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The Mildew Children

92% positive of 464 Steam reviews

Released: 2024
Steam Deck: Verified
Platforms: Steam

Made by The Growing Stones. Published by Valkyrie Initiative.

About the game

Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel, The Mildew Children is a grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch named Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.

Tagged by players

Detective
Faith
Surreal
Visual Novel
Side Scroller
Female Protagonist
Psychological Horror
Magic
Choices Matter
Story Rich
Point & Click
Mystery

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Very Positive

What players say

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Wow, I have never realized I needed this type of game in my life. I guess The Mildew Children proved me wrong. First of all, the Russian voice acting (the only voice acting available, unfortunately) is INCREDIBLE. Every character is voiced perfectly. I have nothing else to say. Secondly, the world-building, atmosphere, characters, art style, music, and sound design - everything is great. I felt completely immersed…
12 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Recommended
Короче, мой первый отзыв в стиме за, кажется, 12 лет😂 игра В ЦЕЛОМ понравилась, но хочется пожелать здоровья той гусенице-искусенице что делала Успение - что бы вести ритуал нужно реально зазубрить заговор😂 это пипец, все варианты оч близки между собой, во время Успения было ничего не понятно но оч интересно. Но в целом все понравилось, хочется еще раз пройти, прочел тут что есть хороший конец у истории.…
12 h played when written, mostly on Steam Deck. 1 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Just waste of my time.The story is incredibly poor, the speech patterns in the game are incredibly strange, making it difficult to comprehend. I'd say the story or characters are interesting, but no, there's no depth to the plot. You also have to memorize meaningless poems, which makes it even more difficult to complete, and you have to take pictures of the text... come on. Getting to the good ending intuitively is…
10 h played when written, mostly on Steam Deck. 0 found it helpful.
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