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Cradle of Nightmare : Flowers to you
Cradle of Nightmare: Flowers to You is an adventure game featuring a turn-based ATB system. Step into the shoes of Yue Qing, an ordinary high schooler thrust into a world of darkness as an otherworldly force tears reality asunder. Navigate a ruined world and end the filth festering within humanity.
View on Steam ↗ $4.54 (US · as of 2026-09-26)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
What reviewers agree on
24 of the 58 reviews raise this.
“I bought this game because I read this one review saying it's "Gay Chinese Fear and Hunger", and the game went beyond all my expectations to be the perfect blend of Final Fantasy ATB combat + Dark Souls exploration +…”
“So far it's been going well. The game could be calling me names or stating that I'm truly quite gay, but I wouldn't know because I don't speak it's language. Nonetheless, it's been going quite well. Though ignore those…”
“Even with a haphazard translation, I had a great time. Fights are really fun and the weapon system is crazy deep, I remember thinking that the weapon selection was really limited buy by mid game I had 30 weapons with…”
17 of the 58 reviews raise this.
“I bought this game because I read this one review saying it's "Gay Chinese Fear and Hunger", and the game went beyond all my expectations to be the perfect blend of Final Fantasy ATB combat + Dark Souls exploration +…”
“Even with a haphazard translation, I had a great time. Fights are really fun and the weapon system is crazy deep, I remember thinking that the weapon selection was really limited buy by mid game I had 30 weapons with…”
“Finished it using the All-bones Jones translation; really good art and pixel art in the game, from what I could understand of the world building I liked it. Hopefully someone makes a guide to the endings at somepoint…”
13 of the 58 reviews raise this.
“Even with a haphazard translation, I had a great time. Fights are really fun and the weapon system is crazy deep, I remember thinking that the weapon selection was really limited buy by mid game I had 30 weapons with…”
“The game has a lot of different weapons and equipment, which allows for multiple distinct builds. The map is huge and has a lot of detail, but it can be a pain to traverse sometimes, and some areas with large amounts of…”
“Finished it using the All-bones Jones translation; really good art and pixel art in the game, from what I could understand of the world building I liked it. Hopefully someone makes a guide to the endings at somepoint…”
8 of the 58 reviews raise this.
“The game has a lot of different weapons and equipment, which allows for multiple distinct builds. The map is huge and has a lot of detail, but it can be a pain to traverse sometimes, and some areas with large amounts of…”
“the "all bones jones" translation isnt the best, but its serviceable. and if you can look past the sometimes broken english, cut off text, or random mandarin then i very highly recommend playing this game. this game is…”
4 of the 58 reviews raise this.
“stabs you until you play it edit: 30 hours in, still addicted DESPERATELY WAITING FOR THIS TO GET A FULL OFFICIAL TRANSLATION SO I CAN EAT UP THE STORY AND ITS CHARACTERS AND FULLY UNDERSTAND HOW TO PLAY IT BETTER XD i…”
“This game was absolutely amazing. I fell inlove with the story and gameplay since im a huge turn based game lover, and the story was something i've actually never seen before (as in something like it), the fan…”
18 of the 58 reviews raise this · 17 of them still recommend the game.
“So far it's been going well. The game could be calling me names or stating that I'm truly quite gay, but I wouldn't know because I don't speak it's language. Nonetheless, it's been going quite well. Though ignore those…”
“Even with a haphazard translation, I had a great time. Fights are really fun and the weapon system is crazy deep, I remember thinking that the weapon selection was really limited buy by mid game I had 30 weapons with…”
5 of the 58 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Good game. Just don't expect it to be the second Black Souls / Fear and Hunger, and you'll be able to enjoy it. Cradle of Nightmare is inspired by the two games I mentioned earlier. It took the gameplay from Black Souls…”
“Fun Black Souls-like. With yuri light or shoujo ai undertones. Its got multiple anime girls naked people eldritch horrors strange story ATB combat etc., Pretty fun game. A bit easy but you can set the difficulty to what…”
“Great game! Was keeping an eye on it so I could play it after an English patch was released. Gameplay reminds me of Black Souls I and II. At the later end of the game, the gameplay does become one sided, if you have a…”
Counted across 58 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 93.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-14
“Very strange little Fear and Hunger inspired lesbian soulslike There's an english patch if you're interested. I'm liking it so far.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“Don't know why people call it a fungerlike as the only part similar to it is the enemy design but I'd say Cradle of Nightmares is definitely a game worth playing, with the rather small downside that you either need to download a half finished fan made translation, or be able to…”
— a player, Steam review · 50 hrs played“Fear and Lesbians, Lesbian Souls, Lesbians and Hunger. w/e you want to call it, Cradle of Nightmare is worth playing. WITH THE CAVEAT that I would strongly recommend waiting for a better localization than what we have on the internet at the moment. None of them are really up to…”
— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
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Latest official news
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An Update on the Status of the English Translation
Hello, this is Reale_ly. This is a quick update post for the current status of the translation. Where is the translation? Many have been asking me the past few weeks. The initial estimate of August wa
Cradle of Nightmare Is Being Translated Into English!
Hello everyone! This is Reale雷耀 of the Cradle of Nightmare: Flowers to You translation team. We’re a two-man team consisting of myself and All-Bones Jones. I’m handling all the translation while Jones
Normal Update 2026.4.18 Game Patch 1
■ If it still prompts that RTP is missing, download this: https://www.rpgmakerweb.com/run-time-package If you still crash and crash frequently, or if it freezes severely, affecting the game experience
Normal Update 2025.9.2 Game Patch 1
■ If it still prompts that RTP is missing, download this: https://www.rpgmakerweb.com/run-time-package If you still crash and crash frequently, or if it freezes severely, affecting the game experience
The Point Store has launched 9 animated stickers!
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, RPG |
| Player tags | RPG · Turn-Based Combat · Dark · Sci-fi · Adventure · Dark Fantasy · Story Rich · Magic · Turn-Based Strategy · Drama · Dating Sim · JRPG (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | Simplified Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 52 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows® 7/8/8.1/10 Processor: Intel Core2 Duo or better Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 9/OpenGL 4.1 capable GPU DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: ESI maya22 delux