Shrinking Pains
A visual novel exploring anorexia through daily life and relationships
Bedtime Phobias · Released Apr 27, 2018
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 85% of 272
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 29, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 8 years ago
- Apr 9, 2018
What is Shrinking Pains?
This free, single-player visual novel follows a person living with anorexia. You choose your partner preference before starting, then read through their daily life and relationships and make choices in a story with multiple endings.
For you if...
- +you prefer brief stories built around reading and choices
- +you like stark black-and-white artwork
Not for you if...
- −you avoid graphic content involving mental illness and destructive behavior
What players say
85% of 272 reviews are positive
Players praise the writing and its frank, unromanticized treatment of anorexia. Some find the story too shallow, saying it describes the condition without exploring it in enough depth.
Screenshots and trailer
Shrinking Pains system requirements
Minimum: DX10, 0.5 GB RAM, 0.1 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Shrinking Pains?
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Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Microsoft Vista SP1+
- Processor
- SSE2
- Graphics
- DX10
- Memory
- 500 MB RAM
- Storage
- 50 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 10
Does Shrinking Pains have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Shrinking Pains run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English.
Does Shrinking Pains 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
