The MuZeum
"So many species have gone extinct… But now here we are, in the last days of humanity…"
"Do you think we’ll make it?"
I was at a dead-end, desperately battling a horde of zombies coming at us with my friend Sophie.
But a man opened the door of the building next to us and saved us at the crucial moment.
Turns out he's the curator of the Natural History Museum we're in currently... He even generously offered us to stay the night until it’s safe to leave again in the morning.
I feel so moved, seeing there are still some good people in this wrecked world...
...That’s good and all, but what am I doing, going on a guided tour with him in the dead of the night?
And there’s even pop quizzes?! Man, school being out was the one good thing about the apocalypse… How is he so motivated to continue sharing his knowledge, when we’re at the end of the world?
"Proceed with caution", he says. "There might still be creatures roaming around the halls…"
Didn’t you say this place was safe?!
Content warnings:
Zombies, cannibalism, gore
Made for Spooktober 2025!
❖ 10k words — a complete story
❖ 9 endings, multiple ways to get to each one
❖ Your survival depends on choices and personality. Romance or friendship are optional, survival is obligatory! Will you be the kind and trustful one? The paranoid one? The selfish one? Unless you're just lost, trying to find a meaning in this world...
❖ Original Art, CGs and Music
❖ Gender-neutral MC
❖ VAs for all main characters: In progress, planned for next update!
Update 07/10/2025: v1.2.0, with VA (partial for curator, full for receptionist), music patch and new art
Update 10/10/2025: New updated version is out (v1.2.1), Sophie's VA added in! If you had downloaded the game before, please download again!
❖ Lead, Concept, Background Art: Arghbulous
❖ Programming: Arghbulous, Calnite, Comet
❖ Sprite Art: Gnor (main characters), Ali Anouar (zombies and mob)
❖ CG Art: JellySquidling (Bluesky, carrd)
❖ GUI design, Logo, Itch Page: Calnite
❖ Writing: Arghbulous, orchidlovestosleep
❖ Editing: Andicalico, Mesteres
❖ Music: Matthew Weddig
❖ SFX design: FirahFabe, Comet
❖ VAs: Kristoff Grey (Curator), Samantha Styduhar (Receptionist), Sam Grace (Sophie)
❖ VA Audio Processing: Comet
Additional sound effects used under Standard License Agreement from ZapSplat.
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But wait... Why wasn't this plant visible in the museum's exhibition, even though it was advertised on the poster? (Because it escaped from the pot meanwhile...)
Play this other Spooktober VN to find out!
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Development log
- Walkthrough for all endings90 days ago
- New update v1.2.0 is out! Partial VA patch & other improvements91 days ago
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Oh no, I really like the curator... lmao
This was so fun and really well done. The art, especially for the zombies, was great! I love the style. The voice acting was beautiful <3 The story was so addicting. There are so many choices and so many endings! I got hooked so fast. I love that you can play it as just straight up horror or as a twisted romance lol.
I put this in my faves folder <<<333
Side note: how do I get ending 7???!!
Oh no, what part of him was likable? He is just a...
A word from the curator
Thank you for your interest in me and my preservation work. Perhaps you’d like to contribute to it? I am currently preparing a new exhibition, you see… And there are some vacant shelves which need to be filled with new specimens…
Thank you so much, glad that you liked it! Everyone on the team did so well on it. It was fun to make the different routes so that you can go full survival mode, stay oblivious to it all or embrace the crazy XD
You can find the walkthrough for all endings here.
Ending 7 choices:
TLDR: Be nice and selfless with Sophie but selfish with Curator, buff her combat abilities and debuff his
Let Sophie go to the toilets first + give your weapon to her when she asks for it (so that she's able to defend herself and survive). Then later when zombie appears, choose "Flee" + ("Bolt for the next room" or "Guarantee your survival") => that way, Curator is forced to waste a lot of ammunition to save himself. In the last room, disagree ("Humanity...") and choose "Fight".
Great storytelling! I got endings 1 and 9 first, but I was really intrigued and wanted to see them all
Loved the art and writing in this! Midway through I joked in my head that I hoped the game let you romance the Curator and was so pleasantly surprised that turned out to be a real possibility :’]
Hi! Is MC addressed by they/them? sorry can't find the info on the page (or my eyes just broke)
The MC is gender-neutral, they can be anything you want! In the script, all characters directly talk to MC so the player is always referred to as "you".
Hi Arghbulous!
We're reaching out from Otome.com to say how impressed we are by your game. We host a podcast that spotlights indie devs and would love to feature you to talk about The MuZeum. It’s a relaxed hour-long remote chat. If you’re interested, we'd be happy to go into more detail.
Hi otome.com, thank you for reaching out to us! You can contact me at arghbulous@gmail.com to discuss about it ^^
Hi Arghbulous,
We sent you an email but haven’t received a reply yet. Could you please check if it ended up in your spam folder?
Our email address is: press@otome.com
Hi otome.com, thanks for the message. I sent you a reply just now!
this was such a fun game!! loved every part of it. the story is great, the music fits so well and the character voices are also a nice touch! hope this'll get more attention since it truly deserves it :) nice work!
i played the game before sophie's va comes out, but its still a very fun n interesting experience! the art n the main menu is beautiful, n in the opening, i feel like i was in an actual movie! its such an immersive playthrough with the knowledge test from the curator hahaha. all the va is stunning, i love them all but the receptionist impress me the most, n mr currator is so hot, duh. ah, n i love sophie hic my shayla T T i love the writing n bgm music, too! 10/10!!!!
lowkey 10 outta 10 love this masterpiece taught me some cool factz :3
Thank you for playing! Glad to know you learnt some things along the way too, we tried to make the trivia interesting ^^
This was such fun!