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A story about the self—and about others. A toy factory, several cursed dolls, and a horror novel… This quiet seaside town throws Noele's love life into chaos and dredges up the old wounds she has tried for years to forget.

Stiff Neck is a rpg, visual novel and female protagonist game developed by 伤官制作组 Team Uranian and published by Tailtone Games.
Released on April 02nd 2026 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 3 languages: English, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 369 reviews of which 343 were positive and 26 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 6.20€ on Steam with a 10% discount.

The Steam community has classified Stiff Neck into these genres:

RPG Visual Novel Female Protagonist Psychedelic LGBTQ+ Interactive Fiction Word Game Story Rich Text-Based Psychological Horror Choices Matter Stylized Singleplayer Psychological Drama Hand-drawn Multiple Endings Emotional Mystery Crime

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System requirements

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Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: win7/win10/win11
  • Processor: Intel Core i5/6400 or AMD FX 8320
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVDIA GTX 960
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
MacOS
  • OS: 10.6+
  • Processor: 2.0 GHz 64-bit Intel compatible
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL 3.0
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
Linux
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Storage: 1 GB available space

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April 2026
Look its a good visual novel for feeling sharp pains about human social nature and gender. 10/10.
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April 2026
全成就3小时，短小但制作精良。 很难得居然同时有bg线和gl线，可惜bg线没有一个he，感觉女主还是纯弯来的，而很不幸我又刚好最喜欢bg线的男主，男主真的惨，女主同意跟他在一起应该也是因为他长得像女生。 感觉还挺讽刺的，女主同性恋却觉得徐亦穿婚纱恶心。 最喜欢的线也其实是徐亦线结局二数学之美，女主辞职公务员，考研究生重新去追求她的数学之美，虽然从隐藏结局来看，女主可能也并没有多喜欢数学。
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April 2026
It's short, but it sticks and haunts. Characters in Stiff Neck suffer, and said suffering eventually crushes them, but until then, they set it aside and co-exist with that suffering. Like getting a stiff neck and ignoring it. Very good!
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April 2026
个人觉得和洞石火相比进步太大了，文本之间很完美的做到了形散神不散彼此独立又相关联，每个元素之间平衡的非常好，更别说美术和音乐的精美程度也进步太多。是我很喜欢的很有所共鸣的关于现代人，关于爱的心理小说。
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April 2026
i never review games on steam but stiff neck is so amazing. it is the only game i have ever bought on launch because i loved the demo so much. i love the writing and the art style so much. every character sort of sucks and i mean that as a compliment, they're written as realistic characters and beyond that as realistic adults. from the demo, i did think nil was going to be transfem, and i am a bit disappointed that it seems to rather be a case of him just wanting noele to like him. his sudden homophobic comments felt insanely out of left field but also again, realistic in a way. a man lashing out because he couldn't turn a lesbian (assuming noele is one, that's the reading i've gotten so far) unfortunately a frequent occurrence. i haven't gotten every single ending at the time of writing this, but i just wanted to be able to put it out there that i truly love stiff neck and recommend it :)
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Frequently Asked Questions

Stiff Neck is currently priced at 6.20€ on Steam.

Stiff Neck is currently available at a 10% discount. You can purchase it for 6.20€ on Steam.

Stiff Neck received 343 positive votes out of a total of 369 achieving a rating of 8.57.
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Stiff Neck was developed by 伤官制作组 Team Uranian and published by Tailtone Games.

Stiff Neck is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Stiff Neck is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Stiff Neck is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Stiff Neck is a single-player game.

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

Stiff Neck does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Stiff Neck does not support Steam Remote Play.

Stiff Neck 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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Stiff Neck
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伤官制作组 Team Uranian
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Tailtone Games
Release 02 Apr 2026
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