
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!
Modeled estimate, not a reported figure. How we estimate →
About


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—!"
Genres
Stats
All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Engagement
Reviews
Themes across 567 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
A really cool detective game. Intrigues are adequately linked together, the clue and deduction system is a nice part of gameplay, characters are well thought of and designed. The setting is very interesting as the intrigue unravels the history of a colonial empire achieving domination over black market, intimidation and pure repression, and an aborted fight for freedom. Chinese VO makes the experience quite immersive, don't swap to English, you would be missing out.
画面究极无敌烂,远处贴图模糊近处全是马赛克,回溯片段里人影几乎看不出是人。也就剧情节奏还行,中间城寨里的故事讲的挺顺畅的,但是越到后面越拖沓,到了监狱里剧情节奏无比拖沓,一堆废话,然后做个动作马上又看字,又是一堆废话,主角团天生强体,挨了子弹完全无事,海里游泳船上开枪也一点不妨碍,反派到后面简直是在强行降智,典型的灰太狼抓了羊不杀,等羊自己跑,然后说“真有意思”,本来打完城寨之后期待着后面的剧情反转和高潮,结果发现全是拖沓对话堆砌出来的伪高潮,恶心死人了,早知道这就是所谓的“好剧情”我何必花这60块钱买来浪费时间。最恶心的就是,你以为马上要有大事发生了,然后突然冒出来一个对话,全是废话,但是无比长,你不想看,但你又怕有信息,忍着想吐的心一次又一次看完,到后面发现全是情绪没有情节,一个势力如此庞大的老大最后纯纯因为降智被搞死,说实话我在船上就直接开三枪带走了,然后发现直接结束了,没有终局,制作组还有点良心知道这个时候已经恶心的不行了,给玩家一个逃跑的方式,直接把反派崩了结束这个糟糕的体验。然后我还不死心,想着这游戏不会就这样了吧,后面和前面完全不像一个公司的东西啊,所以我打开了支线想看看不开枪会怎样,好家伙,反派不死之后依旧废话连篇,在码头当着好几批手下士兵的面跟主角和城里人述说自己的苦衷????我请问呢,你这些手下是摆设是么,你主动让他们不开枪。你说你就正常说,半句话,走几步,半句话走几步,有多动症吗?!!!看的人恼火的要命。这游戏也就能玩玩猪笼城那个章节故事,包括主线在内的所有剧情都没必要浪费时间,画面也是烂的称奇了,这是2026年吧???无语了,说实话,打到3分之2我都觉得这是一个我会给五星好评的游戏,想着留言让工作室赚了钱下个作品好好制作画面。这最后3分之1的内容是什么东西???你主线最后写的什么玩意,恶心死了
Media

Related
Related
Price dynamics, follower growth, revenue and sales trajectories with interactive tooltips
This and every other Pro feature is free until October 20, 2026. A free account is all it takes.
Languages: English*, Simplified Chinese*, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Italian*languages with full audio support
Hours played at review time, across 569 reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
A fun and well written story in a nice setting with interesting characters. It took me 12hrs to go trought the game and all of it was pleasent. If you like this kind of game i recommend it.
good game
8分吧,很久没有全成就一个游戏了。剧情不错难度适中,信息量很大,有些文本的小词很有意思。配音很有代入感,配乐也不错。虽然是像素游戏但是场景画面高质量,地图也有设计。
好玩nie~
[h1] 等了两年,质量出色的独立推理 [/h1] 在这一次正式版发售之前,我差不多玩过两版不同的试玩Demo 第一版应该是在24年左右,大致剧情算正式版的第二个场景工厂之中,当时逻辑紧密和节奏进度较快的剧情推理,还有影子回溯系统的设计让我真的很喜欢 而且更别提这种像素风的美术风格太对我胃口了 第二版的试玩Demo的内容就是正式版开头的警察局这一段 游戏这一次正式版质量的确是和我预期差不多,目前玩了差不多快10个小时还没有打完 而且值得一提的是,游戏正式版有中文/英文两种配音,我推荐大家用中文进行游玩配音方面CV质量很高的,一些方言算是地地道道,骂起来还挺爽?(bushi 不过说真的,游戏经历几度风波之后还能够保持高质量发售挺好的 游戏的剧情方面不是很想去透露 毕竟作为剧情推理向的游戏大家肯定也会享受这部分,剧情推进的节奏把控的挺好的,除了第二章开始女角色之间的感情戏略微有些出戏 但几大家族和帝国等多方面的势力交织,但是制作组处理上没有达到我想要的那种感觉 游戏比较有特色的就是影子回溯 作为一款推理向的游戏来说,游戏里面需要通过对话,搜查等方式来获得不同的证据,然后通过证据进行链接来推敲出更多的真相 并且游戏之中还有一个十分重要的影子,能够通过对犯罪现场的回溯来判断和知道一些案件的详细发生过程 很炫酷的感觉,就和福尔摩斯的推理法一样,侦探总得有点不一样的想法 [h3] 碎碎念 [/h3] 虽然这样说有一些小吹,但是我仍旧是想说这游戏质量算是今年顶级的独立推理游戏 这种旧社会背景搭配上像素风画面,有逻辑的剧情推理独立游戏很少见,而且游戏本身支持Steam Deck游玩 [quote] 妙笔提手点墨花,妙语成章满纸纱。 欢迎关注[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44852326/]猪式会社[/url],用心绘测游戏。[/quote]
欺负小孩好玩,就喜欢欺负小孩
像素混搭3D街景,画风很不错。影子回溯机制新颖,还有散人,剧情推理过程不难,就是手柄适配太拉了
7分。 优点:像素风,人物设计,多线路结尾,人物配音,简单上手的操作 缺点:音乐在某些场景会很突兀,总体来说不够悬疑,一些细节把我不够到位。 还算可以,那个时间回溯的设计也挺有新意的,但玩到后面会有点无聊,我认为可以拓展北方的场景,其实比较想看到帝国内部或者之类的刻画。或者有帝国的人参与进去的。这样会更让故事更刺激一点。
Active players
Estimated daily and monthly active players (DAU/MAU) modeled from peak concurrency.
Players by region
Where this game's players are, estimated from review languages.
Players also reviewed
The games this title's players most often review too — audience affinity.
Related
| Game | Estimated lifetime revenue | Reviews | Review score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2.2K | 20 | 90% | $8.99 | |
| $4.3K | 75 | 88% | $2.99 | |
| — | 0 | — | — | |
| $1.2M | 5.3K | 94% | $14.99 | |
| $232.4K | 452 | 88% | $19.99 | |
| $91.1K | 768 | 95% | $6.99 |
Related
| Game | Estimated lifetime revenue | Reviews | Review score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $249.9K | 3.9K | 74% | $2.99 | |
| $249.7K | 789 | 95% | $14.99 | |
| $250.1K | 878 | 86% | $11.99 | |
| $249.7K | 3.3K | 79% | $2.99 | |
| $250.1K | 1.1K | 97% | $4.99 | |
| $250.1K | 489 | 89% | $19.99 |