
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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劇情算引人入勝,角色的表現都很符合人設,全員智商在線,只是最後的嘴砲有點長,也太正論了,原本期待更多反轉
정말 재밌는데 선택지가 나올때 마우스 위치를 강제로 이동시키는 기능을 끄고 켤수 있었으면 좋겠음...
很优秀的推理游戏,多视角下的问题不一样的结果,多结局要素也有对应的分支选择功能,不用完全重新打,体验很好,期待看看有没有续作
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Languages: English*, Simplified Chinese*, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Italian*languages with full audio support
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相当优秀的游戏,有着相当精致的美术,符合人物性格的中国方言配音,电影式的镜头运用。作为一款剧情导向的游戏必须玩完完整流程才能做出最后的评价。将清末民初的背景转移到现代生活的场景中进行,在熟悉的城市街景间看到封建帝制,列强入侵,工人运动,革命党人起义。。是极为有趣的尝试。能将如此纷繁的故事讲述好,无疑是一款上乘的作品。
怎么说呢,我觉得剧请比较简单总体的,细节上确实有反转惊艳到吧,我会给6分及格分。不过很好的一点就是爱看包饺子的结局,但是感觉剧情有点结束太快,北城南城还有后续没有写出来比较遗憾,杀死影子好像没有点题。我最喜欢的角色是二狗,挺有魅力的
作为剧情驱动的游戏来说蛮有特点的。
不喜欢剧情,剧情游戏不喜欢剧情的话就判死刑吧。难听的话就不多说了,留个差评证明一下为这游戏花过钱
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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]
从demo试玩,到入手了正式版,觉得非常不错,感觉还是宣传少了一些,好多人都不知道。值得好评,但有一点得吐槽,你这里面有些npc的脏话也太猛了吧,控制一点啊,没必要非得骂的那么脏,搞得我做视频各种删减,还是头一次遇到这样的。
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