Blink Hydrate Announces Yuri Visual Novel ALICE=NULL For Steam
Blink Hydrate is moving a two-day jam experiment about a soul contract into a commercial Steam release, which tests whether a short-form jam concept can carry a full visual novel.
Key Facts
- Blink Hydrate opened the Steam store page for ALICE=NULL on September 23.
- ALICE=NULL is planned for PC via Steam with Japanese subtitle support, and the release date is undecided.
- The story follows Alice, a girl with two days left to choose a wish, and Charlotte, a demon who grants it in exchange for her soul.
- The Steam version is based on a build Blink Hydrate made for GMTK Game Jam 2026 under the countdown theme.
- A game jam version of ALICE=NULL is available on itch.io without Japanese support.
Reporting from 2 sources: Automaton, Game Spark.
Developer Blink Hydrate opened the Steam store page for the yuri visual novel ALICE=NULL on September 23. The game is planned for PC via Steam with Japanese subtitle support, though the release date is undecided. Alice is a girl who summons a demon and has two days left to name her wish; the demon will grant it in exchange for her soul. Charlotte is the demon who collects beautiful souls, is easily deceived, and thinks Alice is cute. The Steam version is being produced from a build made for GMTK Game Jam 2026 under the countdown theme. Blink Hydrate's earlier title Deadly Heart Gambit, released in March 2025, had 90 percent positive reviews from 107 user reviews on Steam at the time of the earlier reporting. A game jam version that acts as a demo is available on itch.io without Japanese support.
The announcement arrives with a store page rather than a date. Blink Hydrate said the full version follows the jam build, and that Japanese subtitles are planned; the earlier itch.io build does not include them. The cast list names two characters. Alice believes she is a soulless entity, thinks constantly, and finds the world meaningless. Charlotte lacks a trait the store page leaves redacted, collects beautiful souls, and is described as easy to fool. Screenshots and a released video suggest the story runs through character sprites and text.
Blink Hydrate cites outside influences for the project, naming Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk for its visual style and Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It for its text style. The developer previously released Push The Cat with WASD and Deadly Heart Gambit, whose protagonist is also named Alice.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.