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Peculiar Tales of Mid-Lake Pavilion

Peculiar Tales of Mid-Lake Pavilion

On a sultry night in late August, I ran into a man carrying a peony lantern at the Mid-Lake Pavilion. In the hazy and dim light, the man told the odd and bizarre stories. Under the overcast rainy sky, the moon setting horizontally, you will be brought into a perplexing, weird, and supernatural world

Released Dec 31, 2021 Developer 致意 Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux CasualAdventureInteractive FictionVisual NovelPuzzle
View on Steam ↗ $3.99 (US · as of 2026-09-28)

What players say

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

90.1%positive192 reviews
Recommended · 7 found this helpful

“Beautiful and outstanding game, had so much fun playing it, crazy good visuals and sound track. My favorite thing about this visual novel is that there is multiple different stories inside of the main story. It makes us think about what is going on and the stories have a deeper…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“I really like the concept of a short story collection with different styles and feel to each one. Slow paced and linear (except for the Ratman) really perfect to just read and go with the flow. English translation is readable but definitely could use some work here and there.…”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“Recommend for visual novel lover who like to have a short and relax play time. 5 short story within 2 hours playtime. 4 visual novel without choice and 1 story need to solve puzzle and discover the truth. I am buying to support developer and hope to see the duan mu fei sequence…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 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.

6achievements
60.6%median completion
53.8%rarest: Ratman
93.5% of players 75.0% of players 66.3% of players 60.6% of players 55.1% of players 53.8% of players 93.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
93.5%Peony Lantern — Enter "Peculiar Tales of Mid-Lake Pavilion".
75.0%Midsummer night · Last subway — Seen "Midsummer night · Last subway".
66.3%Mirror Room — Seen "Mirror Room".
Rarest badges of honor
53.8%Ratman — Seen "Ratman".
55.1%Xiangsi Bridge — Seen "Xiangsi Bridge".
60.6%Ghost Tower — Seen "Ghost Tower".

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-28. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$3.99current · sampled 2026-09-28 23:18 UTC
$3.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-28
US3.99 USD
EU7.39 EUR
UK6.19 GBP
Australia5.95 AUD
Canada4.99 CAD
Japan930 JPY
Brazil13.79 BRL
China15.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$2.2 Brazil Canada US Australia Japan UK EU≈$8.4

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-28). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

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

Oct 20, 2023
[1.2.0] Game Update

Hello everyone, Thanks to your support, "Strange Tales of Mid-Lake Pavilion" has successfully rolled out the 1.2.0 version update. The main contents of this update include: 1.UI interface and interact

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

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

GenresCasual, Indie
Player tagsCasual · Adventure · Interactive Fiction · Visual Novel · Puzzle · 2D Platformer · 2D · Anime · Cartoon · Cartoony · Text-Based · Comic Book (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesJapanese, Simplified Chinese * , Traditional Chinese * , English *
Achievements6
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: 1Ghz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL compatible card Storage: 1 GB available space