Yomawari: Midnight Shadows
- October 23, 2017
- Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.
Yomawari: Midnight Shadows mixes a creepy cute art style, atmospheric sound design and a heart warming story to create a comfy horror experience. A few jump scares aside, it captures the scary ambiance perfectly.
Get on SteamIn "Yomawari: Midnight Shadows," two young girls become lost and separated from each other in a dark and foreboding town while trying to return home from a fireworks display. Players must navigate the shadows and hide from supernatural creatures, using items found in the environment to solve puzzles and progress through the game. The higher goal is to reunite the girls and uncover the haunting truth behind the town's sinister secrets, as revealed through notes and mysterious writings.
PC
Playstation 4
Playstation 5
Steam Deck
Windows
PlayStation
Playstation Vita
Reviews
- story5 mentions
- 40 % positive mentions
- 60 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- atmosphere4 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- graphics2 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- emotional1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Critic Reviews
Yomawari: Midnight Shadows Review
Yomawari: Midnight Shadows is a worthy successor to one of my favourite horror games and an unforgettable experience that is marred with a few annoyances.
80%Yomawari: Midnight Shadows GBAtemp review
Yomawari: Midnight Shadows is a great addition to the survival horror genre with a tense and atmospheric world coupled with a wonderful story. Fans of the original or survival horror shouldn't be disappointed.
79%Yomawari: Midnight Shadows Review
Yomawari: Midnight Shadows manages to be pretty scary and goes to show how restraint can be effective in crafting horror. It is too bad that the formula from the first game is so strictly adhered to and really does feel like more of the same. "If it isn't broke, why fix it?" is a very understandable philosophy but when working with such a simplistic formula like Yomawari, one can't help but wonder the potential that lies in what is essentially a horror scenario of being a night watchman. A more detailed story and much bigger world to explore is what to expect from Midnight Shadows. The first Yomawari on PlayStation Vita was released bundled with a second game when it came out, probably because of its simplistic nature. Midnight Shadows still is a simple title that relies on its scary art, but does not come with a second game and has to stand completely on its own. Thankfully, this does an amazing job of being a satisfying and fulfilling horror experience. Bring a change of trousers.
70%
