Hey Stranger! I Dare You to Love Me!
by Pound Cake Workshop
3.7 (8 votes)
Ren'Py
Completed
v0.9.22 + DLC
Game Details
- Version
- v0.9.22 + DLC
- Developer
- Pound Cake Workshop
- Engine
- Ren'Py
- Status
- Completed
- Language
- English
- Censored
- No
- Updated
- 19 August 2026
About
A near-miss car crash on a cross-country drive lands the player in the hospital of Porte Avant, where a nurse takes "intensive care" further than the job description requires. Once released, with his car stuck in the shop and nothing else on the schedule, he's got no excuse not to wander the town and get acquainted with the locals.
The plot is thin by design: stranded protagonist, strange town, an open afternoon. It's a setup for meeting people, not a story with stakes.
Play mostly means walking Porte Avant's streets and striking up conversations that tend to go somewhere physical, with the town's residents, including at least one monster girl, more forward than a stranded traveler might expect. Progress comes from poking around locations and following whichever encounter catches your attention rather than any tight objective list.
Changelog
v0.9.22 - DLC Update
- Lutci's DLC is now available and ready to play. You can find her when visiting for the 2nd time the Cafe in-game location, while having this free DLC installed and enabled.
- Constance's 2nd animated scene has been updated in quality.
- Text quality have been increased in several in-game windows.
- Save files created while having a DLC installed, will make that save file only work as long as those DLCs are installed.
- [Lutci DLC] Updated Cafe location, this location can now be fully completed.
- [Lutci DLC] New achievement can now be unlocked when completing the condition, in Lutci's new content.
- Updated engine version, for stability and performance improvements.
v0.8.32
- Upgraded internal engine version that includes several bug fixes that could cause startup issues for certain hardware
- Updated main menu art elements to better represent the girls that are available in the game, future ones will be added in free DLCs
v0.8.31
- Added a warning when trying to load an incompatible save file when trying to load a new game.
- Improved screen resolution tolerance so resolutions for standard widescreen up to super ultrawide monitors are now supported and appear on screen resolution settings.
- Improved reliability on game input for certain in-game windows
- Fixed an issue where the incorrect background music could exist in other scenes when loading a game in some cases.
- Fixed location items UI being displayed incorrectly in certain screen resolutions.
- Fixed world map location exclamation mark sometimes appearing on top of other windows.
- World Map now uses a different shader for the locations glow that is more performant and compatible.
- World Map click detection is now more accurate.
- Fixed Constance & in-game dialogue window appearing distorted in certain resolutions while in the world map.
- Misc stability improvements
v0.8.22
- Loading a save file now takes ~85% less time to load.
- Severely improved load times in certain scenarios.
- Fixed several instances where background music could stop being played.
- Several important bug fixes & stability improvements.
- vb0.8.15
- Added Steam Deck support.
- Severely improved sprite quality in certain scenarios.
- Improved load times when opening certain windows or entering certain locations.
- Improved stability in animated scenes.
- Improved text clarity in the user interface, specially on lower resolution screens.
- Fixed an issue where you could get Constance's ending before certain conditions were met.
- Resolution can now be changed via video graphic settings rather than fullscreen always using native resolution.
- Improved game performance & fixed several visual errors.
- Added an option inside the options menu to be able to reset earned achievements.
v0.7.1
- New Feature! - Cinema Replay
- You can now replay all the animated scenes unlocked in the game.
- You can also see which scenes you haven't unlocked yet by visiting the vault.
- You can find the Vault option in the main menu. Returning player? Don't worry! Any scene that you might've unlocked previously will be waiting for you to replay at the Vault!
v0.6.27
- Added a small news section on the Main Menu
v0.6.26
- Fixed an issue where the animated scenes were not able to be played on Steam Deck
- Improved compatibility for Steam Deck
v0.6.22
- Fixed an issue where the Self Help Book was able to be interacted with multiple times if interacting with the Matcha Latte first in the Cafe.
- Fixed a possible issue with Steam API that could cause to not unlock achievements sometimes, particularly, the Chastity achievement.
- Added extra warnings whenever trying to exit to main menu or exiting the game.
- Replaced the main menu theme with Ken Ashcorp's incredible title track "Dare You to Love Me"!
- Added credits button in the main menu.
- Misc fixes and improvements.
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