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Kugayama Shiori's Death Diary

95% positive of 1,022 Steam reviews

Released: 2026
Steam Deck: Verified
Platforms: Steam

Made by Laplacian.

About the game

A mystery visual novel where horror meets occult comedy. Follow Kugayama Shiori, a ghost who casually dies over and over as she searches for her cause of death and the regrets that bind her to this world. Her investigation will eventually lead to a single incident—and the truth behind her demise.

Tagged by players

Visual Novel
Dark Comedy
Choose Your Own Adventure
Text-Based
Cinematic
Adventure
2D Platformer
Casual
Mystery
Horror
Choices Matter
Story Rich

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Very Positive

What players say

Recommended
A very good VN. Solid story. Pretty visuals. If you happen to be learning Japanese, this game is pretty much 99% dialogue and fully narrated so you don't have to parse through pages of exposition, making it an easy reading/listening experience. The sound team/voice actors have also done a great job, with the enunciation being very clear. Mechanically, there is also the option to swap between languages (with…
17 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Recommended
Another great work from Laplacian. Visuals are top notch and high quality, voice and audio are very good and the story is very interesting and keeps you hooked over its entire runtime. Near the end of the true end a little bit gets explained to often for my likeing, but other than that i dont have any real problems with the visual novel (maybe some more time/insight with the side chars would have been interesting).…
7 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Very fun and engaging characters, well paced story, and really cool presentation. All of these are unfortunately undermined by the ugly blemish of generative AI assets present in almost every scene. Please respect your readers more than to serve such an amazing meal on the side of the dying rat carcass that is Silicon Valley’s biggest scam.
11 h played when written. 10 found it helpful.
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