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Scourge of the village
Scourge of The Village is a Chinese folk horror-themed text decryption game. A young female intern reporter who was inexplicably trapped in a nightmare while investigating a factory sewage discharge incident. In order to solve the mystery, she decided to go to the land of her dreams alone.
What players say
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“Amazing story telling game that uses a dungeon crawl style architecture to explore the world around you. Highly recommend!”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedLatest official news
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Version 1.3.8 Update
Thanks for your feedbacks on the plots of our game. We've made some adjustments to the plot according to your suggestions. Patch Note V1.3.7: 1.Optimized some plots. 2.Deleted the entrance for the sec
Version 1.3.3 Update
The update is as following: 1.Resolved the issue of incompatible resolution. 2.Fixed the problem where the game could potentially freeze during full-screen cutscenes in village path stages.
Version 1.3.1 Update
Thank you all for your support! We are actively collecting player feedback and making adjustments. The update includes the following: 1.A new prompt related to graphic violent content has been added.
Scourge of The Village Official Launched TODAY
Greetings！ Our game "Scourge of The Village" is officially launched today ! Thanks a lot for your support! Please feel free to contact us for bug reports or feedback via Steam Discussion section! We L
12月22日小型更新-V1.1.24
各位玩家朋友们，大家好！为了给大家带来更好游戏体验，我们在本次更新的版本中修复并新增了部分功能： 修复了在旅馆节点，“掀开红布”时因分辨率造成的按钮偏移问题 修复了在部分情况下，有几率将节点拖出可操作区域以外的问题 优化了部分功能性节点的提示描述 优化了在戏台节点，后台纸人的服装颜色 新增玩法引导页面 新增试玩结束后播放正式版最新预告片 新增在节点界面左上角“整理”按钮，使用后可一键整理当前所有节
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-15.
| Genres | Indie |
| Player tags | Mystery · Psychological Horror · Immersive Sim · Puzzle · Simulation · Female Protagonist · Singleplayer · Text-Based · Story Rich · Clicker · 2D · Adventure (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | Simplified Chinese * , Traditional Chinese * , English, Korean * |
| Achievements | 16 |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7/8/10 Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3220 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 3 GB available space