Lucid9: Inciting Incident overview details
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Steam Store description
Lucid9 is a mystery visual novel where your choices affect the outcome of the story.
--------STORY--------
// D-DAY.
You're a murderer.
// 1 DAY PRIOR.
You can’t trust anyone. You lose your mind.
// 3 DAYS PRIOR.
Someone dies before your eyes. Your friends distance themselves from you.
// 4 DAYS PRIOR.
Your school enforces a curfew. You nearly drown. Your past catches up to you.
// 6 DAYS PRIOR.
You learn that students at your school have been disappearing into nothingness. You visit an amusement park with a bunch of friends anyway.
// 8 DAYS PRIOR.
You take a history exam. Maybe you pass, maybe you fail. Then you participate in a treasure hunt in the sketchiest part of the city. Thankfully, nothing happens. Or maybe something does.
// 9 DAYS PRIOR.
You visit a career fair to review your options. Doesn't seem like there is a bright future ahead of you. You also meet a crazy woman with a vocabulary larger than her height who claims to be a detective.
// 10 DAYS PRIOR.
You immerse yourself in classes, friends, and an everyday routine. You eat copious amounts of fried chicken and are press-ganged into advertising for a club you're not even in. This is where the game begins.
// THE THING IS:
You can choose to fight this outcome.
--------ABOUT LUCID9--------
Lucid9 is a visual novel focused on a web of intricate mysteries set in the fictional 2018 metropolis of Isamu. Inciting Incident is the first part of the story, where you play as Yama Ishimoto, a cynical high school student who would like nothing more than to keep his life free of school drama and hard choices. However, he…
SteamPulse editorial summary
Lucid9: Inciting Incident is listed as a game with Free to play. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Casual, Simulation, and Free To Play. SteamPulse's latest observation records 1 players at 24 September 2026 - 18:55:02 UTC, a tracked peak of 4, and 90% positive reviews.
Content descriptors
This visual novel contains mature themes and content, including psychological horror, violence, blood, strong language, and discussions of mental health issues including suicide. Characters engage in intense emotional confrontations and there are scenes depicting physical altercations, injury, and death. The story explores dark topics such as murder, trauma, and moral ambiguity. References to drug and alcohol use appear throughout, including depictions of substance abuse and its consequences. While there is no explicit sexual content, there are some suggestive themes and references. The game features occasional use of profanity and crude humor. Due to these elements, this title is recommended for mature audiences who are comfortable with psychological thriller content and heavy narrative themes.
