Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In Save the Villainess, players control Jane, a neurodiverse woman of color (WOC) who falls into a romance novel… only to become a hunted villainess (e.g., female antagonist). While the game begins as a mystery, it develops into a meditation on identity and free-will – one that examines how a WOC can survive an unjust society that condemns her. By questioning the concept of a villainess and using satire to deconstruct related injustices, Save the Villainess reflects on the inequities of a sexist, racist, and classist society – and shows how the inequities of the past resonate today.
In Save the Villainess, players control Jane, a neurodiverse woman of color (WOC) who falls into a romance novel… only to become a hunted villainess (e.g., female antagonist). While the game begins as a mystery, it develops into a meditation on identity and free-will – one that examines how a WOC can survive an unjust society that condemns her. By questioning the concept of a villainess and using satire to deconstruct related injustices, Save the Villainess reflects on the inequities of a sexist, racist, and classist society – and shows how the inequities of the past resonate today.
