Choose Play now to load the game.
QUICK CONTROLS
- Press X on the Authorize User / Load Data screen, which is the main menu rather than a loading screen, to proceed.
- Open files and follow the connections between them to uncover the narrative in a nonlinear order.
- Consult the site's guide if the file types and navigation leave you unsure where to start.
PLAYING HERE
Click inside the game to focus its controls. Use theater or fullscreen mode for more room.
Read the site's notes before starting, as the project is a work-in-progress web reimplementation.
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About Serial Experiments Lain
This browser reimplementation of the 1998 PlayStation game presents an unsettling narrative through files you explore and connect. You reconstruct Lain's life by following links between diary entries, recordings and clips, uncovering the story out of sequence.
How to play
- Press X on the Authorize User / Load Data screen, which is the main menu rather than a loading screen, to proceed.
- Open files and follow the connections between them to uncover the narrative in a nonlinear order.
- Consult the site's guide if the file types and navigation leave you unsure where to start.
- Use the options menu to change subtitle language, rebind keys, or export and import saves; progress autosaves when you open or finish viewing a node.
Press X on the Authorize User / Load Data screen, which is the main menu rather than a loading screen, to proceed. Open files and follow the connections between them to uncover the narrative in a nonlinear order. Consult the site's guide if the file types and navigation leave you unsure where to start. Use the options menu to change subtitle language, rebind keys, or export and import saves; progress autosaves when you open or finish viewing a node.
Provided by Pioneer LDC (1998) · Browser version / host: ad044. Licence / source Game / browser-port project ↗
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