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BrokenLore: Follow Wiki

Everything you need to survive Anne's nightmare — chapter walkthroughs, puzzle solutions, collectible maps, ending guides, and franchise lore for the BrokenLore prequel.

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Endings
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Elysium Symbols
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Game Overview

BrokenLore: Follow is a first-person psychological horror game developed by Serafini Productions. It serves as the prequel to BrokenLore: Unfollow, exploring the dark side of social media and the fragile human psyche through the eyes of Anne — a young woman haunted by bullying, self-worth struggles, and a turbulent relationship with her mother.

Released on May 30, 2026 for PC (Steam and Epic Games Store), PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, Follow takes players through seven chapters of exploration, stealth, chase sequences, and environmental puzzle-solving. There is no combat — survival depends on hiding, running, and piecing together Anne's fractured memories.

Key Features

  • Seven narrative chapters revisiting Anne's childhood memories and traumas
  • Atmospheric exploration with environmental storytelling and surreal creatures
  • Stealth and chase sequences against manifestations of Anne's inner demons
  • Environmental puzzles including combination locks, item recipes, and hidden clues
  • Guidance from Anne's seemingly sentient childhood doll throughout the journey
  • Developed with psychologist Emanuela Papa for sensitive theme representation
  • Full English voice acting with subtitles in 15 languages

Platforms

  • PC — Steam, Epic Games Store
  • PlayStation 5
  • Xbox Series X|S
  • Free demo available on Steam

Story & Lore

Anne wakes in her childhood home, disoriented and alone. Guided by her childhood doll — a constant presence that speaks to her throughout the journey — she begins reliving key moments from her past. Each chapter transports her to a different location tied to her trauma: the shifting family house, school hallways where bullying took place, birthday celebrations turned sinister, and surreal landscapes born from her fractured psyche.

At the heart of the narrative is Anne's relationship with her mother, whose extravagant and dominating personality casts a suffocating shadow. A terrifying entity resembling her mother relentlessly pursues Anne through the darkness. As Anne confronts memories of peer bullying, eating disorders, and body dysmorphia, the line between metaphor and reality blurs — and players must help her come to terms with past mistakes and pains.

Core Themes

Self-Acceptance & Worthlessness

Anne struggles with feelings of inadequacy and self-doubt. The game's environments physically manifest these internal battles as oppressive spaces and pursuing entities.

Bullying & Social Pressure

School chapters revisit the harassment Anne endured from peers. The BrokenLore franchise broadly examines how social dynamics and media culture damage mental health.

Eating Disorders & Body Dysmorphia

Sensitive portrayals of disordered eating and distorted self-image appear as surreal horror set-pieces. Content was developed with clinical guidance from psychologist Emanuela Papa.

Mother-Daughter Relationship

Anne's complex bond with her mother drives much of the horror. The pursuing maternal entity represents both fear and unresolved emotional conflict.

The Childhood Doll

Anne's childhood doll acts as a narrative guide, appearing at critical moments to direct her path. In the BrokenLore series, dolls recur as symbols of innocence corrupted — in Unfollow, reassembling doll parts unlocks key story beats. Follow establishes the doll's role as Anne's companion through her earliest traumas.

Connection to Unfollow

Follow is the direct prequel to BrokenLore: Unfollow (January 2026). While Unfollow follows teenage Anne trapped in a social-media nightmare at Harmony High School, Follow reveals the childhood events that shaped her psyche. Playing Follow first provides essential backstory for Unfollow's mystery, character motivations, and the Elysium symbolism that spans both games.

Gameplay Mechanics

BrokenLore: Follow is a narrative-driven horror experience focused on exploration and survival rather than combat. Understanding these core systems will help you progress without unnecessary deaths or missed content.

Exploration

Navigate first-person through shifting environments — childhood homes, school corridors, hospitals, and surreal dreamscapes. Examine objects, read notes, and interact with environmental clues to advance the story.

Stealth & Chase

Anne cannot fight enemies. When spotted by pursuing entities, you must hide or run to designated safe zones. Monsters patrol fixed routes — learn their patterns and use darkness to your advantage.

Flashlight Management

Most areas are shrouded in darkness. Your flashlight requires batteries that deplete over time and often reset at chapter transitions. Search thoroughly for battery pickups before entering new zones.

