奇天烈相談ダイヤル (2024)

Developer: 法螺会
Platforms: Windows, macOS
Genres: Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Free To Play
Rating: 4.2 of 5, 338 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 3.7 hours
Where to get it: Steam

How it feels

You play as a phone counselor in 90s Japan, calmly checking caller stories against documents to decide if a supernatural being is real or a hoax, with a methodical, low-stakes rhythm.

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What players say

Players describe it as a Paper, Please-like where you identify urban legends from phone calls. The Chinese translation is riddled with errors that cause correct answers to fail, and the logic for what counts as a contradiction often feels arbitrary. The sheer volume of Japanese folklore is praised, but chasing a full collection is grindy.

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