Underplayed Gems

The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story (2022)

The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story cover
Developer
h.a.n.d. Inc.
Publisher
Square Enix
Platforms
PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Genres
Adventure
Rating
4.0 of 5, 2 player ratings
Main story
about 12 hours
Completionist
about 16 hours
Where to get it
Nintendo eShop

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How it feels

A slow-burn mystery where you piece together clues from a century of family tragedy through careful deduction and atmospheric storytelling.

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About

The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story centers around the ill-fated Shijima family, who have experienced a chain of inexplicable deaths in their family over the past century. Players will take on the role of mystery novelist, Haruka Kagami and use their powers of deductions to uncover the truth behind four murder cases that have taken place in the Shijima household over the last one hundred years.

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