Environmental Puzzles

Progress is gated by puzzles: combination locks with hidden codes, item collection recipes, painting fragments, doll assembly, and sequence-based interactions. Clues are embedded in the environment — check notes, graffiti, comics, and photographs.

No Combat System

There are no weapons or attack mechanics. Every threat is resolved through evasion, puzzle-solving, or narrative choices. This design reinforces Anne's vulnerability and the psychological nature of the horror.

Light & Darkness Loop

Based on the BrokenLore series pattern established in Unfollow, batteries frequently die at the start of new areas, forcing you to search before proceeding. Always explore side rooms and shelves when entering a new section — battery pickups and collectible items are often placed in easily overlooked locations.

Chapter Guide

BrokenLore: Follow spans seven chapters, each revisiting a pivotal location from Anne's life. Below is a structural overview with known puzzle types and collectible opportunities. Detailed step-by-step walkthroughs will be expanded as players complete the full release.

1

Home Sweet Home

Anne wakes in her damaged childhood house with shifting rooms and locked doors. She must find a flashlight, solve a missing painting piece puzzle, survive a chase sequence, and navigate the kitchen's unsettling encounters.

Puzzles

  • - Locate flashlight batteries in the upstairs area
  • - Find the missing painting fragment in the basement
  • - Solve the attic combination lock using clues from the Summer Hell comic (code: ANNE)
  • - Complete the Heart Milk Spaghetti recipe in the kitchen

Collectibles

Mini Anne Doll in the living room, CDs in parents' bedroom and basement, Elysium symbols in bathroom and basement paths

2

Back to School

Anne relives her experience at Harmony High School, facing the bullying that defined her adolescence. Stealth sections intensify as school corridors fill with hostile manifestations of her peers.

Puzzles

  • - Navigate locker combinations tied to bully names and dates
  • - Choice point: Let Go or Revenge against bullies (affects ending)

Collectibles

School-area Elysium symbols hidden in classrooms and storage rooms, documents revealing peer harassment records

3

Happy Birthday

Anne returns home for a birthday that turns horrifying. She must find three doll parts (top, middle, bottom) scattered across the house and escape a patrolling monster in the basement.

Puzzles

  • - Collect Doll Top Part from attic shelf
  • - Collect Doll Middle Part from the piano room stool
  • - Collect Doll Bottom Part near the basement entrance
  • - Stealth past the basement monster using red light markers as guides

Collectibles

Doll parts serve as both puzzle items and lore objects; Elysium symbols in attic and basement sections

4

Hospital Shift

Anne finds herself in a dark hospital filled with mannequins. She confronts manifestations of her mother while navigating medical ward puzzles and chase sequences.

Puzzles

  • - Mannequin arrangement puzzles in patient rooms
  • - Choice point: Let Go or Revenge against mother (affects ending)

Collectibles

Medical documents, Elysium symbols in supply closets and morgue area

5

Night at the Pool

A strange noise from the living room TV transports Anne to a surreal pool-side nightmare. Water-themed environments introduce new traversal and puzzle mechanics.

Puzzles

  • - Drain and refill sequence puzzles around the pool area
  • - Underwater navigation sections with limited visibility

Collectibles

Pool-area Elysium symbols, photograph fragments near the diving board

6

Retro Nightmare

Anne navigates her memories through a retro-styled world blending nostalgic aesthetics with horror. Pixelated and VHS-distorted environments hide critical story revelations.

Puzzles

  • - Retro console and arcade machine interaction sequences
  • - Timeline reconstruction puzzles using scattered memory fragments

Collectibles

Hidden Elysium symbols in retro game rooms, collectible CDs with Anne's personal recordings

7

In the Belly of the Beast

The final chapter places Anne inside a literal organic nightmare — walls soaked with blood, pulsing and whispering. All narrative threads converge as Anne faces her ultimate confrontation.

Puzzles

  • - Final sequence puzzles requiring items collected across previous chapters
  • - Endgame choice resolution based on earlier Let Go / Revenge decisions

Collectibles

Final Elysium symbols, remaining Mini Anne Dolls, and documents completing the lore archive

This chapter guide is actively maintained. Puzzle solutions and collectible maps are based on the BrokenLore series structure and demo content — full release walkthrough details will be updated as the community completes each chapter.

