---
title: "start;again"
description: "You see an unfamiliar location.  Unfamiliar faces.  You have two hours to escape.  __________  Awakened in an unfamiliar location, four strangers are forced int"
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/55/125755.jpg"
---

# start;again

![start;again](https://t.vndb.org/cv/55/125755.jpg)

**Developer:** Two and a Half Studios

**Release date:** Mar 31, 2022

**Platform:** Windows, macOS

**Language:** English

**Rating:** 6.6/10 (48 votes)

## Description
You see an unfamiliar location.

Unfamiliar faces.

You have two hours to escape.

__________

Awakened in an unfamiliar location, four strangers are forced into a life-or-death situation they must escape within two hours.

How did they get there?

Who is behind it all?

Who can be trusted?

…And why does it feel as though some of these strangers may not be strangers after all?

[From [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1927140/)]

## Characters
### Sebastian
- **Gender:** Male
- **Alias:** Sev
- **Hair:** Brown, Short
- **Body:** Pale, Young-adult
- **Eyes:** Violet
- **Clothes:** Jeans, Turtleneck Sweater
- **Personality:** Airhead, Friendly, Kind, Smart, Coward, Superstitious
- **Role:** Boyfriend, Childhood Friend, University Student, Non-blood-related Father, Homosexual
- **Engages in:** Teasing
- **Subject of:** Death, Time Loop, Grief, Memory Alteration, Completely Avoidable Death

### Mikhail
- **Gender:** Male
- **Alias:** Mika
- **Hair:** Black, White, Short, Multicolored
- **Body:** Pale, Young-adult, Short
- **Eyes:** Red
- **Clothes:** Necktie, Shirt, Garter, Decorative Belt
- **Personality:** Tsundere, Rude, Protective
- **Role:** Boyfriend, Childhood Friend, University Student, Non-blood-related Father, Homosexual
- **Subject of:** Death, Teasing, Time Loop, Memory Alteration, Completely Avoidable Death
- **Engages in:** Self-sacrifice

### Nini
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Blond, Waist Length+, Side Tail, Half Updo
- **Body:** Pale, Kid
- **Role:** Orphan, Non-blood-related Daughter, Lonely
- **Eyes:** Red
- **Clothes:** Dress, Ribbon Hair Accessory, Ribbon Hair Tie
- **Personality:** Uneducated, Smart, Curious
- **Engages in:** Singing, Time Manipulation
- **Subject of:** Confinement, Time Loop, Child Abandonment, Child Neglect

### Rinne
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Blond, Waist Length+
- **Body:** Pale, Young-adult
- **Role:** Orphan, Non-blood-related Daughter, Younger Sister
- **Subject of:** Amnesia, Time Loop, Child Abandonment
- **Eyes:** Red
- **Clothes:** Dress, Hair Ribbon, Hair Tie
- **Personality:** Pretending, Friendly, Kind
- **Engages in:** Singing, Time Manipulation, Memory Alteration

## Shops
- [Official Website](https://www.twoandahalfstudios.com/startagain)
- [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1927140/)
- [Itch](https://twoandahalfstudios.itch.io/startagain)

## Releases
### English
- **2022-03-31**: start;again - [Official website](https://www.twoandahalfstudios.com/startagain), [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1927140/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/1927140/info/), [Itch.io](https://twoandahalfstudios.itch.io/startagain)

## Tags
Mystery, ADV, Comedy, Male Protagonist, Adult Protagonist, Multiple Endings, Family, No Sexual Content, Time Travel, Time Loop, Photographic Backgrounds, Friendship, Protagonist with a Face, Orphan Heroine, Thriller, Group of Friends, Puzzle Game, Protagonist's Childhood Friend as a Hero, Adult Hero, Built-in Walkthrough, Child Support Character, Meaningless Choices, Black Comedy, Female Friend, Cheerful Hero, NaNoRenO, Boy x Boy Romance Only, Male Friend, Non-sexual Child Abuse, Found Family

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