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Lingering Shadow

Demo available

Ferine Columba StudioDiscovered Oct 16, 2026

About the game

Lingering Shadow is a psychological horror puzzle game set in a 2000s small town. On her birthday, Lanlan returns home to find her father missing. To find him, she must navigate eerie streets and piece together nostalgic yet unsettling memories to uncover a dark truth.

Original Steam description

Lingering Shadow is a psychological horror puzzle game set in a 2000s small town.

  • Explore a small Chinese town in the 2000s, rendered in delicate 2D art—from a neighborhood convenience store and local park to lively markets rich with everyday life.

  • But as you venture deeper, familiar streets begin to warp. Cross between the everyday world and its surreal counterpart, slowly unearthing the town's hidden dark side.

  • To find her missing father, Lanlan embarks on a journey to piece together her fragmented past.

  • What secrets lie buried in memories she has almost forgotten? Following the trail her father left behind, a heartbreaking and tragic truth will gradually come to light.

  • A short-fused truck driver, an eccentric fish vendor, a lonely grandmother left behind... each character is a vivid portrait of local life in the 2000s. Together, their stories reveal a side of Lanlan's father she never knew.

  • Alone in a bizarre and shifting world, Lanlan's search for her father turns into a fight against time as a towering, sinister shadow closes in on her from the dark.

  • Explore eerie environments and solve intuitive puzzles that help the story come to life.

  • Includes two distinct endings. Once every secret is exposed, your final decision will shape the true end of the journey.

Demo and release information

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