Depression Quest

Depression Quest is an interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. You are given a series of everyday life events and have to attempt to manage your illness, relationships, job, and possible treatment. This game aims to show other sufferers of depression that they are not alone in their feelings, and to illustrate to people who may not understand the illness the depths of what it can do to people.

—Blurb from the developer's site

Depression Quest is an Interactive Fiction game created by Zoe Quinn in the style of a Choose Your Own Adventure crossed with Visual Novel, except you play as someone suffering from depression. The game was created raise awareness of depression and the suffering those who have to deal with depression.

It has recently been made available on Steam and is available for free or pay, with the proceeds going to a charity^{[please verify]} for depression sufferers.

Tropes used in Depression Quest include:

• Kindhearted Cat Lover: One of the option you can choose for your character.
• Multiple Endings: 5, to be exact.
• Utsuge: This isn't exactly a cheery game, given the theme.