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Along the River During the Qingming Festival

Along the River During the Qingming Festival

What if a game were made not for profit, but purely to spread culture and art? "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" is such a game. The author approaches it with an academic attitude to study this masterpiece, aiming to let more people appreciate the folk customs of ancient China.

Released Oct 19, 2024 Developer Fantasy Li Platforms Windows CasualHistoricalRetroEducationPoint & Click
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-27)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.

89.7%positive97 reviews
Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“Well, what an enjoyable and educational 8+ hours of play time I've had with this lovely - and challenging - hidden object game, based on a famous 12th century Chinese scroll painting. The game is a real labour of love by the developer, and free (though I would have happily paid…”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Great game！Learned a lot about Song Dynasty. Love from Florida :-)”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“I will be honest, this game is hard on your eyes, but well worth the effort. The educational part of the game is nice. The music is awesome. If you like the Asian culture like I do, you will enjoy this game.”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-27.

21achievements
32.4%median completion
30.1%rarest: Senior researcher of 'Along the River During the Qingming Festival'
81.2% of players 55.6% of players 42.4% of players 40.8% of players 38.5% of players 37.9% of players 33.9% of players 33.9% of players 33.6% of players 33.4% of players 32.4% of players 31.9% of players 31.8% of players 31.0% of players 30.8% of players 30.6% of players 30.6% of players 30.5% of players 30.5% of players 30.4% of players 30.1% of players 81.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
81.2%Play an elegant melody — Click 10 notes in 10 seconds.
55.6%Not one less — Complete all unlocks in Chapter One.
42.4%Begin the journey of exploring ancient paintings — Find 30 items.
Rarest badges of honor
30.1%Senior researcher of 'Along the River During the Qingming Festival' — Unlock all icons.
30.4%Burglar — Find all chimneys and skylights.
30.5%Stories about wine — Ten-thousand-foot shop, half wine jar, mountain of wine jars, warming bowl

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Nov 21, 2024
HD Remastered

1. Significantly enhance clarity, increasing the resolution of the painting from 1800 to 3651, and the original file size from 24M to 253M. 2. Adjusted the detail processing intensity at various zoom

Oct 28, 2024
Game Experience Detail Optimization

1. When entering the game for the first time, the in-game language is automatically set to the system language. 2. Added a right-click tip to skip interpretation in the interpretation panel. 3. Added

Oct 22, 2024
Achievement is coming!

To meet everyone's expectations for this game, 21 brand new achievements have just been launched~ If you think this game is not bad, we hope you can give a recommendation in your review. Your support

Oct 20, 2024
Performance Optimization

The current version update mainly optimizes the game's performance, with the frame rate on my PC increasing from 70 to 120. It also runs smoothly on my GTX 960M laptop. ~(￣▽￣)~*

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.

GenresCasual, Indie, Free To Play
Player tagsCasual · Historical · Retro · Education · Point & Click · Puzzle · Exploration · Hidden Object · Side Scroller · Incremental · 2D · Dynamic Narration (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Russian * , Japanese * , Simplified Chinese * , Traditional Chinese * , Portuguese - Portugal * , Korean * *
Achievements21
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Window 10 Processor: i3 3210 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 460 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1 GB available space