Lin Xiao returns from school to find her home a cold funeral hall. Family missing. Strange Taoist priest. Obsessive classmate. Mysterious butterflies. She has seven days. Trapped in absurd horror, every choice leads to different endings. Your decisions decide her fate.
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SteamAbout linger
Hello everyone, this is Baihe. This is my debut work Linger. I am still learning and improving as I go… Everyone is welcome to give the demo a try and show your support.
Story Synopsis
After their parents die in a car accident, Lin Xiao, her elder brother and younger sister are left to fend for themselves.
Crushed by immense grief, the already withdrawn girl grows even more quiet‑spirited and insecure. She tends to keep her head down and shrink into corners.
At school, an obsessive suitor and his entrap of followers weave an invisible web of harassment and social ostracism, stoking her mounting fear of other people.
On her birthday, she pushes open the front door as usual — only to find her home transformed into a mourning hall…
Seven days. She only has seven days. Time is running out for the heroine.
Character Introduction
Lin Xiao
‑ Age: 17
‑ Role: Protagonist
‑ Personality: Sensitive and perceptive. Fragile‑looking yet starved for affection deep inside. Keen at noticing small details, insecure and introverted, with a desire to prove herself.
‑ Special Ability: One day, she suddenly gains the ability to perceive "anomalies" — omens of supernatural occurrences.
Lin Feng
‑ Age: 21
‑ Role: Elder Brother
‑ Personality: Reserved and composed. Poor at verbal expression, yet a man of action.
‑ Special Ability: Unknown
Lin Xun
‑ Age: 14
‑ Role: Younger Sister
‑ Personality: Lively and innocent. Loves drawing and all things beautiful.
‑ Special Ability: Unknown
Yu Bai
‑ Age: 18
‑ Role: Classmate
‑ Personality: Cool‑looking yet warm‑hearted, gentle and thoughtful, cautious, highly intelligent, and a believer in supernatural phenomena.
‑ Special Ability: Has been able to faintly witness certain paranormal phenomena since childhood; suffers from color‑vision deficiency.
Shen Wang
‑ Age: 17
‑ Role: Classmate
‑ Personality: Suffers from delusional disorder of the persecutory‑erotomanic type, warped sense of possessiveness.
‑ Special Ability: Unknown
Taoist Priest
‑ Age: Unknown
‑ Role: Mysterious NPC
‑ Personality: Unknown
‑ Special Ability: Unknown
Liu Ming
‑ Age: 23
‑ Role: Laborer
‑ Personality: Taciturn and enigmatic
‑ Special Ability: Unknown
Zhou Qing
‑ Age: 17
‑ Role: Classmate
‑ Personality: Bold‑spoken and straightforward, always ready to help others
‑ Special Ability: Unknown
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Features
This is a horror‑mystery story‑driven puzzle game, containing graphic horror and potentially disturbing narrative elements.
Gameplay
Story takes center stage, complemented by abundant exploration and puzzle‑solving mechanics.
‑ Relatively high exploration freedom. Exploration and puzzles revolve around managing the player’s Sanity Value and collecting Coins.
‑ A gacha‑style lottery system is included. Lottery tickets obtained through exploration grant rewards that offer significant advantages during later chase sequences and story segments.
‑ Divergent choices heavily influence subsequent progression; multiple playthroughs are supported.
‑ The game features day‑night cycles. Daytime focuses on exploration and clue‑hunting, while nighttime centers on uncovering the truth by travelling between the paper‑house realm and reality. The two phases are closely intertwined.
‑ An in‑game time system: you have only seven in‑game days to uncover the truth.
‑ Includes chase sequences and ghost‑evasion segments.
Below are in‑game gameplay screenshots.
(Note: Visuals in the current demo do not represent the final product.)
Rich side‑story content for you to discover.
Multiple endings and corresponding CGs determined by various stat values and choice‑based judgements.
Core Gameplay: Lottery System
Core Gameplay: Shop System for Purchasing Supplies & Items
Core Gameplay: Jigsaw Mini‑game
Core Gameplay: Lock‑picking Skill
Other gameplay mechanics will not be listed one by one. Experience them firsthand in the demo.
Art & Music
‑ Classic retro pseudo‑pixel‑style maps, beautifully rendered CGs and carefully crafted cutscene presentations.
‑ Immerse yourself in the mysterious world of the protagonist, accompanied by varied soundtracks.
About Puzzles
‑ Puzzles are generally of low difficulty. Most of them do not affect the main story progression and can be skipped for players who are not fond of puzzle‑solving.
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