The Shadow You
Topchan Games · 2021 · Anime, Visual Novel, Mystery, Detective, Story Rich
PC
Positive82% · 33
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About The Shadow You
About the game
The Shadow You combines visual novel and adventure while telling two different stories. Take on roles of different characters to explore the two realities, solve puzzles, reveal secrets, and make important choices that will change the story and lead to different endings.
Love story meets horror
Ophelia and Kiel fight together in a MMORPG and try to build a relationship in real life. At the same time, an unnamed girl tries to escape a grim and dangerous world of Gloom. You as a player take on roles of different characters to attempt to delve deep into their minds and souls to understand their hidden motives and desires and thus to understand the nature of people in general.
West meets East
A unique visual style and 2D graphics blend Western and Asian art techniques to combine drama and horror creating an intense atmosphere. The meticulous mixture of sounds, post-processing effects, and visuals results in a unique, immersive experience.
Brightness meets darkness
Experience the usual life of various characters in bright and warm colors creating a light and cheerful atmosphere of a regular city and then jump into Gloom - a place out of time and space filled with mysteries and horrors. Watch as the two realities get closer to each other and understand its cause while getting deeper into the characters’ minds and stories.
Main features:
- A contrasting visual design of the two worlds for deeper immersion in different realities.
- Two completely different realities and three storylines combined together.
- A fusion of drama, horror, and adventure, with a little bit of humor.
- Complex characters with their own secrets, desires, and pursuits.
- Multiple endings based on the player’s choices and actions.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
[h1] Darker Version of Sword Art Online? [/h1] Disclaimer: the game has psychological themes including horror elements and insects. Player discretion is advised. This is a short point and click adventure with unique art by a Russian dev team known as Topchangames. They have not released any new game yet but I surely adored the 8 hour experience I got with this game. Also note that there is no working English guide for the game. [b] Story: Interesting and Dark [/b] The story revolves around two characters who are supposed to be a couple but met in an online game. They meet in real life but they are of different statuses so there are a lot of challenges which they must face. There is also a side story of a rock dude and another woman which flashes from time to time. The story makes you curious and it gives an artistic representation of one's mind. The whole story progresses alternating through two locations the gloom and the real life. The gloom is like a limbo. You question whether you are actually dead or alive at this point. So dive in and explore various character stories, their psychological perspectives and at least two endings (the game says 4 but read on for the bug…13 found this helpful
Very interesting puzzle game i loved the art, the thing that ruined it for me was the story sloppy writing8 found this helpful
Awesome game! It is evident that invested a huge amount of work!5 found this helpful
it feels cruel to say I just don't like the writing style myself. it's too exposition dumpy and some lines feel quite weird. Some inconsistencies with stuff that also made no sense to me, idk, probably not for me. I couldn't get even to the horror, the mansion opening felt like it dragged so much.
Nice gamedevelopment debut. Keep up the good work
I liked it its short and sweet
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