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Explore Shadow City
  • A Clockwork Noir
  • Case Files: Visual Novels
  • The Roleplaying Game
  • Tarot Deck
  • Actual Play Streams
The Studio
Wishlist Now
  • A Clockwork Noir
  • Case Files
Dev Blog
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  • Explore Shadow City
    • A Clockwork Noir
    • Case Files: Visual Novels
    • The Roleplaying Game
    • Tarot Deck
    • Actual Play Streams
  • The Studio
  • Wishlist Now
    • A Clockwork Noir
    • Case Files
  • Dev Blog
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  • Explore Shadow City
    • A Clockwork Noir
    • Case Files: Visual Novels
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Our World- Shadow City Mysteries

A Clockwork Noir

 A single-player detective game set in a gritty, clockwork noir city where nothing and no one is what they seem. Investigate crimes, reconstruct timelines, and uncover a layered conspiracy across multiple playthroughs. 

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Case Files

 An interactive visual novel series exploring the secrets of Shadow City's most influential citizens. Each case reveals new characters, hidden factions, and choices that ripple across the larger universe. 

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TTRPG

 Bring Shadow City to your table with our 5E-compatible TTRPG. Choose your background, explore faction intrigue, and solve mysteries in a world shaped by noir style and supernatural secrets.

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Tarot

  A fully illustrated, lore-rich tarot deck inspired by the city's cults, criminal underworld, and forgotten gods. Use it for divination, storytelling prompts, or as an immersive game companion. 

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Actual Play

 Watch the world come alive in our live play streams featuring game devs, writers, and special guests. Investigations get messy, factions clash, and secrets spill, all in character. 

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Why Play On Words Studios?

  • 25+ years of game development experience
     
  • Transmedia storytelling expertise
     
  • Successfully crowdfunded TTRPG
     
  • Original IP with multiple planned expansions

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