
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,挺好的游戏,支持。
I loved it! The game hooks you from the prologue and doesn't stop until the last chapter. I haven't been this invested in a game's outcome in a long time. The dialogue and pacing for each scene, plot, and mystery are very well managed. The dialogue and text don't feel heavy at all, and I love how discovering the truth depends not only on clues, but also on how much attention you pay during certain conversations (if you even try to have them at all). I see many people complain about the English voice actors, but the game itself recommends you play it in Chinese (which I also recommend doing). The only thing I disliked was the fact that when you finish a chapter, it tells you which other options you could have gotten depending on your answers, and this makes replaying for other playthroughs less exciting because you kinda know what will happen. [spoiler] I will always smack Dorian's ass in all of them lol [/spoiler] The game is explicit, raw, and unafraid to say things as they are. I also really enjoyed the characters and how none of them are completely good or bad, they are realistic, and the process of hoping or fighting for a better future is also presented as such, which I think is perfect. You can truly see it has been made with a lot of passion. [spoiler]I hope we will get a second part to see how everything will go with the Imperials.[/spoiler]
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Languages: English*, Simplified Chinese*, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Italian*languages with full audio support
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还不错的小品游戏吧,游戏性比较完整,除了人物的属性好像意义不大。题材基于历史发挥,分支比较多但是个线性故事。 有些地方细节感觉不太能经得起推敲,但整体玩着观感是不错的,期待下作。
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Fun game, can't wait for a sequel or dlc.
刚玩了序章好评就可以先给上了。氛围做的很不错,配音本土化做的很好,推理的内里还不知道,但这个壳儿已经可以让我先把好评给上了。 制作组要不直接让鼠标能走路得了呗,你这个操作一会儿要键盘,一会儿要鼠标,一个很费烟的游戏,不能单手玩实在是遗憾
非常好玩,我觉得是一款很好的游戏
chocolate...
三天时间打通关了,收集线索和推理的过程很舒服而且流畅,剧情也很动人戳我的心巴,让我联想到我们的先辈为了整个民族整个人民的未来做出的巨大牺牲,正是先辈们中无数的诸如林记者、房队长这样的人,才有了我们现在的好生活。期待工作室下一部作品。
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