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咒影 Curse of the Shadow
"Curse of the Shadow" is a BL-themed horror visual novel. Cursed by a "ghost", protagonist Xu finds eerie dark shadows in every photo he takes.Once escaping reality, he’s forced by fate to face fears again.To uncover the curse’s truth, he and two friends embark on a terrifying, unknown journey.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“I have serious gripes about the English localization, but it's adequate enough to convey the story. Easily worth the 4 dollars if you like Horror and BL. The game's description is accurate with it being about 85% horror to 15% BL. To be specific about the localization issues...…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“nice a̶n̶d̶ c̶h̶i̶l̶l̶ after work/ weekend horror story edit: the story turned out to be quite dark and heavy - in a grounded way. if you only consume absurd, supernatural horror and squeamish about the realistic horrors that happen to some of us - i would think it over before…”
— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played“Really good game im super serious like genuinely life changing game for me i like feel crazy”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Curse of the Shadow-English version added
1. If you have downloaded the Chinese build, please change the language to English via: right-click the game → Properties → Language → English, then allow the game to update. 2. If the game crashes or
Solutions for Possible Bugs
1. If the game shows flashing blocks or flickering background images: save your progress promptly and restart the game to resolve the issue (if one restart doesn't work, try restarting again). 2. If t
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Word Game · Visual Novel · LGBTQ+ · Horror · Interactive Fiction · RPG · Story Rich · Supernatural · Multiple Endings · Investigation · Adventure · Psychological Horror (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Workshop · Family Sharing |
| Languages | Simplified Chinese, English |
| Achievements | 16 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows10 Processor: 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 3.0或DirectX 11 Storage: 2 GB available space