The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns

A visual novel about a graveyard encounter and Victorian romance

ebi-hime · Released Jan 5, 2016

Reviews: Very Positive; 90% of 1,068
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 0; daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update on Steam: 1 year ago; Jul 6, 2025
Minimum PC: DirectX® 9 Compatible; 0.5 GB RAM · 0.6 GB disk; Full requirements

What is The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns?

This free, single-player visual novel follows fourteen-year-old Toma Andrews, who meets a possible ghost in her local graveyard and hears about a girl who died in 1851. You click through illustrated text along a fixed storyline, with no choices or branches.

For you if...

+you enjoy melancholy love stories about girls
+you prefer stories you can finish in one sitting

Not for you if...

−you want active gameplay rather than a reading-focused experience

What players say

90% of 1,068 reviews are positive

Players praise the story's emotional impact, artwork, and music. Some wish the story were longer.

Screenshots and trailer

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The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns system requirements

Minimum: DirectX® 9 Compatible, 0.5 GB RAM, 0.6 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Win XP+
Processor: 1Ghz
Graphics: DirectX® 9 Compatible Graphics Card
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Storage: 600 MB available space

Does The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns run on Steam Deck?

Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.

All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements: 8
Steam features: Family Sharing
Languages: Text only: English, Ukrainian.

Does The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam