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The Bad Kids

The Bad Kids

As an adaptation of the popular suspecse TV series, Cat's Cradle, this game combines investigation, solving puzzles and reasoning with original stories, which can build a more Immersive experience. Game will build new stories based on original setting and focus on the inner world of the character.

Released Jan 17, 2023 Developer Aluba Van+ Publisher LightOn Game Platforms Windows · Mac AdventureIndiePuzzlePsychological HorrorMystery
View on Steam ↗ $7.99 (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

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75.4%positive549 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Good atmospheric horror game with lots of logical puzzles with supernatural things going on. Couple of various endings with a lots of missable achievements. Quite a long gameplay, spend couple of days playing it. Liked it even more that its Chinese, really liked the atmosphere…”

— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“[h1]隐秘的角落 - Cat's Cradle [i](or The Bad Kids, still not sure which is the one)[/i] | Review in English and Italian[/h1] [h1]-------------------------------[/h1] [h2][i]English Review[/i][/h2] [h3]Pros:[/h3] - The aesthetics are very nice to look at, and perfectly manage to…”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“I can't really comment on the actual game, because it seems to be entirely in Chinese. After about 10min I ran out of patience over Google-translating the text and decided to pass it up. Shame.”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
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Latest official news

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Apr 13, 2023
Share the Art Design of "The Bad Kids"

Hello everyone, we are Aluba Studio, and it has been a while since the official version of The Bad Kids went live. During this time, we have seen many discussions on the game's art style from our play

Apr 04, 2023
The "Fantasy Puzzle Bundle" is now available!

Greeting Puzzle gamers! Thanks to everyone's love of indie puzzle games, this unique and challenging genre thrives on your support. So this time we introduce you to the Fantasy Puzzle Bundle! The bund

Mar 17, 2023
Mac Version Release Announcement

Sorry to keep you all waiting, after continuous development and adjustment, we inally finished the Mac version. After testing and optimization, the recommended configuration model for the mac version

Mar 03, 2023
Gamepad adaptation announcement

Sorry to keep you waiting, finally, the handle adaptation after a period of adjustment and optimization, and finally completed the basic adaptation, the main content of this update is the gamepad adap

Feb 22, 2023
Update Information on 22nd February

Dear all, we have fixed some bugs and optimized the game according to players’ feedback and suggestions. Hope you can have more smooth and happier game experience. Here is the update information: 【Opt

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Facts & details

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GenresAdventure, Indie
Player tagsAdventure · Indie · Puzzle · Psychological Horror · Mystery · Drama · Horror · Exploration · Thriller · Multiple Endings · Singleplayer · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Simplified Chinese * , Traditional Chinese * *
Achievements41
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://weibo.com/u/7752834279
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel CPU Core i3 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750Ti DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 10 GB available space