Henchman Story is a comedic visual novel and narrative adventure developed by Silken Sail Entertainment, released in 2021 for PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. The player takes on the role of an ordinary henchman employed by a bumbling supervillain named Lord Bedlam, enduring thankless weekly beatings from far more powerful and better-dressed heroes in exchange for a steady paycheck and healthcare benefits. The game presents a satirical take on superhero fiction, rendered in a colorful comic book aesthetic, and features a cast of villains, heroes, and fellow henchmen with whom the player can form friendships, rivalries, or romances. Player decisions meaningfully shape the story's outcome, branching toward eleven distinct endings and potentially resulting in an in-world promotion. The entire cast is voiced by professional actors with backgrounds in anime and video games.
Henchman Story is a narrative adventure where you play as a beleaguered henchman working for a bumbling supervillain. It’s thankless work. Week in and week out, you put on your purple spandex and get the crap beaten out of you by much stronger, much cooler people wearing much fancier spandex. But the checks clear, and Lord Bedlam offers healthcare, so a job’s a job, right? Even henchmen have bills to pay, and sometimes, even henchmen can make choices that change everything.
