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Painting Werther
2023

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Where is the line between romantic and suicidal? What is the difference between attraction and obsession? How do you distinguish love from madness?

The Sorrows of Young Werther, published by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in 1774. It was one of the novels that most influenced the Romantic Movement in the XVIII century. Loved by artists and emperors, it showed the inner struggle of a deeply romantic man.

Painting Werther is an interactive linear visual novel that retell the romantic story, The Sorrows of Young Werther, written by Goethe, with living paintings and reimagined classical music.

With this game we wanted to celebrate the mastery and abilities from the painters and musicians that came before us, presenting their work in a new respectful way.

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Story Rich Historical Hidden Object Relaxing Romance

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Added 05/01/2021
By DeVuego

Last update 19/06/2025
By DeVuego

DVGO_ID DVGO20210105JG002952


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Where is the line between romantic and suicidal? What is the difference between attraction and obsession? How do you distinguish love from madness?

The Sorrows of Young Werther, published by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in 1774. It was one of the novels that most influenced the Romantic Movement in the XVIII century. Loved by artists and emperors, it showed the inner struggle of a deeply romantic man.

Painting Werther is an interactive linear visual novel that retell the romantic story, The Sorrows of Young Werther, written by Goethe, with living paintings and reimagined classical music.

With this game we wanted to celebrate the mastery and abilities from the painters and musicians that came before us, presenting their work in a new respectful way.

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Painting Werther is the paintable novel adaptation of The Sorrows of Young Werther, written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in 1774.
Loved by artists and emperors, it shows the inner struggle of a deeply romantic man.

Before starting this unique experience, prepare yourself to:

  • Bring passion to a colorless world.


  • Paint like the greatest masters of old.


  • Pick flowers to your unrequited love...


Come with us on this Paintable Visual Novel to see another version of this legendary story.
Was young Werther really a romantic? Or was he just a man with a death wish?
How deeply did he really love his friend Wilhelm? Maybe his letters hide some clues...
Did he even love Charlotte? Or did he just love the idea of an unrequited love?



For all these questions and more, Mad Cream Games presents you an overloading artistic experience, full of brush strokes and ink spots, where Chopin play the sax and Mozart the guitar, where love turns into hate, and pity into madness:

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