diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/memory_defines.dm b/code/__DEFINES/memory_defines.dm
index 9eeb823b431..30de201dc58 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/memory_defines.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/memory_defines.dm
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@
 #define MEMORY_PLAYING_52_PICKUP "playing_52_pickup"
 /// A memory of playing cards with others
 #define MEMORY_PLAYING_CARDS "playing_cards"
+/// A memory of playing russian roulette
+#define MEMORY_RUSSIAN_ROULETTE "russian_roulette"
 
 
 /**
@@ -163,4 +165,7 @@
 #define DETAIL_DEALER "DEALER"
 #define DETAIL_HELD_CARD_ITEM "HELD_CARD_ITEM" // could either be a singlecard, cardhand, or a deck
 
-
+// Russian Roulette
+#define DETAIL_LOADED_ROUNDS "LOADED_ROUNDS"
+#define DETAIL_BODYPART "BODYPART"
+#define DETAIL_OUTCOME "OUTCOME"
diff --git a/code/datums/mood_events/generic_negative_events.dm b/code/datums/mood_events/generic_negative_events.dm
index 050ff5ca169..f871351e1e9 100644
--- a/code/datums/mood_events/generic_negative_events.dm
+++ b/code/datums/mood_events/generic_negative_events.dm
@@ -374,3 +374,8 @@
 	description = "This is really embarrassing! I'm ashamed to pick up all these cards off the floor..."
 	mood_change = -3
 	timeout = 3 MINUTES
+
+/datum/mood_event/russian_roulette_lose
+	description = "I gambled my life and lost! I guess this is the end..."
+	mood_change = -20
+	timeout = 10 MINUTES
diff --git a/code/datums/mood_events/generic_positive_events.dm b/code/datums/mood_events/generic_positive_events.dm
index fd4e90e2254..8706990d918 100644
--- a/code/datums/mood_events/generic_positive_events.dm
+++ b/code/datums/mood_events/generic_positive_events.dm
@@ -297,3 +297,11 @@
 
 	mood_change *= card_players
 	return ..()
+
+/datum/mood_event/russian_roulette_win
+	description = "I gambled my life and won! I'm lucky to be alive..."
+	mood_change = 2
+	timeout = 5 MINUTES
+
+/datum/mood_event/russian_roulette_win/add_effects(loaded_rounds)
+	mood_change = 2 ** loaded_rounds
diff --git a/code/modules/projectiles/guns/ballistic/revolver.dm b/code/modules/projectiles/guns/ballistic/revolver.dm
index bd3a0322182..0ae9ed43f02 100644
--- a/code/modules/projectiles/guns/ballistic/revolver.dm
+++ b/code/modules/projectiles/guns/ballistic/revolver.dm
@@ -188,19 +188,42 @@
 
 		spun = FALSE
 
+		var/zone = check_zone(user.zone_selected)
+		var/obj/item/bodypart/affecting = H.get_bodypart(zone)
+		var/is_target_face = zone == BODY_ZONE_HEAD || zone == BODY_ZONE_PRECISE_EYES || zone == BODY_ZONE_PRECISE_MOUTH
+		var/loaded_rounds = get_ammo(FALSE, FALSE) // check before it is fired
+
+		if(loaded_rounds && is_target_face)
+			add_memory_in_range(
+				user,
+				7,
+				MEMORY_RUSSIAN_ROULETTE,
+				list(
+					DETAIL_PROTAGONIST = user,
+					DETAIL_LOADED_ROUNDS = loaded_rounds,
+					DETAIL_BODYPART = affecting.name,
+					DETAIL_OUTCOME = (chambered ? "lost" : "won")
+				),
+				story_value = chambered ? STORY_VALUE_SHIT : max(STORY_VALUE_NONE, loaded_rounds), // the more bullets, the greater the story (but losing is always SHIT)
+				memory_flags = MEMORY_CHECK_BLINDNESS,
+				protagonist_memory_flags = NONE
+			)
+
 		if(chambered)
 			var/obj/item/ammo_casing/AC = chambered
 			if(AC.fire_casing(user, user, params, distro = 0, quiet = 0, zone_override = null, spread = 0, fired_from = src))
 				playsound(user, fire_sound, fire_sound_volume, vary_fire_sound)
-				var/zone = check_zone(user.zone_selected)
-				var/obj/item/bodypart/affecting = H.get_bodypart(zone)
-				if(zone == BODY_ZONE_HEAD || zone == BODY_ZONE_PRECISE_EYES || zone == BODY_ZONE_PRECISE_MOUTH)
+				if(is_target_face)
 					shoot_self(user, affecting)
 				else
 					user.visible_message(span_danger("[user.name] cowardly fires [src] at [user.p_their()] [affecting.name]!"), span_userdanger("You cowardly fire [src] at your [affecting.name]!"), span_hear("You hear a gunshot!"))
 				chambered = null
+				SEND_SIGNAL(user, COMSIG_ADD_MOOD_EVENT, "russian_roulette_lose", /datum/mood_event/russian_roulette_lose)
 				return
 
+		if(loaded_rounds && is_target_face)
+			SEND_SIGNAL(user, COMSIG_ADD_MOOD_EVENT, "russian_roulette_win", /datum/mood_event/russian_roulette_win, loaded_rounds)
+
 		user.visible_message(span_danger("*click*"))
 		playsound(src, dry_fire_sound, 30, TRUE)
 
diff --git a/strings/memories.json b/strings/memories.json
index 52c54ebece1..f373e005d17 100644
--- a/strings/memories.json
+++ b/strings/memories.json
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@
 	],
 	"nuke_code_names":[
 		"%PROTAGONIST learns the detonation codes for a nuclear weapon, %NUKE_CODE."
-		],
+	],
 	"nuke_code_starts":[
 		"The number %NUKE_CODE written on a sticky note with the words \"FOR SYNDICATE EYES ONLY\" scrawled next to it.",
 		"A piece of paper with the number %NUKE_CODE being handed to %PROTAGONIST from a figure in a blood-red MODsuit."
@@ -442,5 +442,16 @@
 	"playing_52_pickup_moods":[
 		"%PROTAGONIST %MOOD as they taunt %DEUTERAGONIST.",
 		"%DEUTERAGONIST %MOOD as they shamefully pickup the cards."
+	],
+	"russian_roulette_names":[
+		"%PROTAGONIST playing a game of russian roulette."
+	],
+	"russian_roulette_starts":[
+		"%PROTAGONIST aiming at their %BODYPART right before they pull the trigger.",
+		"The revolver has %LOADED_ROUNDS rounds loaded in the chamber.",
+		"%PROTAGONIST is gambling their life as they spin the revolver."
+	],
+	"russian_roulette_moods":[
+		"%PROTAGONIST %MOOD as they %OUTCOME the deadly game of roulette."
 	]
 }