---
title: "Astrologaster"
description: "London, 1592. A great plague sweeps through the capital.   When doctors flee the city in fear, a hero rises. His name is Simon Forman, “Doctor” of Astrology, As"
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/68/79068.jpg"
---

# Astrologaster

![Astrologaster](https://t.vndb.org/cv/68/79068.jpg)

**Developer:** Nyamyam

**Release date:** May 1, 2019

**Platform:** Windows, macOS, iOS, Switch

**Language:** English

**Rating:** 6.2/10 (13 votes)

## Description
London, 1592. A great plague sweeps through the capital. 

When doctors flee the city in fear, a hero rises. His name is Simon Forman, “Doctor” of Astrology, Astronomy and Physick. Not only does he have the power to cure the sick, he can find their lost pets and predict their futures! All by reading the movements of the stars. 

But when the plague ends, Forman’s problems begin. The real doctors return to London and they will stop at nothing to bring him down...

## Characters
### Simon Foreman
Doctor of Astrology, Astronomy and Physick. Astrological guidance on matters personal, professional & medical since 1592. Medical licence pending.

[From [url=https://www.astrologaster.com/]Official Website[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Alias:** Doctor
- **Hair:** Beard, Moustache, Orange
- **Body:** Pale, Adult, Mole, Wrinkles
- **Role:** Villain, Medical Doctor, Scientist, Based on a Real Person, Bisexual, Astronomer
- **Eyes:** Black
- **Clothes:** Coat, Formal Shirt
- **Personality:** Refined, Vindictive, Charismatic, Archaic Dialect, Observant
- **Subject of:** Illness, Grief, Betrayal, Mental Breakdown, Breakup, Guilt, Arrest
- **Engages in:** Stalking, Netori (steals the SO), Breakup, Stargazing

### Avis Allen
Avis Allen is a pleasant and respectable local resident of Lambeth and a patient of Doctor Forman. Despite being a Catholic, she is otherwise unremarkable- though not to [url=https://vndb.org/c120692]Simon Forman[/url]. For there is something special about Avis that Forman can't quite manage to put his finger on.

[From [url=https://www.astrologaster.com/]Official Website[/url]]

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Blond, No Bangs
- **Body:** Adult
- **Clothes:** Dress, Puffy Sleeves
- **Role:** Based on a Real Person, Wealthy
- **Subject of:** Death, Illness, Pregnancy, Stalking, Discrimination, Grief, Pregnancy Loss, Breakup, Pregnancy (by illegitimate partner), Netorare (they are the stolen SO), Unhealthy Relationship
- **Personality:** Timid, Short-tempered, Naive, Religious, Brave, Flustered
- **Engages in:** Religion, Infidelity, Childbirth, Breakup

### Alice Blague
Alice Blague is the wife of the [url=https://vndb.org/c120695.1]Dean of Rochester[/url]. She keeps herself busy protecting the Blague family fortune from [url=https://vndb.org/c120695.1]her husband[/url] and managing her extra-marital affairs with various high-ranking clergymen. After a long day, Alice likes to unwind with a flagon of wine at local alehouse, The Quiet Bear.

[From [url=https://www.astrologaster.com/]Official Website[/url]]

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Brown, Braided Bun
- **Clothes:** Dress, Necklace, Puffy Sleeves
- **Personality:** Cynic, Rude, Blunt
- **Engages in:** Drinking, Alcohol Abuse, Religion, Infidelity
- **Role:** Wife, Prostitute, Poor
- **Subject of:** Illness
- **Eyes:** Hosome
- **Body:** Makeup, High Alcohol Tolerance

### Emilia Lanier
Emilia Lanier (née Bassano) was born into a family of Italian musicians who entertain in the English Royal Court. Precociously intelligent, and, having mastered both Latin and Greek as a child, she is said to be "mature for her age" by the significantly older men who take a romantic interest in her.

[From [url=https://www.astrologaster.com/]Official Website[/url]]

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black, Afro-textured
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Body:** Dark, Makeup
- **Clothes:** Dress
- **Personality:** Stoic, Strict, Smart, Blunt, Feminist
- **Role:** Wife, Writer, Based on a Real Person, Multilingual
- **Subject of:** Stalking, Discrimination
- **Engages in:** Turndown

### Emma Sharpe
Emma Sharpe knows that there is only one clear way for advancement for a woman in Elizabethan society: marriage. Highly accomplished in the marital arts, her extensive experience and skill in the areas of engagement, bridecraft and widowhood make for an impressive resumé.

