better, but I did read what was in the haunted house windows, and I did recognize the guy in the painting, and I can't imagine I'm anywhere near finishing this thing.
i got every ending (including the bad endings) and i can tell you that there was definitely still something i missed 😭
convinced to play this game bc there's a baked emo guy rofl (and also bc its an arcadekitten game and they never fail at making awesome sauce games)
I only know this game from Preston's hourglass
i love this and i really appreciate all the different cgs and beautiful artwork you included... it must have been a ton of work..
i loved this game although i wished the reginald good ending was little happier lol
Game of the year
I FOUND YOU.....
建书实名爱玩
I like everything. I didn't expect I would enjoy the game this much.
i enjoyed this game sm! awesome game please make more!!!
I love Twyla so much, she's the kind of person I'd love to be, mentally strong and smart, doesn't need friends because she lives for herself. And will do whatever it takes to get what she wants which is fascinating in my opinion, that new dress is gorgeous!
Ohhhhh my god, this game is so good. I got it a while ago, never actually started until like three days ago, and finally finished just now. I forgot this game was free until reading some of the comments here. How was this free?? It had so much content and it was all amazing. I love all the characters so much (especially Mary, of course) and all the endings were all very exciting!
(Spoilers)
Since I'm not capable of talking about things like characters and story as eloquently as the others in this comment section, I'll mention something that probably no one else called out. I'm a sucker for dumb puns, so I liked the Cold Point store and stuff like that. But I mainly wanted to point out that Twyla leads the Parliament... because a group of owls is called a parliament!!!! That's intentional right?? When I realized that I was like 🤯🤯🤯
Anyways, thanks so much for this banger of a visual novel!
hi.
i am a blind player who wants to play this, but the main menu dosen't work with self-voicing.
can you help?
I have to give it you AK, you somehow made an autistic pufferfish my most recent obession
this game hella good,but i dont think i would want t get the other endings its so long,good job tho!!:D
I'LL PLAY THIS BEFORE PLAYING TRICKS N TREATS FOR THE REFERENCES
IT DIDN'T LET MEE GRRR IT SAYS THEIR TRYING TO "PROTECT MY PC"
Hi! Amazing game <3
also, I entered the fandom and found out the whole fandom is attracted to this one character I'm not gonna say their name to avoid doing spoilers
guys, please, stop having crushes on people like that, it's very unhealthy
which character? Is it the one with glasses?
blackout hospital is another game by this dev
This is by far my favorite out of all of Arcadekitten games!
Full All Endings Cemetery Mary Playthrough! By Clock
WONDERFUL GAME YOU'VE MADE ARCADE! I had such a great time going through all the routes, going through all these emotions as I saw the good and bad endings and THE TRUE ENDING OHHHH. And having you once again just made the playthrough so special too really can't thank you enough for being in the chat for every part! 10/10 one of my favourite visual novels I've played!does anyone know how to open on windows 11? I downloaded the windows file but i may be doing something wrong
I LOVE THIS GAME IT CHANGED MY LIFE 10/10 I AM ON THE REGGIE HYPE TRAIN
So uh, this will be a long one because i have many thoughts i need to dump about cemetery Mary and the Blackout Hospital. To say I'm really invested is an understatement, this is now a part of my hyperfixations.
(spoilers ofc)
Honestly this one was really the most difficult for me to play through because how things almost always didn't look up for Mary and she kept suffering especially through Twyla's route (i could see myself in Mary's shoes) that owl girl was kindaa hitting too close to home so after I got her bad end the first time, i was like, "God, f*ck this bit*h I'm moving on to another route" and it was Reginald's I picked, compared to Crowven who got rough-around-the-edges anger issues going on, the more calm though suspicious guy was just a better option for me atm. I've been really curious and interested about him, and I guess he grew on me after that whole fiasco in the blackout hospital. Though, I still ended up getting a bad end in his route first play too that i had to look up the walkthrough...
Even with his good ending and through true ending, it didn't really help since i was sad Reggie just disappeared... Even with Ovidius who got me attached to died.. And despite everything, I'm still stumped on how to connect the dots, there's so many lore and theories my head is spinning. I guess cemetery Mary could be called as loose prequel(?), but since Mary and Vasilis didn't recognize each other in blackout hospital, Crowven just asked Vasilis out for a date in the hospital, with Mary and Tetra being the 'doctor' too.. I was wondering if maybe blackout hospital could be a parallel universe, what with the unicorn man referenced in both, other realm, and the whole inscriptions going on that had Tetra involved in....
I still don't understand many things, I was glad to see some characters made appearance in each another series/game (like that Fia and her mom too), happy that Mary and Vasilis could be best friends in the blackout hospital, and Mary could be back with her family and all in this game, but with Tetra's business still going on behind everything... Things aren't resolved to the core yet so I'm just hoping I won't be forgetting about all this too much while waiting for your next works related! I just hoped Tetra could be happy, like with Mary somehow maybe, whether friends or um lovers if they can get together.
Oh yeah, also just small nagging question.. are the characters half-animal that could turn into their own full form animals?? Are there even pure humans in this world/universe? I was kinda surprised to know Tetra is actually a pufferfish seeing from his picture profile in the chat...
I'll be playing Here for Sweethearts next! Need something lighthearted rn after everything...
So, there's a "true ending" that you can get regardless of how you play the game, so long as you make the "right" choices to get it. But which route is, or at least the one you would consider, being the "canonical" route?
***Spoilers in question****
Hi, my boyfriend and I just finished playing this game and absolutely loved it. We want to play more of your games, but start out with one, that continues Cemetery Mary, because we still have a few questions and we hope your other games might answer them. Specifically, we want to know what happens to Reggie, why did he leave, and what the flipflop were those symbols and curse during his route. Also, what was up with the corpse at the funeral that made Mary feel so bad? Do any of your other games discuss any of these, so we can play them and find out? Once again, thanks for the game, it was really good. Did all routes and ending, expect for Twyla's and really enjoyed it.
Mary and Reginald return as central characters in Blackout Hospital! This bigger story of everything is still on-going so not everything is answered in that game, but are more hints and lore developments to help paint the bigger picture of things to come. Thank you both so much for playing! ♡
Thank you so much for your reply, we will try blackout hospital next ^^
This game is awesome. The writing style and the plot is hypnotic in a way, couldn't stop playing after I downloaded it off steam. I've only achieved one ending, but I will return to the game to achieve the other ones, and I can't wait to play more games you've developed as I'm certain they will not disappoint! I enjoyed the character designs and details. Will you ever look into voice acting for this game? I would die to see this game come to life even more. Keep up the great work! I love to voice over this game on lives when bored. You did a fantastic job and I can't wait to see more from you in the future as I will be there to support it!!
Thank you so much!! ♡ While I don't think I'd update this game with proper voice acting, another game of mine (Blackout Hospital) shares some important characters to this game and that game has blips of voice acting here and there which really helped uplift the experience, I think! Excited for you to (potentially) play it, thank you again for your kind words!
i should be asleep but noooo i spent 3 hours doing twylas good and true endingggg crowven im coming for you tomorrow.
lets talk abt the fact mary has a skull in g
her room. WHOSE-
i love this game. i am going INSANE i have a whole album on my phone full of photos dedicated to this game. 200+ photos. this is CONSUMING my life nd i love it
That means so much to hear, thank you so much <3
it took me a whole day to fathom this reply i LOVE your work!!!!!! keep it up