He's Just Away
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
"He's a monster of your own making, and he wears your dead husband's face."
Your beloved husband and childhood sweetheart, Seto, is dead.
But you refuse to believe it. Desperately clinging to the shreds of his love.
To alleviate your loneliness, you create an android replica of your beloved using your employer's highly classified AI chip, the "Heaven Project."
You intend for the android to be temporary. But he wants to make his stay permanent.
- Due to the topics in the game, this is to be played by those over the age of 18
- CONTENT WARNINGS: This game contains depictions of themes that may be distressing to individuals. These include (in this current version of the game): Swearing, grief, trauma, mentions of death, psychological abuse, explicit sex scenes (skippable), conflict, and manipulative behavior.
- YANDERE THEMES: The main love interest, Seto is a yandere and exhibits unhealthy and manipulative behaviour.
- EXPLICIT NSFW CONTENT: Act 1 contains an explicit NSFW scene with Android Seto that can be skipped in favor of the SFW option. The scene is consensual, however Seto does display manipulative behavior towards the end. The NSFW scene is written completely gender-neutral.
- ACT 1 of the story [14k words]
- One main [technically two] love interests
- Partial voice acting for all characters
- Custom name and pronoun options
- Detailed sprites and CG art
- Optional explicit NSFW content (gender-neutral) with SFW options written
- Original soundtrack written by Gisula. Stream on Spotify here!
Minor known bugs or issues that do not break the game:
- None
| Helloyinny - Director, Writer, VA Director, Art [Menu] | Itch| YouTube |
| Rachel H. Rameau - Editor | Itch.io |
| Cath - Editor | Itch.io | Twitter |
| Bukubukuchagama - Programming | |
| Elduator - GUI Designer, Programmer | |
| Majeanne - Sprite Artist, Character Designer, CG art rendering | |
| Safffeine - CG Artist | Itch.io |
| Radicalhoodie - Background Artist | Itch.io| Tumblr |
| MintheDraws - Character Designer [Maki Koda & Masato Inoue] | Website |
| Gisula - Composer | Website | Bluesky |
| Aiden Somerville - Audio Engineer | |
| ENVI - Voice Actor [Seto & Seto Inoue] | Twitch| Twitter |
| TRIPPYTRASH - Voice Actor [Hajime Michimiya] | Website| Twitter |
| CROC - Voice Actor [Masato Inoue] | Twitch| Twitter |
| Rottentief - QA | |
When will the game be updated?
The game will be updated whenever new chapters are ready. Our team are all full-time employees and this is a hobby project. We aim for an update hopefully at least every six months.
To stay tuned with updates and see sneak peeks, feel free to follow here.
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Development log
- February Devlog91 days ago
- January Act 2 Devlog!Jan 13, 2026
- ACT 2 UPDATE + Preview and release dateDec 09, 2025
- ACT 2 progress and release dateOct 09, 2025
- Thank you for 3k + New Seto Art!Jan 08, 2025
- Small update: GUI change and bug fixesJan 07, 2025
- He's Just Away out now!Jan 01, 2025
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Seto is alive!!! i screamed as androi seto dragged me into the bedroom.
i really think seto might be alive. his body wasnt found!! like i would go crazy
Hello. Im sorry to bother you but will there be a small tiny winy diny chance that we can also play it on android? The comments made me really want to try it out 😢
Hi! Thank you for asking! I’m so sorry but unfortunately I don’t know how to code for android 😭. I’m currently working on update 2 so when that comes out, I could make it playable on browser if that works for you?
Yes please im super grateful :3
Hi Vinny! I’ve watched your VN recommendations on TikTok for a while, and you’re honestly part of the reason I got so deep into this fandom XD. I’m terrible with names, but when I saw the author name for this game it felt oddly familiar—so imagine my surprise when I realized it was you! XD I had a lot of fun playing this game and I really love how you write your yandere characters. Art is also good! Looking forward to future updates and trying your other games. Much love to u ♡
Character problem
Pls help! Ive been trying to play this game but everytime i redownload it, the characters always look weird. What can i do to fix this? Ive tried deleting and redownloading
Hi lovely! I’m not super sure what the issue is, but my suggestion is to try changing your renderer in game! Next time you’re in game, try pressing shift + g and swap to another one then restart the game!
thank you!!
I'm so late to the party but I finally played this. All I wanna say is, I'm loyal to the actual Seto my man. I don't think the real Seto is dead either, I feel like he's alive as well since they never found his body. And usually in fiction that means the person is alive. So, yea, Seto my man, will always be my man, and screw AI Seto. (I'm joking I love AI Seto, just not as much as I love the real Seto). I get to pick between a Seto route and an AI Seto; I'm picking Seto lol.
I'm very excited for future content :) this game has eye-candy art, AMAZING voice acting, a nice plot, and so many possiblies for plot twists
Playing this game makes me soo guilty. Like it hurts me so badly betray the real Seto. Very well written! ;3
I just finished playing the first act, can't wait for the next update!
the way i recognized the VAs ;-;
guys i need to stop watching vtubers
GREAT GAME THOUGH!! <3
Usually I'm all here for smut scenes (I'm doing it rn) and it's good, BUT I'M LITERALLY CRYING WASHING MACHINE HEART WAS PLAYING ON MY PLAYLIST AND I'M JUST OVER HERE SOBBING BC THIS GIRL IS SO UPSET HER HUSBAND DIED NOOO
Do you think about Chinese?
I would love to get a Chinese translated version one day! But sadly, as this is a free game, the team’s budget is limited and unable to offer it right now.
I really hope you don't mind my little appreciative edit ♥
Thank you for devoted, longing, yearning, worshiping, possessive and obsessive character. Yandere sim forever and ever in heart. Thank you!
