Scourge of the Village is a folk horror text game where you play as a trapped journalist unraveling a supernatural mystery through exploration and decryption. The narrative unfolds as you navigate a nightmare realm using dungeon-crawl mechanics to piece together clues about a factory incident. Best for story-driven players who enjoy atmospheric, text-based puzzle solving with an unsettling Chinese folklore setting.
About this game
Scourge of The Village is a Chinese folk horror-themed text decryption game. A young female intern reporter who was inexplicably trapped in a nightmare while investigating a factory sewage discharge incident. In order to solve the mystery, she decided to go to the land of her dreams alone.
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Amazing story telling game that uses a dungeon crawl style architecture to explore the world around you. Highly recommend!
Thanks for your feedbacks on the plots of our game. We've made some adjustments to the plot according to your suggestions. Patch Note V1.3.7: 1.Optimized some plots. 2.Deleted the entrance for the second round in the main page. 3.Added a button to skip the staff list at the end. We also wish you all a wonderful happy new year in 2025!
The update is as following: 1.Resolved the issue of incompatible resolution. 2.Fixed the problem where the game could potentially freeze during full-screen cutscenes in village path stages.
Thank you all for your support! We are actively collecting player feedback and making adjustments. The update includes the following: 1.A new prompt related to graphic violent content has been added. Every time a new game is selected, a prompt will appear asking if you want to obscure the violent content. If you choose to enable the filter, any subsequent related horror scenes will be blurred. 2.A "Screen Filter" option has been added to the game settings. If you select "Yes," the obscuration effect will be the same as above. 3.The dialogue scene by the river at the end of the game has been reduced in length. 4.The content related to "749" at the end of the game has been removed.
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