
Kill the Shadow is a detective game with multiple endings, featuring 2.5D pixel art and semi-open exploration and investigation. Play as Lucas, a former police officer, alongside a mysterious Shadow who can see the “past.” Remember—every choice you make will change the fate of countless characters!
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A puppy named Teddy, found dead under mysterious circumstances. Master Reed, vanished in a bustling temple fair crowd. Years of grudges festering at the Shipwreck Wharf. Scattered newspapers and handwritten notes in an unknown prison... Traverse the eclectic districts of Dark Tide City and investigate a string of bizarre cases.
Recover the city's lost memories. Piece together the truth behind the city's fracture ten years ago. Kill. Judge. Or perhaps… kiss(?) the mastermind.


It pairs 3D HD environments with 2D pixel characters, creating a striking modern-vs-retro visual style, and offers a wide range of freely explorable locations across distinct districts, including the rusting steel jungle of a long-shuttered factory, the muddy Shipwreck Wharf built on stilts, the floating slum of the Pig Cage Walled City where Chinese tradition and neon lights bleed into one another, and the bustling, crowded streets of the Old Town District.


Freely choose how to improve your abilities: Strength, Spirit, Charm. Pick your own approach to each case: Play mind games? Grease some palms? Or just beat a confession out of the suspect?
Deduction System: Gather, analyze, and connect the clues. Craft your own unique investigation trail!


Meet the people of Dark Tide City and uncover the stories behind their masks... whether it's the sanctimonious Captain Theo, the fiery young Axel Flint (son of Griff Flint), the defiant Rafe Carter, the cheerful shutterbug Kiki, the elegant Mrs. Reed, the rumored hex-casting Priestess, the warm-hearted fishmonger Auntie Bass, or the foul-mouthed little rascal Chiffon.

