Truer than You: Navigate Queer Utopia as Non-Binary Actor, Now on Steam

Gaming Staff • July 15, 2025

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Truer than You, a choice-driven visual novel from indie studio Transcenders Media, is now available on Steam. In this game, players follow Rin, a non-binary 26-year-old, who starts an unusual job as a gig-worker for a secretive company that sends actors into real-life situations. Set in a vibrant and beautifully stylized world deep in the clutches of Capitalism, players help Rin navigate through their new job, making tough decisions and balancing the company's expectations with their own values.

Truer than You features LGBTQ+ and diversity aspects, questioning roles in society, including gender, sexuality, identity, and relationship norms. The game offers a "queer utopia" setting and allows players to explore non-normative relationship options across the LGBTQ+ spectrum. With a flowing dialogue choice system and over 1000 dialogue options, players can steer conversations or let interactions unfold.

Key features of Truer than You include:

1. A diverse cast of queer-friendly characters, depicted in a stunning visual style.
2. Uncovering new endings with each playthrough, thanks to more than 1,000 dialogue choices.
3. Steering conversations or sitting back and watching interactions unfold.
4. Exploring relationships and dilemmas surrounding ideas like authenticity, society, and climate change.
5. Focusing on LGBTQ+ identities and offering different identities and relationship options.

Truer Than You is OUT NOW on PC and is set to launch on Nintendo Switch later this year. A demo is available on Steam. Stay updated through Bluesky, Instagram, Facebook, and itch.io.

Transcenders Media, the developer, is an indie studio that creates heartfelt games and stories for PC, console, and mobile platforms. The team consists of Bobbi A Sand, Pixie Johan Anderson, Niklas Ström, and Douglas Holmquist. In 2019, they released Knife Sisters, a visual novel about emotions, power, and dependence, which was part of the IndieCade Showcase at E3 in 2019 and won the Longest Feature Award at A Maze Festival in 2020.

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