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Under the River
Under the River: The Borrowed Skin-She saved you—but turned you into a monster. You live on, wearing her skin as your body rots. To survive, you must devour her. One begs you to eat her. One begs you to stay human. What will you choose?
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“while not super duper ultra interesting it still is a passable story. my personal issue with the story is the over reliance of the supernatural or rather the aceptance the whole world has torwards the supernatural. in one ending path it even feels like a shonen anime story arc…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“A good read. I think the good ending could have been expanded on further, but aside from that, a solid game.”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
2026/03/07 update
Fixed the issue where fast-forward mode might crash in certain situations Fixed some cases of incorrect voice line positioning Fixed some text errors Thank you all for your continued support! If you r
2026/03/06 update
Fixed the issue where autoplay sometimes pauses unexpectedly in certain situations Fixed some cases of incorrect voice line positioning Optimized UI scaling and adaptation across various screen resolu
The romance adventure game "Under the River" officially releases on March 6!
Chat with the Immortals-themed romance adventure game "Under the River" officially releases on March 6! Dear players, thank you for waiting so long! The Ming Dynasty supernatural romance text adventur
2025/12/21 DEMO Version Update Log
I. Bug Fixes 1. Fixed an issue where certain scenes could loop indefinitely 2. Fixed incorrect BGM matching in some scenes 3. Fixed text display errors 4. Adjusted inconsistencies between voice lines
'Under the River' Production Log: Game Scene Design Showcase
Hi everyone, I’m huyu from Nightfire Games. Today, I’d like to walk you through our environment design. Our story is set in the Jiangnan region, so while creating the scenes, we studied plenty of Jian
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Indie, RPG, Simulation |
| Player tags | RPG · Visual Novel · Interactive Fiction · Word Game · JRPG · 2D · Cartoon · Adventure · Strategy · Puzzle · 2D Platformer · Choices Matter (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Simplified Chinese * * |
| Achievements | 12 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7, Windows 8.1 Processor: Intel Core i3 2.00 GHz 或 AMD A10 Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Intel® HD Graphics 3000 DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 3 GB available space