The Shadow: A strange creature clinging to your back. It reads memories and reconstructs the traces of the dead.
"Don't worry, Lucas. We're just using each other. You use me to find the killer, and me? I love nothing more than feasting on the bizarre tales. Hahaha—!"
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好玩,推理难度算不上大,推理多少还是为剧情服务的,本质上更像一个加入了推理要素的视觉小说。文风又没有那么严肃,偶尔会有一些跳脱,掺入了一些搞怪的要素和梗,这一点见仁见智吧,我觉得在整体基调为严肃黑暗的主线里,作为调味料还是挺有意思的。
正义终将战胜黑暗,光明终将驱散黑暗,太阳照常升起
정말 멋진 게임이며, 실제와 상관없다 했지만 배경은 청나라 말기 아편전쟁에 휩쓸렸던 그 혼란의 시기를 대체역사로 옮긴 것에 가깝다. 수사관 개인의 운명이나 사소한 이야기에 중점을 둘 거란 생각과 달리 청말 조정의 혼란과 민생 파탄, 그리고 아편 창궐로 인한 사회 붕괴와 이를 자행한 서구 열강의 비윤리적인 행위, 자본주의라는 이름으로 포장된 제국주의 침탈의 역사가 다른 캔버스 위에서 다른 이름으로, 그러나 충분히 생각할 수 있게끔 게임의 형태를 빌려 표현됐다. 나라를 떠나 아편굴로 인한 폐해는 조선에도 알려져 있었고, 제국주의에 짓밟혔던 경험이 있는 나라에 속한 사람으로서 중국인들이 느꼈을 충격과 배신감, 그리고 혼란 속에서 신념을 지킨다는 것의 어려움을 게임이란 필터를 통해 느낄 수 있었다. 얼핏 보면 얄팍해보이고, 때로는 고루해보이기도 하지만, 시대적 배경에 대한 묘사와 당대의 혼란상을 현대적인 이미지로 재현하려 한 시도는 충분히 멋졌다.
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Languages: English*, Simplified Chinese*, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Italian*languages with full audio support
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재밌습니다 추리력이 필요하다기보다는 스토리 위주의 게임이긴한데 확실히 선택에 따라 달라지는 분기도 있고 여러엔딩보는 재미가 있습니다!
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非常棒的游戏!一口气17小时通关啦!!为什么感觉这么少人玩啊!!o(////▽////)q 玩到猪笼城寨三个签名后,在衙门里找到多年前那封陈情书的时候真的很感慨;包括之前工厂线揭开三个帅哥过往的时候也差点哭了T T 就先来打了五星好评!! 我一向非常吃这种为了正义和真相忍辱负重多年的桥段,特别是里面还有一段致敬《沉默的真相》“钱包丢了”,看到那里真的狠狠被戳中! 这个游戏给我的感觉和《沉没意志》有点像,都是披着悬疑调查外壳,最后真正打动人的却是故事、时代和被时代车轮碾过的小人物。跟着阿光从工厂、猪笼城寨、沉船口一路走到帝国号,看到许多时代洪流下反抗、挣扎、逆流而上,或者选择同流合污的生命个体。 最难得的是,这些NPC并不是脸谱化堆砌。吃里扒外假公济私的队长、以爱之名却自私自利的母亲、一脸痞样满口脏话的老小流氓、旧时代里腐朽又悲哀的公公、圆滑自保的下人、刀子嘴豆腐心的善良大妈和憨厚大叔、风情万种又颇有城府的女强人、单纯可爱的傻白甜…甚至反派角色也有自我包装的正义执念…每个人都有自己的成长心路、人物弧光,甚至背后还带着某种时代群体特性。每一段鲜活对话我都不舍得跳过,因为你永远不知道哪个看似不起眼的人,背后又藏着怎样错综复杂的真相。 画风也很好看!尤其是猪笼城寨真的别有风味,市井烟火气和复古赛博感融合得特别好;配音也非常有方言代入感,上海话、四川话、北京话放在不同角色身上都很鲜活,让整个世界一下子活了起来。无论是压抑的帝国北方工厂,还是热闹又潮湿的猪笼城寨,都特别有沉浸感。 我会记得一心想把工厂技术带去南方、实现民族自救自强的老钳工;记得传递真相、舍己救人的林记者;记得抓住稻草努力反抗命运的阮太太;也记得那几个情比金坚、为了革命和真相豁出去的三帅哥兄弟…… 时代再黑暗,封建家族势力再强大,只要还有愿意发声、愿意抗争、愿意传递真相和希望的仁人志士,那一点点火种终究可以燎原。 整体案件难度不算高,但我本来就更看重故事和情感驱动,所以真的很喜欢!而且作为上海五人团队做出来的国产独立游戏,完成度已经很惊喜了。希望更多喜欢悬疑推理、剧情向、人物群像的玩家能看到它!!
挺好玩的,美术配音很好,但神女的真相这段编得不好,帝国朝廷的世界观和赛博朋克风的场景凑在一起很出戏
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不同于多数重诡计、轻内核的推理游戏,《杀死影子》的核心魅力,在于用案件载体深挖人性与抉择的重量,而且除去剧情意外的部分,在体验、画面以及音效上都做的不错,算是兼顾体验和剧情两方面的质量,十分推荐。 不同于那些唯物主义的硬核推理探案,本作中主角有一个“影子”带来了拼凑证据碎片还原案发影像的能力,但这也并不代表案情就会一帆风顺,尤其是本作还把剧情的重心放在案件揭晓之后,跳出了“破案即结局”的套路,聚焦真相背后的人性困境。剧中没有绝对的善恶,乱世背景下的每个角色都背负秘密与苦衷,过往旧案与世代恩怨层层交织,碎片化的叙事方式让整体故事饱满立体,伏笔回收完整,多分支结局也让每一次选择都具备真实的分量,真相与善意的两难命题,通关后依旧引人深思。 而玩法设计上。玩家需要自主搜集物证、梳理口供,通过线索墙手动串联人物关系与事件逻辑,全程参与破案全过程,推理成就感十足。 视听表现是本作的加分亮点。游戏采用2D像素人物+3D场景的混搭风格,中式古韵建筑与赛博霓虹元素交融,精准烘托出架空乱世的矛盾氛围感。而且意外不错的是游戏配音更是点睛之笔,川渝方言、京腔等方言很接地气,让形象鲜活立体,大幅强化了剧情代入感。 所以整体来说,算是一款剧情与玩法双向在线的优质国产推理作品。用扎实的视听与独特的探案玩法,承载了关于自我与真相的深刻思考,虽有探案深度上有些许瑕疵,但足以让我在破案之外,收获一场治愈又治愈的深度游戏体验。 [code]双语评测,认准我们: [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/35263058-Bilingual-Curator/]双语评测[/url] Make Chinese and English speaker feel at home: [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/35263058-Bilingual-Curator/]Bilingual Curator[/url][/code]
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