The Shadow Society (2020)
- Developer
- Hosted Games
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Genres
- Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG
- Rating
- 2.8 of 5, 27 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 6.1 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
a quietly unsettling choose-your-own-adventure text game where you explore an eerie childhood home and piece together family secrets through reading and decision-making.
mysteriousatmospherictext-basedchoose your own adventurereflectiveslow-pacedintriguingsomber
What players say
Players praise the characters and romance options, but strongly warn that the story ends on a cliffhanger and the series was abandoned by the author. Reviewers consistently say the plot feels rushed, choices rarely matter, and the lore remains frustratingly vague.
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