Romance visual novel · 2026

Cutting Chai

A Mumbai love story

A fully voice-acted romance visual novel set in Mumbai. Two women, one impossible choice, five endings.

Chapters 1–5, free, in your browser. Best on a phone or a narrow window — it's a portrait game.

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This is the game

The first thirty seconds, for real.

That's the actual opening scene, the actual voice line, and the three replies the game actually offers. Pick one and it hands you into the demo — right where it left off.

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You came to Mumbai with a guitar, a suitcase, and no plan.

On day one you walk into a girl's chai and ruin it. She's Priya — runs her family's tailoring shop, measures every word before she says it, and has exactly no patience for people who don't look where they're going.

Then Zara kicks open a door with a camera around her neck and decides you're interesting. She talks in fragments, shoots in golden hour, and turns every serious moment into a joke before it can land on her.

Thirteen chapters later, you'll have to choose. Or not choose — that's an ending too.

Every line voiced.555 lines, 94 minutes of performance — not a sample, the whole game.
A Mumbai that feels lived-in.Rooftops at golden hour, a tailoring shop that smells like thread and old wood, chai stalls and local trains.
Two women who aren't the same person.Priya measures every word. Zara talks in fragments and turns everything into a joke. Five endings, including the one where you don't choose.
One decision you can't make.Chapter 7 — Rohan's rooftop, the night it stops being a joke.
Teaser

Real footage. Real voices.

Fifty-eight seconds. Every frame is captured from the game — no mock-ups. The voices you hear are the voices in the game.

The people you'll meet

Priya

Priya

Runs her family's tailoring shop. Measures every word.

“Arre, watch where you're going, yaar! You trying to end up in my chai?”

Zara

Zara

Photographer. Talks in fragments, shoots in golden hour.

“Waah, loyal already. Alright, Pune. Noted. I'll win you over eventually — I always do.”

Rohan

Rohan

Your best friend. From Nashik, loud, always with a plan.

“You're both into the same guy! It's very funny!”

Kabir

Kabir

The competition. Gym, good eye, nosy by nature.

“Ooh. Tension. Say no more, say no more — actually, say a little more, I'm nosy by nature.”

Screens

from the game, not a render
Day one. Priya, at the Sai Ram Tea Stall.
Day one. Priya, at the Sai Ram Tea Stall.
Zara kicks the door open.
Zara kicks the door open.
The tailoring shop.
The tailoring shop.
The rooftop crew group chat.
The rooftop crew group chat.
Rohan's birthday, and everything goes wrong.
Rohan's birthday, and everything goes wrong.
One decision you can't make.
One decision you can't make.
One of five endings.
One of five endings.
Rohan, being helpful.
Rohan, being helpful.

At a glance

Chapters
13 + a bonus chapter
Length
About two hours
Voice
555 lines, fully voiced
Endings
5
Art
54 illustrated scenes
Engine
Godot 4
Platforms
Browser · Android · Windows · macOS
Where to get it

Play the first five chapters free.

The demo runs in your browser, no install. The full game — chapters 6 to 13, five endings and the bonus chapter — is coming to the stores below.

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