Hello friends. This is a Let’s Play video of “Livber – Smoke and Mirrors”. A short psychological horror interactive story. Five years after vanishing without a trace, the woman you once called your lover writes from beyond the silence: “I will give birth to our creation.” In three acts, descend into a fractured mindscape where obsession, memory, and myth intertwine.
From the golden age of text adventures on my C64 to the narrative renaissance we’re experiencing now, I’ve watched interactive fiction evolve through countless forms, and Livber: Smoke and Mirrors represents something genuinely special in that lineage. This psychological horror visual novel unfolds across three meticulously crafted acts where a cryptic letter from a lover thought dead for five years draws you back to a house soaked in memory, obsession, and dread – all without relying on a single jump scare. The Disco Elysium comparisons from outlets like PCGamesN and GameRant are earned through its lyrical prose and the weight it places on every dialogue choice, where silence can damn you as readily as speech. With over 60,000 words of branching narrative, hand-drawn Gothic artwork, and an atmospheric soundtrack that knows when to whisper and when to roar, this is interactive fiction that trusts its audience to sit with discomfort rather than flee from it. The question it poses – “Who do you become when the one you love is gone?” – lingers long after the multiple endings reveal their truths.
Developer: InEv Games
Publisher: InEv Games
Genre: Adventure, Visual Novel, Psychological Horror, Story Rich, Indie
Release Date: 28 Oct, 2025
Reviewed on: PC/Windows
Available on: PC/Windows, Linux, Mac
Link: Steam
Review copy was provided.
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