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Tales of the Mirror
Tales of the Mirror is a landscape-mode visual novel game created by Cotton Games. As a player, you solve a series of mysteries in the mid and late Ming Dynasty, in the south of Yangtze River.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“The art is pretty good but the story is not attractive anymore. The logistic of each evidence is not strong enough and there has time limit for player, so there is no time to enjoy.”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“I'm so in love with this game and the storyline, I wish there are other similar ones with same aesthetic and artwork.”
— a player, Steam review · 43 hrs played“Beautiful visual, music and SFX, interesting story, but the game play is very frustrating. Wish it could be improved.”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs playedLatest official news
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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, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | RPG · Strategy · Word Game · Puzzle · Hand-drawn · Stylized · Drama · Mystery · Detective · Indie · Story Rich · Adventure (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Captions available · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on Phone · Remote Play on Tablet · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |
| Achievements | 60 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.cottongame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590 CPU @3.3GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel GMA 950 DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 4 GB available space