Collectibles Guide

Following the BrokenLore series tradition established in Unfollow, Follow features hidden collectibles that reward thorough exploration and unlock bonus content including a secret ending.

Elysium Symbols

15 total

Fifteen hidden symbols scattered across all seven chapters. Collecting every Elysium symbol unlocks the secret ending accessible from the Extras menu after completing the game. Symbols are often placed on walls, crate sides, shelves, and behind interactive objects.

Mini Anne Dolls

Multiple per chapter

Small doll figurines placed in key rooms — living room tables, bedroom shelves, and school lockers. These provide lore snippets about Anne's childhood and count toward completion achievements.

CDs

Multiple per chapter

Collectible discs found on shelves and desks throughout the game. Each CD plays a recording or music track that adds context to Anne's memories and the BrokenLore universe.

Documents & Photographs

Scattered across all chapters

Notes, medical records, school papers, and photographs that flesh out Anne's backstory. Essential for understanding the mother-daughter dynamic and bullying history.

Collectible Hunting Tips

Use chapter select after completing the game to revisit sections and find missed items. Check every shelf, crate side, and bathroom in each area — Elysium symbols in Unfollow were frequently hidden in locations players passed multiple times. The painting fragment during chase sequences is a common miss point in Chapter 1.

Endings Guide

BrokenLore: Follow features three endings, following the choice-driven structure proven in Unfollow. Your decisions in Chapters 2 and 4 determine the primary outcome, while collectibles unlock a hidden third ending.

Ending 1

Good Ending — Let Go

Anne finds peace by releasing her anger and accepting her past. This ending portrays a path toward healing and self-acceptance.

How to unlock: Choose 'Let Go' when prompted about the bullies in Chapter 2, and choose 'Let Go' when confronting your mother in Chapter 4.

Ending 2

Bad Ending — Revenge

Anne succumbs to rage and resentment, allowing her trauma to consume her. A darker conclusion that reflects unresolved pain.

How to unlock: Choose 'Revenge' against the bullies in Chapter 2, and choose 'Revenge' against your mother in Chapter 4.

Ending 3

Secret Ending — Elysium

A hidden ending revealing deeper lore about the BrokenLore universe and Anne's connection to the Elysium symbolism.

How to unlock: Collect all 15 Elysium symbols throughout the game, then access the secret ending from the Extras menu after completing your first playthrough.

Ending conditions are based on the established BrokenLore: Unfollow ending system. Choice prompts appear during key narrative moments — save before Chapter 2 and Chapter 4 if you want to experience all endings without a full replay.

Survival Tips

Psychological horror is punishing when you do not know the rules. These strategies will help you survive chases, solve puzzles faster, and avoid missing critical collectibles.

Stealth & Chase Survival

  • Learn enemy patrol routes before moving — wait at corners and listen for footsteps
  • During basement stealth in Chapter 3, follow red light markers to find the exit stairs
  • If spotted, sprint toward the nearest safe zone or door rather than hiding mid-chase
  • Darkness is double-edged: enemies are harder to see, but you are also harder to detect when your flashlight is off

Puzzle Efficiency

  • Read every note, comic, and graffiti — combination codes are never random
  • The Summer Hell comic in Chapter 1 spells 'ANNE' when pieces are arranged correctly
  • For recipe puzzles like Heart Milk Spaghetti, gather all ingredients before returning to the kitchen
  • If stuck, revisit previous rooms — interacting with one object often unlocks access elsewhere

Collectible & Completion

  • Explore every side room before progressing main paths — collectibles are rarely on the critical route
  • Check crate sides and bathroom walls for Elysium symbols
  • After beating the game, use chapter select to sweep missed collectibles for the secret ending
  • Photograph and document locations during your first playthrough to speed up completion runs

General Progression

  • Search for batteries immediately when entering a new area — darkness gates most progress
  • Save or note your choices in Chapters 2 and 4 for ending variety
  • Play with headphones for audio cues that signal nearby enemies
  • If you played Unfollow first, expect similar mechanics but earlier timeline context — puzzles are comparable in complexity

BrokenLore Franchise Timeline

BrokenLore is a psychological horror series by Serafini Productions exploring the dark side of social media, mental health, and human vulnerability. Follow is one entry in an expanding universe.

