Solve Mysteries With Cool Time Powers In ‘Kill Your Shadow’
by Sage Ashford
Indie games continue to provide some of the coolest settings for video games. Take Kill the Shadow — a detective RPG game from Shadowlight Sanctuary and 663 Games — for instance. It takes place in a post-war divided city. As Detective Ah Guang, players will work to resolve a series of murders with every skill they have … including the ability to rewind time.
The Steam overview page goes into a bit more detail:
Hints and Evidence: Freely choose to enhance your abilities—strength, spirit, charm—and select your own methods to investigate cases—psychological warfare? Bribery? Or simply beating up suspects? Deduction System: Collect, analyze, and connect related clues to create your own unique investigation path!
Seeing the Past: “The Shadow”, a strange creature attached to you that reads memories and reconstructs the traces of the deceased!
“Don’t worry, Ah’Guang, we’re just using each other. You use me to find the culprit, and I, well, I love tasting those bizarre stories, hahaha!”, says the Shadow.
The Ways of the World: Meet various characters in the city: the energetic girl with a camera, the elegant Mrs. Ruan, the rumored goddess who can cast spells, and the elderly fish-selling lady. Discover the stories behind them. Encounter characters like the self-righteous Captain Wang, Lao Citou’s son Xiao Citou, the foul-mouthed Little Rascal, and the deceased Master Ruan. Earn your favorite characters’ hearts by numerous events!
Retro and Neon: The combination of 3D environments and 2D pixel characters creates a unique artistic style with a striking contrast between modern and retro. Explore a variety of diverse and freely explorable scenes: the dilapidated steel forest factory, the muddy shipwreck dock built on water, the Zhulong Walled City blending the fictional traditional Ma Island and Imperial culture, and the bustling old city district.
Kill the Shadow is scheduled to release later in 2024 on Steam. For fans who are curious, there’s a demo available on Steam right now.
