Fantastic Fetus is a Tamagotchi-style pregnancy simulator and a protest Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Fantastic Fetus is a Tamagotchi-style pregnancy simulator and a protest Against Polish anti-abortion laws. News by Robert Purchese Senior Staff Writer Updated on 14 May 2019 24 comments There's a game called Fantastic Fetus on itch.io right now and it's a Tamagotchi-style pregnancy simulator. In it, you look after a woman through nine months of pregnancy, making sure she's fed, medicated, happy and keeps her home clean. But don't overfeed her! If she gets heavier than 99kg, she'll die. But she'll also die if she gets too fearful or if she gets very ill. It's a challenge, frankly, keeping her alive. But every day you do, you'll be rewarded with a dream - a dream in which you can design your own fantastic foetus. Your own fantastic foetus with superpowers. Will the baby have a unicorn horn? Will it have tentacles for arms? Will it have bat wings or angel wings? There's quite the assortment on offer. Night by night you assemble your super-baby until the big day comes and out the baby pops. A day for celebrating! Or is it? You see, the thing about Fantastic Fetus - the thing which elevates and justifies it - is it's a protest game, designed to open eyes to oppressive anti-abortion laws in Poland, which give women almost no say in the matter. Specifically, the Black Protests of 2016 sparked the game's creation - the Black Protests being what rose in opposition to a movement to outlaw abortion altogether. Thankfully, the course was averted, but another almost as backwards "stop abortion" bill is now apparently in the offing. A grim state of affairs. Fantastic Fetus shows the situation from a Polish woman's point of view - and, indeed, is designed by a Polish woman. It's striking how, as a kind of Tamagotchi pet, the pregnant woman has no control - not of her day to day life, nor of her baby, which you design. Give it a go. It's only short - around 10-20 minutes - and it's a powerful example of how a game can get under the skin in a way other media can't. It's also fantastic to see a game being used for this kind of purpose, so thank you Aleksandra Jarosz and team. We hear you. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 61 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 4 Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 11 Latest Articles Digital Foundry Sennheiser's legendary HD 599 open-back headphones are just £70 at Amazon in the Prime Early Access Sale Comfortable with neutral sound and a wide sound stage. Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. 1 Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 61 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store