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    • The Roleplaying Game
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    • A Clockwork Noir
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    • The Roleplaying Game
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Fact Sheet

 

  • Developer: Play On Words Studios
  • Release Date: 2025
  • Platforms: PC, Xbox Series X/S, Playstation 5, iOS, Android
  • Price: TBD
  • Availability: Digital Download
  • Languages: English,  TBD
  • ESRB: TBD
  • Press Contact: info@playonwordsstudios.com
  • Website: www.playonwordsstudios.com

Description

Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files is a Visual Novel series where players immerse themselves in the lives of Shadow City's most influential citizens. In Case Files, starting with "Rise of the Rat King", you'll experience multiple narratives to uncover a world deeper than you ever imagined. As you make choices and interact with characters, your decisions will carry over to Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir, influencing the larger story.


Available on PC. Consoles and Mobile, Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files brings a fun, exciting, and original twist to the visual novel genre. With a rich array of influential figures to explore, immersive storytelling, and impactful choices, it adds to an already compelling new IP for fans of the genre. New stories, new characters, and cross-game continuity add to the potential for future expansion and transmedia beyond the initial release.

Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir Press Kit

Fact Sheet

 

  • Developer: Play On Words Studios
  • Release Date: 2026
  • Platforms: PC, Xbox Series X/S, Playstation 5
  • Price: TBD
  • Availability: Digital Download
  • Languages: English,  TBD
  • ESRB: TBD
  • Press Contact: info@playonwordsstudios.com
  • Website: www.playonwordsstudios.com

Description

  

Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir is a Narrative Adventure game in which players take on the role of a down-on-their-luck private detective, Nyla Nightingale, investigating a Mystery. Or is it a Conspiracy? Or is it a Supernatural Thriller? In Shadow City Mysteries, players experience the story multiple times to discover a story and world bigger than they suspected existed. As the player investigates scenes and talks to witnesses, they unlock new abilities allowing them to learn more each playthrough.


Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir brings a fun, exciting, and original twist to the narrative adventure genre. With a variety of locations to investigate, mysteries to solve, and characters to question, Shadow City Mysteries creates a great new IP for fans of the genre. New mysteries, new stories, and new platforms add to the potential for future expansion and transmedia beyond the initial release. 

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