This Pride month we at imirt wanted to use this opportunity to highlight some of the amazing Irish games that explore and celebrate LGBTQ+ experiences. Below are the awesome games submitted this year. We hope you search out and play through each of these amazing experiences.
If Found by Dreamfeel
If Found... By Dreamfeel is an interactive story about a young trans woman returning home to Achill Island in the early 90s. You play by erasing the words she writes in her diary as she deals with the ups and downs of making friends, coming out to her family, and trying to prevent the end of the world. A sensitive and hopeful story about being queer in rural Ireland, made by a queer and trans led team of Irish game makers.
You can play If Found… on Steam now https://store.steampowered.com/app/1041920/If_Found/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1041920/If_Found/
Bleakshore by Breogán Hackett
Bleakshore by Breogán Hackett is a horror walking simulator set in a location inspired by the irish coastline. As you explore the beach and forest you also explore a trans lesbian relationship.
Check out Bleakshore on Itch.io
So May it Be: A Witch Dating Simulator by Planchette Games
So May it Be: A Witch Dating Simulator by Planchette Games is a visual novel, set in the early 2000s, in which you play as a witch hanging out, ditching school, contacting the dead and falling in love with your witchy friends. It’s goofy, sad, eerie, sweet and romantic with themes that focus on LGBTQ+ relationships, the questioning of social roles and the importance of community.
You can check out So May it Be: A Witch Dating Simulator on Steam now https://store.steampowered.com/app/1274630/So_May_It_Be_A_Witch_Dating_Simulator/