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Eliza is a visual novel about an AI counseling program, the people who develop it, and the people who use it. Follow Evelyn Ishino-Aubrey as she reconnects with people from her past, gets to know the people of Seattle who use Eliza for counseling, and decides the course of her future.

Eliza is a female protagonist, visual novel and emotional game developed and published by Zachtronics.
Released on August 12th 2019 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 10 languages: English, Hungarian, Russian, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Portuguese - Brazil.

It has received 1,667 reviews of which 1,512 were positive and 155 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Eliza into these genres:

Female Protagonist Visual Novel Emotional Psychological Indie Atmospheric Story Rich Dystopian Singleplayer Beautiful Great Soundtrack Choices Matter Sci-fi LGBTQ+ Casual Artificial Intelligence

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows Vista / 7 / 8 / 10
  • Processor: 2.0 GHz
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 1366 x 768
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
MacOS
  • OS: macOS 10.9+
  • Processor: 2.0 GHz
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 1366 x 768
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 16.04+, SteamOS
  • Processor: 2.0 GHz
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL 3.3, 1366 x 768
  • Storage: 1 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2025
Its a really good story and a polished game, the subject matter is interesting and it brings up a lot of very good questions. I think a lot of people should experience this game, its really a special thing. However, the biggest negative and the thing that soured my experience at the end is that the illusion on choice in this game makes it a huge disservice and I think it even subtracts from the point the game is trying to make. Choices do not matter in any meaning full way. You just pick a choice, see its immediate effects and its otherwise irrelevant. And I understand its somewhat necessary to not have a million huge branch of different things to account for but even the big decisions and the big stuff does not matter at all. I took my time carefully consider every decision, cultivating my different relationships to the different characters and this game just kinda didn't care and that soured my experience. The other sticking point is that a lot of the things that happen during the story don't have any real payoff. We don't get to see what happened to the people we served as proxy for, we don't get to see how our final decision impacts the life of the rest of the characters or the ramifications of our decision in the world. I was specially sad since one of the characters (Rae) asks you earlier in the game something along the lines of "what ever you end up choosing, just keep in touch ok?" and your friend Nora also has a similar line and we can chose to be "absolutely! I value your friendship" or "idk, might be busy, we'll see" does any of that matters? Nope. Do we see if we hang out again with Rae? nope. What about Nora? Unless you pick her ending, no. This game did a terrific job making me care about all this people and then by the end it stabbed me in the back and whispered in my ear "surely you didn't care about any of them, right? You don't need to know how they are doing"
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Oct. 2024
This game asks soul-wrenching questions about technology and how it can help deal with pain in the world. This sounds generic on paper, but it's hard to get across how mature and thought-provoking the approach it takes is. Make sure to approach this story with as much of an open mind as possible.
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Oct. 2024
Most choices don't matter (except the last one deciding the ending). This story gives you a lot to think about, even more these days were AI like ChatGPT, Bard, Llama, Gemini and other are getting more and more traction. Clearly a good read...
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Sept. 2024
I think this game was definitely prescient for the time it was created. It really hits a lot of good points about AI, technology, and has great characters. Having worked in a tech company, I feel the vibes of a lot of it are spot on. I think it's worth playing, so I would recommend it, but I think for me there's a lot of negatives: there's almost no actual variations to choose and a lot of times you have to click when there's only one option, so I didn't feel a lot of agency, and the ending is really based just on a final choice in the game. For me, as a VN lover, this made it feel a lot less like anything I did actually mattered. I still enjoyed the game due to the interesting characters and writing and would suggest it for most people who like VNs.
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July 2024
"Eliza" is a very interesting visual novel that explores the themes of AI, its morality and integration into society. What I really loved about this game is how it presents you with a set of characters, each with different views towards AI and technological advancement, but it never tries to imply who is right and who is wrong. This games makes you think, but it doesn't tell you what to think. Instead, it makes you consider different points of view. Also, the art style of this game is very unique and charming! Overall, I really enjoyed playing this
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Frequently Asked Questions

Eliza is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam.

Eliza is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.79€ on Steam.

Eliza received 1,512 positive votes out of a total of 1,667 achieving a rating of 8.63.
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Eliza was developed and published by Zachtronics.

Eliza is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Eliza is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Eliza is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Eliza is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for Eliza. Explore additional content available for Eliza on Steam.

Eliza does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Eliza does not support Steam Remote Play.

Eliza is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Eliza
14.79€
8.6
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155
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Zachtronics
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Release 12 Aug 2019
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