[From [url=https://www.astrologaster.com/]Official Website[/url]]

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Brown
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Clothes:** Dress, Necklace, Collar
- **Personality:** Pretending, Timid, Kind, Money Lover
- **Engages in:** Planning, Murder, Remarriage
- **Role:** Wife, Widow, Based on a Real Person, Wealthy, British
- **Subject of:** Illness

### Humphrey Bell
Humphrey Bell is a young male actress famous for playing female roles upon the London stage. Though a talented player, he suffers from constant pressure from his director to be prettier, thinner and younger, allegedly to satisfy the expectations of London audiences.

[From [url=https://www.astrologaster.com/]Official Website[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Blond, Dyed
- **Engages in:** Cross-dressing, Wedding
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Body:** Young-adult, Makeup
- **Clothes:** Hat
- **Role:** Husband, Poor, British, Actor
- **Subject of:** Illness, Weight Loss
- **Personality:** Effeminate

### John Whitgift
John Whitgift is the Archbishop of Canterbury. As a leader of the Church of England, second only to the Queen, he wields great power. Clergy the length and breadth of England come to him at his palace in Lambeth to petition him to make them into Bishops. And as it happens, the Archbishop also has the power to grant medical licenses and turn men like Simon Forman into real doctors...

[From [url=https://www.astrologaster.com/]Official Website[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Brown, Long Beard
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Body:** Adult
- **Clothes:** Robe, Hat, Cross Necklace
- **Role:** Priest, Based on a Real Person, Homosexual
- **Subject of:** Illness
- **Engages in:** Religion
- **Personality:** Religious, Hypocrite

### Lancelot Moore
Lancelot Moore, son of a wealthy London family, is an accomplished wooer of ladies. His approach to courting largely relies upon a combination of good looks and terrible love sonnets. Moore seeks Doctor Forman's advice on how to manage his various romantic entanglements.

[From [url=https://www.astrologaster.com/]Official Website[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Brown, Beard, Moustache
- **Items:** Sword
- **Clothes:** Earrings
- **Personality:** Spoiled, Arrogant, Womanizer, Superficial, Coward, Stylish
- **Role:** Husband, Divorcee, Based on a Real Person, Noble, British, Christian Priest, Poet
- **Subject of:** Illness, Forced Marriage, Completely Avoidable Death
- **Engages in:** Remarriage

### Mary Payne
Mary Payne is a Lambeth resident who takes an active role in her local community. She is best known for her campaign against an influx of Dutch refugees on the grounds that they put a strain on local parish services, and her campaign against Catholics on the grounds that they are Catholic. Though she leads a busy life, Mary still finds time to spoil her favourite niece, taking her on outings to hangings, beheadings and cock-fighting shows.

[From [url=https://www.astrologaster.com/]Official Website[/url]]

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Brown
- **Eyes:** Black
- **Body:** Adult
- **Clothes:** Dress, Cross Necklace, Veil, Puffy Sleeves
- **Role:** Aunt, Based on a Real Person, Antagonist, Serial Killer, Infamous
- **Engages in:** Murder, Religion, Not Sexually Involved, Mass Murder, Discrimination
- **Personality:** Short-tempered, Religious, Disciplinarian, Dishonest, Observant, Sadist
- **Subject of:** Illness

### Nicholas Mugg
Nicholas Mugg takes an active interest in his own health. Between the foods he carefully avoids, and the illnesses he self-diagnoses, he is quite probably the worst dinner guest in London. Being distrustful of mainstream medicine ("Big Physick"), Mugg seeks out the care of an alternative practitioner: Doctor Simon Forman.

[From [url=https://www.astrologaster.com/]Official Website[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Brown, Short, Beard, Moustache
- **Clothes:** Hat, Scarf
- **Role:** Husband, Poor
- **Subject of:** Death, Illness, Delusion
- **Personality:** Timid, Distrustful, Naive, Pessimist, Moody

### Riccardo Ferraro
Riccardo Ferraro is a merchant and a gentleman of Venice who has lately taken up residence in London. Notable for his flamboyant airs and extraordinarily thick accent, Ferraro makes a fine addition to the melting pot that is late-16th century multi-cultural London.'

