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Is The Choicer Voicer a virus? What we checked

Last verified: August 15, 2026

Short answer. The build sold on the developer's own itch.io page is an ordinary Godot game. It is unsigned, and that is the single reason most warnings appear. Unsigned is not the same as malicious — but it does mean you should be careful where you download from, which is the part that actually matters.

Why people ask if it's a virus

Small indie games get this question constantly, and the reason is almost always the same: the download is an executable from a developer your computer has never heard of. Windows treats any program without a code-signing certificate as an unknown publisher and says so. Certificates cost money and paperwork, and this is one person selling a $5 game.

That is the normal condition for this whole category of software, and it tells you nothing about whether the code is safe — only that nobody paid to vouch for it.

What we have and haven't seen. We have found no report of any antivirus flagging the official build — not in the developer's community board, not in the bug threads we read for the known issues pages. We also haven't verified whether the Windows build ships signed, and we're not going to guess. If you hit a warning we don't know about, tell us and it goes on this page.

Is the microphone permission safe?

The mic permission is the part that makes people uneasy, so it's worth being plain: the microphone is the entire game. You mimic a movie clip into it, and five in-game judges score your performance. There is no version of this that works without mic access.

Two things worth knowing on top of that: the game has no online mode at all — the developer has said he won't build one, citing exactly the privacy and security burden it would create — and your recordings are files on your own machine. If you want to see the mic behaviour before buying, the free demo does nothing but test the mic.

The download that really isn't safe: pirated re-uploads

Unauthorized re-uploads. Free copies of this paid game circulate on various sites. We don't link them, and not only for copyright reasons — with a re-upload you have no idea what's inside the archive, no update path, and nobody to ask. If you paid nothing for a $5 game, that's the download to be suspicious of, not the official one.

Are third-party mods safe?

Mods that patch your game files deserve their own judgement — but “antivirus complained once” is not the same as “malware”, and it's worth quoting the one real example accurately.

The community online-multiplayer mod addresses this head-on in its README. Its author's answer is no, and he shows his working: some antivirus tools reported Trojan:Script/Wacatac.H!ml, and he points out that the !ml suffix marks a machine-learning guess rather than a match against known malware — by his account one of the most common false positives there is. He also names the cause and takes responsibility for it: an earlier version of the installer downloaded Python by itself if you didn't have it, which is structurally the shape of a dropper. He says that code has since been removed.

What the installer still does is download Godot and GDRE — both well-known open source projects, with the URLs visible in a script he invites you to read. It is a five-day-old repository with one star at the time of writing, so judge it on that basis rather than on an antivirus popup. We go through what it does to your install on the multiplayer page.

Voice packs are not in this category at all: those are folders of audio files.

How to check it's safe yourself

  1. Download only from the developer's itch.io page. That is the one link we use everywhere on this site.
  2. Run the free demo first. No payment, and it exercises the exact part people worry about — see price & download.
  3. Use size as a disqualifier, not a guarantee. The current stable build is roughly 240–254 MB; the demo is about 125 MB on Windows, 118 MB on Linux. A wildly different size means you are definitely not looking at the official file — but a matching size proves nothing on its own.
  4. Read the store page reviews. 4.7/5 across 96 ratings at the time of writing, on a page where the developer answers questions publicly.

What we can and can't tell you

We haven't reverse-engineered the binary and we're not in a position to certify any software as safe — nobody honest is. What we can tell you is where the official build lives, why unsigned indie executables trigger warnings, and which downloads carry real risk. Decide from there.

Frequently asked questions

Is The Choicer Voicer a virus?
Nothing in the public record suggests so — it is sold on the developer's own itch.io page, which he answers questions on, and carries 96 ratings averaging 4.7/5. Warnings on small indie downloads usually come from the executable being unsigned, which is not the same as malicious. We have not reverse-engineered the binary and can't certify any software as safe.
Why does it want my microphone?
Because the microphone is the entire game. You perform lines into it and the in-game judges score you. There is no version of this game that works without mic access. Recordings stay on your machine — the game has no online mode at all.
Can I check it without paying?
Yes. The developer publishes a free demo whose only purpose is testing whether your mic works with the engine. You can download and run that first, at no cost.
What actually is risky?
Unauthorized free re-uploads of the paid game exist and we don't link them — you have no idea what is inside those. Third-party mods that patch your game files are a separate judgement call; the one online-multiplayer mod is a five-day-old repository with one star, and its README explains an antivirus false positive it has since fixed.

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