A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux

Natsuhi calls Eva while she's at work. Eva sends to have her brought to her.


Disclaimer:

This is a non-profit fan work based on the visual novel series ‘Umineko no naku koro ni’. It has no association with 07th Expansion or Ryukishi07.

Please support the official release on Steam.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/406550/Umineko_When_They_Cry__Question_Arcs/

While this game is mostly spoiler free, it is recommended to have read through at least EP4 to have a general understanding of Eva’s situation post 1986.

This game contains various elements in an extremely toxic and unhealthy relationship such as codependency, possessive behavior, separation anxiety, emotional manipulation and more. There is also talk of medicine for depression and anxiety, so viewer discretion is advised.



This is my 2nd evanatsu VN, and it is much more serious than the last one. Please mind the warnings. 

It takes place in my general idea of an au, called "Survival", where Natsuhi and Eva both survive 1986 and end up living together, adopting Ange, and the two become extremely codependent on one another. I have a fic for it on ao3 with various oneshots and more information.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/34659841/chapters/86290996

For this VN in particular, there is a lot of context that has not yet been explored in the chapters already uploaded in the fic, but I feel it's pretty easy to grasp a good idea of what's happened. It is somewhere a lot further down the timeline, and Natsuhi has started to take medication for things such as depression and anxiety (something that Eva fought really hard to get her to agree to do out of genuine concern when things started getting really bad, since I feel Natsuhi would definitely be the type to find it something to be "ashamed" of and admitting she's "weak" along with the fact she probably has trauma with doctors in general).

She also has had to be picked up and brought to Eva's office multiple times. There's a lot of toxic gay codependency that goes on here, and Natsuhi is desperate for Eva's attention while Eva is extremely happy she needs her so much. That's probably all you really need to paint a bit of a better understanding of what led to this point in the timeline in the VN, though you can still read and have a good idea even without this prior context, since again, I feel it's pretty easy to grasp what's happened while reading. But this is for anyone who was curious to know a bit more.

Also, though, this part is important and less clear for anyone who doesn't follow me and keep up with my evanatsu ideas, so please read before playing:
****for a bit of context to better understand one part in particular, 'Head Eva' (a kind of ‘glorified’ version of Eva in Natsuhi’s mind that hasn’t really made much of an actual appearance yet in any of my chapters I’ve already posted on ao3) (she has blue eyes)) and 'actual Eva' are kind of 'one and the same' but also different obviously, but later down the timeline, they start blurring together more and more in Natsuhi's mind, and 'Head Eva' only ever shows up when she's like alone at the house for the most part, while in Eva's office for example, Natsuhi kind of knows she's 'safe' there, but again the line between her and actual real Eva is constantly getting thinner and it scares Natsuhi, but also she's very gay and kind of a mess and really craves the softness and wants it to be actual real Eva (which it is) but again the line is blurring and she's partly scared it's not actually her kind of (because she's acting more and more how 'Head Eva' tends to act and treat her).

Also, please note the sprites are still in their usual family conference outfits since I did not really want to put in even more time and effort to editing them lol. The intended idea for them in this VN and the au in general is more along the lines of Eva usually in a type of dress shirt for work (or a suit) and Natsuhi's in something similar like a much more casual button-up shirt and skirt, often with her hair down (hence the main menu screen). Perhaps I might try and make a 2.0 version with updated sprites at some point to show this, but for now this is what they look like.


The VN is around 2,763 words, and I'm including a google doc that has the entire script so people can easily copy and paste the text as they're playing if they need it for anything, like putting it in translators for example if English is not your first language. There is also a notepad version of this in the folder.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u7bucKwiYakPAlNv5FYzlMtR6tDVN6ywtHPKz92EuFg/...


If, for whatever reason, the links don't work, it is also here in google drive. One for pc (Windows, Linux), & one for Mac. I have no way of testing the Mac version, but I assume it should work properly for you. Remember to extract the folder after download.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1x7JOPrIE9oocddp_e7Kj9aYOmS8Jppqg?usp=sha...


There are also a lot of custom sprites, many of which are leftover from "Catsuhi and Eva" (minus the cat ears on Natsuhi). I decided to leave them all in the folders again for anyone to use if they want to. Again, credit is not needed, but always appreciated 🙏😊❤️


7/5/25

There is now a video version on youtube for anyone who is unable to play the game for any reason. An android version will also be posted in the near future.


I hope you all enjoy. I also suggest you maybe go back and read it again with recontextualized knowledge once you finish :3c







Download

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Caged-1.0-pc.zip 291 MB
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Caged-1.0-mac.zip 286 MB

Install instructions

Download and extract the folder and run the .exe application file inside (the one that says "Caged" and has a bottle of spilled pills as the icon).


I have no idea how the game runs on Mac, as I have no way of testing it, but I assume it should work properly for you.

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