[From [url=https://www.astrologaster.com/]Official Website[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Moustache
- **Clothes:** Hat, Belt
- **Personality:** Pretending, Distrustful, Energetic, Dishonest, Manipulative, Flamboyant, Foreign Accent
- **Role:** Son, Medical Doctor, Italian, British, Merchant, Son Act
- **Engages in:** Disguise, Betrayal

### Robert Devereux
Robert Devereux is the Earl of Essex. A dashing nobleman, he cuts a fine figure about town and around the Royal Court. Now London's most popular celebrity after self-publishing exaggerated tales of his military exploits, it seems as if no one is immune to "Essex fever". Especially the Earl himself.

[From [url=https://www.astrologaster.com/]Official Website[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Brown, Beard, Moustache
- **Clothes:** Necklace
- **Role:** Noble, Commander, Popular, Adventurer
- **Subject of:** Death, Delusion
- **Personality:** Short-tempered
- **Engages in:** Treason, Seduction

### Sybil Fortesque
Sybil Fortescue is a socialite and leading influencer. Though her explorer husband is frequently away at sea, Mistress Fortescue has much to occupy her. Her interests include sharing portraits of her pet monkey with friends and hosting dinner parties serving strange fruits and vegetables that Captain Fortescue sends home from the New World.

[From [url=https://www.astrologaster.com/]Official Website[/url]]

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Brown
- **Clothes:** Dress, Flower, Feather Accessory, Beaded Necklace
- **Role:** Wife, Based on a Real Person, Wealthy, Pet Owner, Famous, Butt Monkey
- **Subject of:** Illness
- **Body:** Makeup
- **Personality:** Stylish, Eccentric

### Thomas Blague
Thomas Blague is the Dean of Rochester Cathedral. Unsatisfied with his senior position in the Church of England, Blague invests his money in risky financial schemes, which include expeditions for South American gold and Dutch flower-bulb-based currencies.

[From [url=https://www.astrologaster.com/]Official Website[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Moustache, Sideburns, Grey, Long Beard, Balding
- **Body:** Old, Wrinkles
- **Clothes:** Hat
- **Personality:** Idiot, Dishonest
- **Role:** Husband, Based on a Real Person, Poor, Christian Priest
- **Subject of:** Illness
- **Eyes:** Hosome
- **Engages in:** Gambling

## Shops
- [Official Website](https://www.astrologaster.com/)
- [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/742520/)
- [GOG](https://www.gog.com/en/game/astrologaster)
- [Itch](https://nyamyam.itch.io/astrologaster)

## Releases
### English
- **2019-05-01**: Astrologaster - [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/id1213121848)
- **2019-05-09**: Astrologaster - [Official website](https://www.astrologaster.com/), [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/742520/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/742520/info/), [GOG](https://www.gog.com/en/game/astrologaster), [GOG DB](https://gogdb.org/product/1487236653)
- **2019-05-16**: Astrologaster - [Itch.io](https://nyamyam.itch.io/astrologaster)
- **2021-02-18**: Astrologaster - [Nintendo](https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/astrologaster-switch/)

## Tags
ADV, Male Protagonist, Protagonist with Voice Acting, No Sexual Content, Villainous Protagonist, Slice of Life Realism, Medical Doctor Protagonist, Proactive Protagonist, Kinetic Novel, Unreliable Narrator, No Event CGs, Autosave Only, Scientist Protagonist, Insert Songs, Heroine Based on Real Person, Protagonist Based on Real Person, Based on Actual Events, Relationship Chart, Blind Choices, Hero Based on Real Person, Choices with 4 or More Options, Black Comedy, Achievements, Highly Animated Sprites, Voiced Thoughts, In-Game Tutorial, Dialogue Based, Non-Japanese Voice Acting, Off Screen Sex Only, Support Character Based on Real Person, Past British Isles, Early Modern Period Earth

## More Games from Nyamyam
- [Astrologaster](https://pinovel.net/v40646)

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