72%Strong matchHaunted Room : 205
95%26895% positive reviews, Overwhelmingly Positive across 268 reviews·First-Person · Supernatural
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You thought moving to a peaceful Japanese village and starting a new life was a good idea, well was it? Inspired by eerie real life events and Japanese folklore, this immersive first person horror will have you explore Nichishima but you will soon realize that every shadow might hide your fate.
In the wake of a catastrophic disaster, the once-vibrant district of Nichishima lies abandoned, earning its haunting moniker, The Ghost of Nichishima. Dive into the eerie yet beautiful ruins of this rural Japanese village, where the dark, twisted threads of its past, present, and future intertwine. Uncover the secrets of what happened and bring peace to the restless spirits that linger in this atmospheric horror adventure. Inspired by true events and Japanese folklore, The Ghost of Nichishima offers a unique, multi-perspective experience. Play through chilling chapters, each delivering a distinct horror genre flavour, as you embody different characters across time. From ghostly encounters to psychological terrors, every story reveals a piece of the village’s tragic puzzle.

Key Features
Multi-Perspective Storytelling: Experience the village’s haunting history through diverse roles, each chapter offering a fresh horror perspective.
Rich, Handcrafted World: Explore a beautifully eerie open-world village, filled with meticulously designed areas steeped in Japanese culture and folklore.
Deep Lore & Investigation: Uncover secrets through environmental storytelling, hidden clues, and lore-driven puzzles to piece together Nichishima’s tragic fate.
Dynamic Endings: Your choices shape the outcome, with multiple endings that reflect your actions and discoveries.

Evolving Horror Genres: Each chapter shifts the tone—supernatural, psychological, or survival horror—for a varied and gripping experience. The Main Story (In development) Step into the shoes of a modern-day traveller seeking a fresh start in Nichishima. Freely explore the village, investigate its hauntingly beautiful locales, and confront the mysteries that threaten your survival. Be cautious—every decision matters, and this tale can end in countless ways. Will you bring peace to Nichishima, or become another ghost in its tragic legacy?
Yurei chapter: Prologue
In the prologue, play as Tsuki, a new housekeeper in the eerie Nichishima no Yūrei district. On her first day, a storm knocks out the power, forcing her to explore the house to restore it. This quest uncovers dark secrets, unleashing a vengeful presence. Tsuki must escape the tainted house, setting the stage for the main story and revealing the village's mysterious inhabitants.
Shadows of Nichishima (in development-Next to release)
A new terror awaits in the next chapter of The Ghost of Nichishima! Set in the 90s, play as urban explorers uncovering the abandoned ruins of Nichishima, a village haunted by a disaster. Face a spine chilling new enemy in this found-footage-inspired horror experience.

Main game (in development)
The Ghost of Nichishima - In the midst of a relentless storm, you've just moved into the quaint, seemingly peaceful village of Nichishima. But peace is short-lived when a power outage plunges your new home into darkness. Seeking aid, you venture into the village, where it will be down to you to decide the fate of Nichishima, if you survive.
Welcome to Nichishima (survival horror DLC)
Step into the shadowed past of Nichishima, a village in 1960s Japan, in this prequel chapter to the main game. As a newcomer in your final year of school, a classmate’s sudden disappearance draws you into a chilling mystery. What begins as a search unravels into a third-person survival horror nightmare—where reality frays, and every shadow hides a truth you can’t trust. Can you escape Nichishima or will you lose yourself forever?


Realistic graphics, weather effects and a strong narrative come together to create this immersive first person horror experience, are you ready to be in these shoes?
You will be able to use a range of equipment to help you with your investigating such as a flash light, A lighter to light candles and help you see when you have no other light. An instant camera to take pictures that you can keep to help remember things or even see things your eyes cannot.
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