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Retro-Style Mystery Visual Novel Hirugao Launches on Steam
South Korean studio TEAM RESERVOIR DOGAMES released the mystery visual novel Hirugao for PC via Steam on October 27.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
Why it matters
A Korean team built a sound novel on Kamaitachi no Yoru's silhouette-over-photo presentation and shipped it with Japanese support, which puts the reference in front of the audience it was borrowed from.
Key Facts
- TEAM RESERVOIR DOGAMES released Hirugao for PC via Steam on October 27.
- Hirugao is set in Korea in 2000 and follows a serial murder case that begins with a man's body found in a motel.
- Players switch between the perspectives of a woman, a man, and a detective.
- Developer Amagure cites the sound novel Kamaitachi no Yoru as an influence on Hirugao.
- A 10% discount puts Hirugao at 567 yen until November 10, and a demo is available.
The story is a serial murder case that opens with a man's body found in a motel, and a wife who begins to suspect her husband. Players move between the perspectives of a woman, a man, and a detective. The game supports Japanese, and a 10% launch discount runs until November 10.
Developer Amagure cites Kamaitachi no Yoru as an influence, and the debt sits in the presentation: photographed backgrounds with silhouette characters standing in for drawn sprites. The developer described the goal as wanting to "see that screen from back then once more."
The structure follows that lineage. The main story has one ending, wrong choices lead to multiple bad endings, and a second playthrough unlocks new scenes. Hirugao is priced at 567 yen under the 10% discount until November 10, with a demo also available.
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