Is Town of Dusk free?

Yes — Town of Dusk is free to play, so you can install and play it without buying anything.

Is Town of Dusk Steam Deck compatible?

Mostly. Valve rates Town of Dusk Playable on Steam Deck: it runs, but may need some manual tweaking — a community controller layout, or zooming in on small text.

Can I play Town of Dusk on Mac?

Yes. Town of Dusk has a native macOS version on Steam.

Is Town of Dusk multiplayer?

No — Steam lists Town of Dusk as single-player only.

Is Town of Dusk on PC Game Pass?

No — Town of Dusk is not on PC Game Pass right now.

Town of Dusk

Name: Town of Dusk
Brand: 酱爆（Sauce Bomb）
Availability: InStock

酱爆（Sauce Bomb） · June 1, 2023 · Mystery, Thriller, Puzzle, Multiple Endings, Psychological Horror

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About Town of Dusk

The Town of Dusk is a text-based adventure game of mystery, suspenseful, puzzle and slightly horror

Set in the backdrop of Japan in the 1990s, two teams accidentally find themselves in the Town of Dusk, which was built just before the fall of the Empire of Japan. There, they embark on a journey of reasoning and adventure.

Players take on different roles and influence the story's direction through their choices, leading to different endings.
Players need to:

Avoid being killed by other characters
Solve all the puzzles, find the truth
Uncover the mastermind behind everything
Ultimately escape the Town of Dusk

As an Adventure Game, players can save and load their game at any time, fast-forward through conversations, view dialogue history.
This game provides the functions of:

Plot Progress Flowchart to jump to any experienced plot point
After ending, automatically return to the choice that affect the ending

More about the background of this game:
"As secrets buried underground in the Town of Dusk come to light, a shocking conspiracy emerges.
Players join the other characters and enter the Town of Dusk built on the eve of the Empire of Japan's defeat.
Everyone's identity is shrouded in mystery, and dangerous individuals hide among them, carrying out their hidden agendas.
Players embark on a journey of deduction, adventure, and wit that takes them to the brink of death.
Please avoid being killed by other characters! Survive until the end, solve all the puzzles!
Find the mastermind, thwart all the conspiracies, and uncover the 'real' truth!
Then escape the Town of Dusk!
If a controlled character deceives you, don't be surprised."

Town of Dusk — game info

Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Steam Deck: Playable
Player modes: Single-player
Controller: Full controller support
PC Game Pass: Not included

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What Steam players say

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

✦ AI summary

Players appreciate the engaging mystery story and multiple endings that reward exploration, with particular praise for the sophisticated narrative design and character portrayal of Li Feng. However, the game is hampered by a poor English translation that undermines the complex plot, lack of audio despite advertising it, and the primarily linear structure where most choices feel inconsequential despite creating an illusion of branching—though some find charm in these quirks.

Recommended Feb 28, 2024

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9 found this helpful

Not recommended Jul 25, 2024

AI-generated, rushed crap. I liked the plot flow chart concept but really I got the game cuz it said full audio, which there wasn't any.

5 found this helpful

Recommended Mar 26, 2026

The game features a pretty decent mystery plot. For me it has two main points of charm. Firstly, it has many choices, while most of them are meaningless in the grand scheme of thing as the game has almost no branching, they still present an interesting oppurtunity to think about the best course of action. Secondly, the game somehow strikes hits the perfect sweetspot of being adorably cheesy with its "interesting" english translation and certain slightly contrieved plot points.

1 found this helpful

Not recommended Nov 26, 2023

The story is too complicated(and good) to be played with such a ♥♥♥♥ machine translation. Play it in chinese if you are lucky enough to know the language of Xinnie the ccPooh. Otherwise, don't even attempt the english version.

1 found this helpful

Recommended Aug 3, 2023

What a great game to enjoy for free! Sometimes I felt like I'm just reading a book with some pictures, but very sophisticated game design with multiple endings impressed me when finishing. I'll donate right now and hope you make precious games more!

1 found this helpful

Recommended Jul 12, 2026

Mixed feelings. Graphics are typical AI slop, but the plot is fine. English translation is unreadable at times and makes you guess a lot based on context clues. Still, it's a pretty good mystery for a free game.

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