The Last Show of Mr. Chardish: Act I

The Last Show of Mr. Chardish: Act I

Punk Notion · September 3, 2020 · Adventure, Action, Casual, Experimental, Character Action Game

The Last Show of Mr. Chardish: Act I is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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The Last Show of Mr. Chardish: Act I price

The Last Show of Mr. Chardish: Act I is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About The Last Show of Mr. Chardish: Act I

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"The Last Show of Mr. Chardish: Act I" is a prologue to the full version of "The Last Show of Mr. Chardish" and is an introduction to the game world and its history.

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Meet the Actress, Ella, who returns to the theatre where she once worked. She wants to refresh the memories of her former life and discover the secrets of Robert Chardish, the director and visionary close to her, which are contained in extraordinary performances. Together with Ella, immerse yourself in magical worlds created by the brilliant mind of the artist and try to find out what happened to the theatre and Mr. Chardish himself.

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What you will experience in the prologue:
  • Journey between the real and imaginary world, where each of them is presented in a different graphic style,
  • You will meet the main character, Actress Ella, and help her solve first secrets about Robert Chardish,
  • Discovering a beautiful yet very old theater building,
  • Looking for objects that can bring you closer to what happened to Mr. Chardish (drawings, notes, etc.)
  • Recreating the performance by manipulating the lights
  • Creative searching for unusual ways to get to know every place in the theatre

The Last Show of Mr. Chardish: Act I — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Feb 27, 2024
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Recommended Sep 6, 2026
No cloud saves for this sort of demo. The gamepaly is similar to Viewfinder, but more simple. The aesthetics are a little bleak and the polygons are a bit harsh, but that seems to be an artistic choice since it makes sense for the story. This is not the first games that pull this off and I'm a bit jagged by now. But I appreciate nonetheless. It works. Not a very memorable game today but it's ok. I'm difficult. Then, the full game gives more information: - if I understand it right, the map has been fully modeled in VR. - in the full game, we play more than one story, and we get to play even birds who fly.
Recommended Nov 15, 2025
Игра 'The Last Show of Mr. Chardish: Act I' — это настоящее погружение в атмосферу старого театра, где каждый предмет, каждый звук, каждая тень пропитаны тайной. Разработчики проделали колоссальную работу, создав не просто квест, а интерактивную драму, в которой игрок невольно становится зрителем и участником событий. Сюжет интригует с первых минут, постепенно раскрывая мрачные секреты мистера Чардиша и его загадочного театра. Головоломки органично вплетены в повествование, они требуют внимательности и нестандартного подхода, но никогда не кажутся надуманными. Визуальный стиль, выполненный в духе классических нуарных фильмов, завораживает своей детализацией и мрачной красотой. Озвучка персонажей и музыкальное сопровождение усиливают эффект присутствия, создавая неповторимое ощущение напряжения и меланхолии. 'The Last Show of Mr. Chardish: Act I' — это игра, которая заставляет задуматься, вызывает эмоции и оставляет после себя долгое послевкусие. Настоятельно рекомендую всем ценителям атмосферных и глубоких историй.
Recommended Aug 15, 2025
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Not recommended May 3, 2025
"The Last Show of Mr. Chardish: Act I" is not a game. It's an advertisement for a product called "The Last Show of Mr. Chardish". The Last Show of Mr. Chardish is a rather mediocre and objectively failed third person puzzle adventure game with a mildly 19th centuryish theme and not much else going for it. The puzzles and actual gameplay just couldn't keep up with the developers vision, so everything fell flat. But this isn't completely relevant because this is not The Last Show of Mr. Chardish, it's just an advertisment for it, so it's not correct to try to review that completely distinct product. We must instead review this for what it is... an advertisement. If you enjoy advertisements, you can consume them for free on the web or on Youtube without needing to add them to your game library, download them, and then launch the advertising. It's impossible in a general sense to recommend people should do that over playing real, full games on Steam, and that applies here with "The Last Show of Mr. Chardish: Act I" too. The purpose of this advertisement is to get you to shell out a whopping $10 USD on buying The Last Show of Mr. Chardish, and I don't recommend you do that eith…
Recommended Oct 26, 2023
The Last Show of Mr. Chardish: Act I Positives: + Good idea + Nice graphics + Nice sound and music + Most of the voiceacting + Artistic + Everything is nicely designed + Simple but cool puzzles + Relaxing + Its free Negatives: - When short lines are repeated a lot of times - Not all the notes are interesting - Very short (lasts for about half an hour) A nice little prologue. It has a lot going for it, with its relaxing atmosphere and artistic look. Total Score: 7/10

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