History VideoGame / MarthaIsDead

* NoAntagonist: We first get the impression that Giula's mother is the main antagonist, but learn that she has her own mental and medical issues. She also became infertile and weak after the two girls' births.

* TheScapegoat: Giuli was this to her mother, blaming her for everything that happened in her life. Erich even lampshades this.

* SuicideByCop: Suicide by mother. [[spoiler:Martha feels guilty for what she has done and wants to end her life but manipulates her mother to do it for her.]]

* TheUnfavorite: The mother preferred Martha over Giulia.

* DoesntKnowTheirOwnChild: Lampshaded by Lapo who writes in his letter that he was surprised the mother could not tell Martha and Guilila apart after 15 years (which is very unlikely in real life) while he easily could after knowing them for a much shorter time.

* DeadPersonImpersonation: Giulia pretends to be Martha after discovering her corpse.

* TwinSwitch: We learn that the two girls liked to switch beds when they were young to fool their parents. Martha also uses this trick to make her mother think she was Giulia at the lake.

* {{Sidequest}}: Giulia has the option to help a nearby partisan cell against the fascist rule.

* TroubledAbuser: Irene is abusive to Giulia but it's also implied that she's depressed over the fact that she ended infertile after giving birth.

''Martha is Dead'' is a PsychologicalThriller game, developed by LKA and released in 2022 for Platform/IBMPersonalComputer, Platform/PlayStation4, Platform/PlayStation5, Platform/XboxOne and Platform/XboxSeriesXAndS.

* AbusiveParents: Giulia's mother is horrifically abusive who always saw Martha as the golden child.

* NightSwimEqualsDeath: Invoked by [[spiler:Martha when she makes her mother kill her at the lake.]]

''Martha is Dead'' is a PsychologicalThriller game, developed by LKA and released in 2022 for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, [[UsefulNotes/XboxOne Xbox One]] and [[UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS Xbox Series X/S]].

* AbusiveParents: Giulia’s mother is horrifically abusive who always saw Martha as the golden child.

* AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: [[spoiler:Giula talks about how a woman in the mental institution spent all her time masturbating until her hands were bloodied and had to be restrained, which when released she just did it all over again. It was her.]]

* CreepyDoll: Marionettes are used to reenact Giulia’s abusive childhood. Giulia later appears as one when talking to herself.

* FacialHorror: Martha’s skinned face in the dream sequence is shown in graphic detail.

* {{Gorn}}: The game has numerous horrific scenes, most famously a dream sequence in which Giulia cuts off her sister’s face and wears it as a mask.

* MagicalCamera: Giula's camera can reveal the location of a dead man's grave by taking pictures.

* TraumaticCSection: Giulia cuts open her sister’s corpse to confirm her pregnancy.

* ChessWithDeath: After [[spoiler:Lapo's death and getting shot]] Guilia dreams of meeting Death with Martha. He can't tell them apart but that Guilia must die. The girls drew lots by tossing a medallion. Death knows that while Fate plays by her own rules, Fate is Death's ally and would always choose the proper girl. However, the medallion only had Martha's name on it and thus cheated both Fate and Death.
-->'''Death''': One thing is for sure. I will correct my ignorance and give Fate back his blindfold.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Irene learns that Giulia swapped places with Maria, she threatens to throw Giulia into an asylum. [[spoiler:That's exactly what happens.]]

* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Implied in the ending that Giula had a mental breakdown while in the mental facility.]]
* ImposterForgotOneDetail: Despairing over everything going on, Giulia begins playing the piano to get away from it all...except that she's supposed to be acting as the ''deaf'' Maria.

* SplitPersonality: It's heavily implied that [[spoiler:Maria is really an alter for Giulia, meant to protect her from Irene's abuse.]]

* TraumaCongaLine: Giulia has to live through [[spoiler: the deaths of her sister, lover, parents and nanny before she is thrust into a mental facility, drugged up and completely broken, with no hope of living a happy life.]]