GinkgoJun 26, 2020Free to playView on Steam ↗

Ginkgo

Ginkgo is a single player 3D horror game inspired by East Asian horror. Armed with a magic needle that can sew parts of the world together, solve puzzles and outsmart monsters as you explore a surreal world.

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Revenue comes from in-game items and microtransactions, which our price-based model doesn't estimate. The player count below is how many people own it, not what they spent.

Est. players

9.2K

people who own it

Reviews

341

Review score

92%

9.2/10

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read Sep 18, 2026, 15:00 UTC

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About the game

Ginkgo is a single player 3D horror game set in a dreamlike space inspired by East Asian horror. Armed with a magic needle that can sew parts of the world together, solve puzzles and outsmart monsters as you explore a surreal world.

This is a 20-40 minute DEMO created by students from the USC Games Program.

Features

Innovative needle and thread mechanics combined with unique 3D spatial puzzles
A stylish, mysterious, and engrossing world modeled after East Asian psychological, spiritual, and supernatural horror elements
Close-up encounters with intricately designed yokai monsters who can aid—or disrupt—your journey.

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Supernatural Singleplayer Realistic 3D Platformer

Player reviews (42)

Recommended0h playedNov 2024

I didn't care for it.

Not recommended0h playedApr 2025

game cho thu chs

Not recommended4h playedNov 2024

"Ginkgo" is what looks a bit like an Unreal engine asset flip, although I suppose the assets may be original content... it's somewhat besides the point because functionally it's no different from literally hundreds of similar games that are definitely asset flips. That's right, another first person horror adventure where the objective is to go through a creepy environment and maybe get jumpscared. Yawn. It's been done before a hundred times or more, most of them better than this. The game graphics look better than you might expect, but that's just because it looks like some or all of them are "borrowed" from asset stores or wherever. Gamers can tell... and it comes across as insincere. There's also the old adage that those who lack the budget and talent to make their own game assets usually lack the budget and talent to do the rest of the job of game development properly, too. Not every "free" game really is. There's often MTX, or content locked behind DLC, or donations being requested, or any other number of things that could mislead gamers, but in this case I'm glad to say this really does appear to be a fully free game. Nothing demonstrates a developers belief in themselves and their work than giving it away without any remuneration. This is a service to themselves, and the gaming industry, and should be applauded. Of course, just because something is free, doesn't necessarily mean it's valuable. Even though this is "free", it failed to appeal to the 120 million+ gamers on Steam. SteamDB showed the game peaked at only 11 concurrent players... this is a dismal public reception. This was so bad they couldn't even give it away. Bearing in mind that free games don't add +1 to your game collector count, should you bother adding this to your library and downloading it? Not this time. This isn't worth downloading. While this won't cost you any money, you get what you pay for, and sometimes, even when the game is free, it's still not enough.

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