
Inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, explore a mysterious 3D theater in this immersive, fully voiced adventure. Follow Romeo and the Narrator on a quest to save Juliet—but beware of the lights…
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Abducted by the dangerous Theater, Juliet has been turned into a puppet. Guided by the mysterious Narrator, Romeo will embark on a twisted journey through faux decors, rotating sets, and deceptive backstages.
What secrets lie beneath the Theater?


Inspired by the original Romeo and Juliet of Shakespeare, rediscover key beats of their tragedy in this expansive 3D reimagination. Explore the Theater and its mysteries in this fully voiced immersive narrative adventure, follow Romeo and the Narrator in their quest to save Juliet, but be wary of the lights…
Who knows, maybe you’ll even find out what’s hiding below the stage?


Explore a story’s worth of beautiful hand-crafted theater sets.
Solve more than a dozen real-time puzzles containing rotating sets, dangerous lights, and varied challenges.
Experience a fully-voiced original story inspired by the world of the theater.
Move through a classic three-act structure as the story progresses.
Immerse yourself in a spectacle, from start to finish, and play as its main actor.
Live through the narration in English or in French (voices only available in English).


Masquerade is a Graduation Project by ARTFX Promo 2025’s students, in collaboration with sound designers from Slope Audio Training, a composer from MAAV, and two talented voice actors.
Led and united under a common vision of the project, they worked together for over a year to create this game. No compromise, only passion.
We hope you’ll like it.
Made with Unreal Engine 5.4
Playing with a controller is recommended.
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Languages: English*, French*languages with full audio support
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Very cool concept never played a game like this before the devs should make this into a full game. Game max resolution is 3840 x 2160 but I played full screen at 7680 x 2160 using hot sampling from the universal 5 unlocker which made it look so much better.
A short free art game by DEUS EX MACHINA TROUPE where you play as Romeo, exploring a surrealist mysterious theater guided by a strange entity called ''The narrator'' to save Juliette who has been transformed into a puppet. Loved the style, fun puzzles and overall story, too bad it's not a full length game and ends a bit abruptly, I'd buy it for sure. Full Gameplay : https://youtu.be/5SeKE3FWiT8
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Buen juego: es corto, pero tiene un aspecto visual bastante agradable y unos puzles sencillos.
Jeu avec une DA et des environnements ULTRA léchés, le lighting est fou, les animations sont basiques mais largement suffisante. Le gamplay est basique mais efficace meme si j'aurais aimé une autre mécanique en plus vers la fin du jeu mais gros taff en tout cas super sympa
Très bon jeu avec une ambiance immersive du début à la fin. Les développeurs ont clairement mis du cœur dans ce projet.
Cute. Nice graphics, good voice acting, very well done.
Всё нормально, короткий, но положительный опят, играть - рекомендуется.
Es un juego corto con buena animación y fácil de entender desde el principio, me gustó la trama, el diseño del juego y los minipuzzles, espero que puedan hacer algo similar un poco mas largo
Это было шикарно и театрально. Разрабы молодцы!
Student projects on Steam are one of my favorite categories of game to try out since you so often get creative little rough gems that wouldn't work for as a full title but as small experiments work exceptionally well. Masquerade is one such little gem. An excellent little Shakespeare adventure that's short but incredibly stylish. It's free so there's no reason to not give it a try.
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