The Left Eye
Release date: Nov 21, 2025
Developers: Haunted Trumpet
Publishers: Haunted Trumpet
Genres: Casual, Indie, Early Access
Categories: Single-player, Steam Achievements, Captions available, Adjustable Text Size, Custom Volume Controls, Keyboard Only Option, Mouse Only Option, Playable without Timed Input, Save Anytime, Subtitle Options, Family Sharing
Supported languages: English

...and Emile de la Roche is many things to many people.  A French aristocrat, leaving a slew of proposals unanswered in Calais.  A visiting bon vivant , sampling the finest of the Big Apple.  The 'Queen of France', a performer and fleeting star of the pansy scene. The truth?  Emile de la Roche is an illiterate con artist. He might not even be French. And then Emile meets Alex Warren, a mobster's closeted son exiled from Seattle when family affairs got messy.  Rich, naïve and out of his depth in New York's underworld, it should be easy to rip him off and hop the next train. And that's precisely what Emile and Jackie, his best friend and fixer, intend to do. But you know how these stories go, right?  Our heroes are con artists, thieves, and murderers. They’re Great War deserters and draft dodgers, carrying night terrors and trauma, and they're lying to survive every day. In an era where prohibition forced the best of high society down into the same underground drinking holes as the lowest of the low, they may rub shoulders with old money or mobsters... but they're always faking it. An LGBTQ crime-capering romance set in the roaring twenties Script by award-winning stage & TV writer Conway McDermott Developed by an indie team of approximately three queers in a trenchcoat Hand-drawn CGs and sprites Original arrangements of jazz standards Episodes one & two available in Early Access Serialized over six planned episodes, with future episodes to be added in updates during Early Access Don't worry about making bad decisions, just enjoy the consequences... for now. Early episodes are mostly linear, but you never know what might come back to haunt you Be gay Do crime 


Notes: This game contains mature themes, including strong language, criminal activity, period-specific bigotry and homophobic slurs, use of alcohol, and depictions of violence. Use of slurs can be censored via the settings menu. Future episodes of the game will include scenes with non-explicit sexual content. These may explore adult relationships, emotional manipulation, and morally ambiguous situations. All such content will be clearly signposted with content warnings and an option will be provided to censor sexual content via the settings menu.