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Long Knives
Role-play as an ancient Chinese constable. Solving cases and bringing criminals to justice is only part of your duty. Every choice leads the story down a different path, and the world itself evolves in response to your actions.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“氛围感很强，也很有特色的游戏，作为文字游戏总体好评。但如果后续主打推理的话，建议完善一下推理玩法和内容。可能由于体量问题，目前推理部分的玩法和剧情都弱了些，没有物证系统，核心审问系统做的比较单薄，可操作和思考的空间都不大。找凶手的时候总感觉差一点，缺乏决定性证据，案件和背后暗线融合的方式到后面有些着急，最后一案太心流推理了，玩的有点云里雾里的感觉。如果主要讲故事，最好减少一些推理成分，或者探案引导和选择限制更强一点，现在感觉有点不上不下。期待后续成品。”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
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Hotfix - July 23, 2026
We made the following changes in the latest update: Added a new area Yi Ling in Chapter 2 Pushed the fixes conducted in the past few months
Renewing the Logs Feature
In the latest update, the following changes have been made: Improved the History Log interface accessed via the bottom-left menu. Added a free-form Notes feature. Players can now right-click on dialog
Hotfix - April 16, 2026
In the latest update, the following changes have been made: Changed the protagonist's dialogue box during trials to red. (If this version of visuals hurts your eyes, please provide feedback.) Fixed an
Compatibility Mode & Minor Bug Fixes
The latest update adapts the game with a Compatibility mode that accommodates a wider range of system configurations. If you find that the game, which previously ran without issue, no longer launches,
Hotfix - April 3, 2026
In the latest version update, the following changes have been made: Added a pop-up window during trials that asks whether you would like to enable the 0.5x text speed. Optimized certain branching path
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Detective · Historical · Story Rich · Choices Matter · CRPG · Dice · Text-Based · Adventure · Investigation · Wuxia · Dialogue Heavy · Multiple Endings (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | Simplified Chinese |
| Official site | https://lit.link/en/jadehex |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: x86_32 CPU with SSE2 instructions, any x86_64 CPU, ARMv8 CPU Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Integrated graphics with full Vulkan 1.0 support Storage: 150 MB available space Sound Card: N/A VR Support: N/A Additional Notes: N/A