Chosen by the Abyss is a fantasy visual novel by Ascendens, built in Ren'Py with 2D CG art and AI CG visuals. You play as Leah and Kira, two ordinary girls who discover an ancient crystal in a dark cave and awaken a sleeping entity. Centuries after five goddesses protected the world, one sister turned toward Darkness and was sealed away by another. Now the pair must choose between saving the world and taking the path into Darkness, with monster girl and lesbian themes.
The current build is the v0.1.9 Demo, released October 13, 2026, for Windows, Linux, Mac, and Android. It is uncensored and offered in English and Spanish, with Spanish translated using GPT-6.0. The latest update adds a continuation of the story, new backgrounds, and a new H-scene.
Developer's description
Once upon a time, five goddesses protected this world. But one of the sisters turned her back on the light, and Darkness consumed her heart. To stop the destruction, another goddess had to do the unthinkable—seal her sister away with her. For all eternity. Centuries later, their story became a legend. But an ancient crystal, found by two ordinary girls in a dark cave, awakens a slumbering entity. And now, Leah and Kira face the choice that once split the heavens: saving the world or the path into Darkness.
v0.1.9
- Continuation of the story
- New backgrounds and an H-scene
v0.1.8.5
• New story content
• New backgrounds
• A new H-scene
• Various small improvements and fixes
v0.1.8
The main storyline continues.
A new language has been added (Spanish), translated using GPT 6.0. There may be some errors in the translation.
New characters have been added.
The dialogue window has been updated.
The game’s main font has been changed.
Minor fixes and improvements have been made.
v0.1.7
This new test version includes a continuation of the story and the first implementation of the new character emotion system.
Emotions have been added from the very beginning of the game, but this is still a test version: some expressions will be redrawn later, and many characters do not yet have their full emotion sets.
This version may also contain some bugs, translation issues, or text display problems.
v0.1.6
✦ Story continuation
✦ Added gallery
✦ Added character branching system — choice between domination and love
✦ Character codex — information, corruption stages
(plans to add character thoughts that change with their development)
✦ Minor fixes and improvements
v0.1.5t
✦ Continued storyline
✦ Fixed translation bugs
✦ New backgrounds and images
✦ Minor fixes and improvements
v0.1.4t
✦ Continued storyline
✦ A couple of new backgrounds and sprites
✦ Minor fixes and improvement
v0.1.3
✦ Continued storyline
✦ A couple of new backgrounds and sprites
✦ Minor fixes and improvement
✦ Automatic sprite highlighting during dialogues
v0.1.2
✦ Continued storyline
✦ A couple of new backgrounds and sprites
✦ Minor fixes and improvement
v0.1.1.1
New:
Continuation of the story
Bugfixes:
Minor fixes
v0.1
Initial Release
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Latest review2026-06-18
TrueSgtBurden2026-06-18★★★★★
(Rating the v0.1.2 Demo) An AI VN with two sisters and a third noble girl, going to become adventurers and learning magic, the plot is decent, there's only a few CG thus far but it's a demo so understandable, also…