Thank you so so much for this! Incredibly sweet of you! I’m so happy to see that you like the game and I can’t wait for you to experience chapter 2!
I love this game so much!My charater used to die and stabbed but this is gold! Very alive-like, the story is good! I cant help but love both Seto and i understand what MC feels. I hope real Seto is truly alive and came back home! Waiting for future updates
Thank you! The new update shouldn’t be too far away, I appreciate the kind words!
I love yandere games, I absolutely adore them. But I'm so used to, uh, kidnappings/obsession/jealousy, that I never expected to cry in the first chapter. Why did you come up with such a tragic backstoryyy? I'm used to my MC getting hit on the head, not right in the heart.
Thank you for the emotions! I can't wait for the next update.
Thank you! I always love my tragic backstories xD and I’m glad this one resonated! You’ll meet Seto’s brother in the next update too >:)
I LOVED THIS ^^ You did such a good job omg, it's a catching story, I could make so much theories abt the real Seto!!
I feel so sorry for MC and also very worried for her. Also, why do I get this horrid feeling that the real Seto isn't dead, like we are told?
I'm really looking forward to the next update!
Totally not me genuinely crying at the begining while MC is
copingwith the lossBegging for an update on this game's progress </3
I LOVE IT.It would be curious if our real husband wasnt really dead and in a future or close to the end they meet! it would be caotic and we would have to choose between the android version we would have new memories or our real husband omg that would be interesting(not judging the game i just have a wild imagination) i love this game cant wait to see how the story unfolds in the future!
I your writing yinny so much. I can honestly feel the MC's pain and I can't wait for act 2.Also I Made a video I hope you don't mind.
omg is seto the mimic????????
i LOOOVE this game, the art ist breathtaking and the writing makes me feel so devastated. thank u for making this wonderful story!!
THIS MF LOOKS LIKE GETO WHICH IS A WIN FOR MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :3. god the art is so scrumptious and i have a guilty pleasure of human x android romance so this game very much scratched an itch for me. i really love how human the mc feels and the flashbacks between mc and seto really makes you feel like you're experiencing their relationship.
I'm curious on whether the character Seto was previously inspired by Geto's design
He was inspired by Shi Wudu from TGCF! Specifically, his audio drama iteration. And the name was simply because I’m a Seto Kaiba fan.
hey btw for 'Rottentief' the link on the right says 'Twitter' but it's actually an itch.io link. And the links for 'Radicalhoodie' are reversed ;p
Damn. This game is majestic story-wise, art-wise, and theme-wise! Very unique and intriguing. I really wonder how far android Seto would do. Can't wait for act 2 <3
semi black mirror flashbacks, I loved this its so unique and I can't wait for more !!
Love this! The writing and art, the soundtrack, everything ties together so nicely in sync! i do wish there was a way to enable/disable the content warnings that pop up though; perhaps a menu option?
YOOOOOOOO i love this, im putting it on my top VNS list. moving on from the fact that the art and music is great, the STORY. i love how the writing carefully paints us of the life we shared with seto. also 18 years, middle school sweethearts. DAMN.
nah cause if my partner of 18 years died id also crash tf out lmmao hanging on to sanity by a thread. also the very normal domestic things just have my heart, like remembering our favorite spoon and bowl ahhhhhh
anyways so much more to say but you guys really cooked with this one 🔥🔥💯 the kitchen is burning in fact 💥💥
will be keeping a close eye on this project <3 ty for all the hard work u guys put into it!
halfway through i had to find out whos the VA and turns out its someone i knew from twitch haha the world is so small!
clawing at the bars of my enclosure for Seto
this is amazing... i cant wait to buy the entire game!
5 minutes in and im already crying. lord give me strength for this one LMAO
This is hands-down amazing. It feels very raw and emotional right from the beginning. I can't wait to see what comes next!
this game is just so good im obsessed just by playing act 01 lol. the art is really pretty and i totally love the music. waiting for act 02!!!!
I'm finding it hard to put into words how playing this made me feel. I'll start by saying that I absolutely love it! You captured the grief one feels when they lose a loved one perfectly. Which is why I think I felt slightly uncomfortable playing it. In a way I wasn't expecting, your brilliant writing compelled me to relive that grief while putting an impossible twist. How would I feel if I could do what our MC does. If I could just make a near copy of him? It unexpectedly put my mind in a place that made this feel even more personal. In the end I couldn't find a real answer. Still, I enjoyed the journey this suddenly took me on and I look forward to seeing how this ends. Fantastic job and thank you.
Amazing premise. Absolutely in love with your game. Can't wait for more, really looking forward to it <3
aaaa I loved this. The flashbacks were a nice touch and so well done. the art and acting, too - everything was amazing.
this is very well made!! I love it so much
Cant wait for the next updates!!!!!
There was a game like this on itch where you play as the android, and it's driving me crazy that I can't find it. But, I really enjoyed this game a lot!
I can't download the game. Someone online said that because the dev doesn't have to specify which application it goes for (like windows or mac or ios) it wont download because it doesn't know how? I really want to play this game, could you make it possible for windows? I can't find any other way for me to play, and I don't exactly understand the solution to the problem, but here's the link to the page I found. https://itch.io/t/3848455/why-no-compatible-downloads-were-found
Hi! thank you for letting us know! We just checked and reset the compatibility! Please let us know if the issue still persists.
This is my firt ever comment despite using itch.io for a really long time.I really loved playing the game, I got engrossed in the story rapidly but oh my lord the soundtrack is divine and to be honest even if I finished the game I still keep it open on the background for it.I'd love to hear more of it and being able to listen to it whenever and wherever.