1

BrokenLore: LOW

Series origin

Set in the isolated Japanese village of Kirisame Mura, LOW explores the ominous prelude to the franchise's central mystery.

2

BrokenLore: Don't Watch

Parallel entry

Follows Shinji, a hikikomori trapped in his Tokyo apartment, confronting a malevolent entity as his mind unravels.

3

BrokenLore: Follow

Prequel (this game)

Anne's childhood trauma and the events that shaped her psyche before the social media nightmare of Unfollow.

4

BrokenLore: Unfollow

Main sequel

Teenage Anne at Harmony High School, bullied on social media and trapped in a surreal nightmare. Released January 2026.

5

BrokenLore: Ascend

Future entry

A climbing horror experience following rooftop climbers Ren and Yui facing a cursed tower and the Rokurokubi entity.

Recommended Play Order

For the Anne storyline: Follow first, then Unfollow. LOW and Don't Watch provide broader universe context but can be played independently. Ascend introduces a separate story arc within the franchise.

System Requirements

Minimum

  • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
  • Processor: Ryzen 5 2600X or Core i5-8600
  • Graphics: AMD RX 5700 or GTX 1070
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Storage: 25 GB available space

Recommended

  • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
  • Processor: Ryzen 5 5600X or Core i5-11600K
  • Graphics: Radeon RX 6700 XT or GeForce RTX 2070
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Storage: 25 GB available space

Content Warnings

BrokenLore: Follow deals with sensitive subject matter. The developers worked with psychologist Emanuela Papa to represent these themes responsibly, but the content may not be suitable for all audiences.

  • Depictions of bullying and peer harassment
  • Themes of eating disorders and body dysmorphia
  • Psychological horror including pursuit, jumpscares, and surreal violence
  • Complex and potentially distressing mother-daughter relationship dynamics
  • Self-worth, depression, and self-acceptance themes presented through horror metaphor
  • Dark environments with disturbing imagery and sound design

The developers advise that not all audiences may find the game's themes suitable. If you are affected by the topics listed above, please consider your comfort level before playing or consult the in-game content descriptions on Steam.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need to play Unfollow before Follow?
No — Follow is the prequel and is designed as the ideal starting point for Anne's story. Playing Follow first enhances your understanding of Unfollow's characters and mystery. If you already played Unfollow, Follow provides essential backstory.
How long is BrokenLore: Follow?
Based on the Unfollow series benchmark of roughly 5 hours for a story playthrough, Follow's seven chapters should take a similar 4–6 hours for a first completion. Collecting all items and experiencing all endings adds 2–3 additional hours.
Is there a demo available?
Yes. A free demo is available on Steam, allowing players to experience a portion of the game before the full release on May 30, 2026.
How many endings does the game have?
Three endings: a Good Ending (Let Go choices), a Bad Ending (Revenge choices), and a Secret Ending unlocked by collecting all 15 Elysium symbols.
What platforms is Follow available on?
PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. The game supports 15 languages for interface and subtitles, with full English voice acting.
Is there combat in the game?
No. Follow is a pure survival horror experience — you evade enemies through stealth and chase sequences, solve environmental puzzles, and make narrative choices. There are no weapons or combat mechanics.
Are there achievements or trophies?
Yes. The game includes achievements on Steam and trophies on PlayStation, covering story completion, collectible hunting, and ending variations.
Can I replay chapters to find missed collectibles?
Yes. After completing the game, chapter select allows you to revisit any section. This is essential for finding missed Elysium symbols, dolls, and CDs needed for the secret ending and full completion.
Is this game connected to the other BrokenLore titles?
Yes. Follow shares the Elysium symbolism, doll motifs, and psychological horror framework with LOW, Don't Watch, Unfollow, and the upcoming Ascend. Follow specifically bridges the gap to Unfollow's social media horror narrative.
Is this wiki official?
No. brokenlorefollow.wiki is an unofficial fan-created guide. We are not affiliated with Serafini Productions or Soft Source. All game content belongs to its respective owners.