
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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还算不错,休闲可以
近期不错的国产推理游戏,打完一条完美结局就不打算回收别的了,用女人的眼泪作为下酒菜实在太过辛辣。jpg让老婆痛苦的事情我做不到! 有一些弊端其他的评论都说过了,对我来说是都可以接受的,包括老爹的人设实际上也对我有所触动,这个时代本就如此,是时代害了你啊!!!推理的要素有点稍稍弱了,但是边边角角可探索的东西还算多,八个小时可以打完,我的时长是因为经常挂着去午睡了,没有多少实际参考价值。
Great environment, Great little mystery and a well thought out universe. 10/10
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Languages: English*, Simplified Chinese*, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Italian*languages with full audio support
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好多细节,如此庞大工作量, 做出这个游戏非常不容易,感谢制作组的努力。加油,期待下一作!
除了美术外没什么亮点的作品。 5.5/10
demo刚出的时候觉得特别好玩,剧情也很吸引人,刚到猪笼城寨还兴奋地到处逛。终于是等到游戏发售了,总体感觉还是可以的。剧情上能看出融合了很多清末近代的历史,到了后段节奏就比较快了,感觉很多内容没有展开。而且因为后面有比较多倒叙回忆穿插着进行,所以玩到结局稍微还是有点懵。不过整理线索调查案情这种玩法我还是比较喜欢的,虽然没啥推理难度,根据剧情推进就行了,都不需要提示。看看后续有时间的话把其他结局打一下。另外有个吐槽的点就是为啥奔跑要在一周目之后才能解锁啊,走路真的好慢啊…急死我了。而且不是全图这么慢,有些地方走得就挺快的,有些地方真的慢得跟拉低了倍速一样TvT
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很优秀的一款游戏
好玩,但是有些建议: 1.无边框窗口模式 2.改键,绝大多数操作都在键盘上只有一个退出右键,建议改键
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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