In Nanking 1937, you do not play as an elite soldier, but lead a group of civilians struggling to survive in the fallen city. You must sneak through ruins at night, evade enemy patrols, scavenge supplies and make gut-wrenching moral choices. Experience war through the eyes of ordinary people.

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About This Game

In the vein of This War of Mine — a gritty blend of survival management and branching narrative set during the 1937 Nanking Massacre.

Winter 1937. The city has fallen. You lead a ragtag group of survivors — soldiers, nurses, children, and farmers — hiding in a hidden underground shelter.

By night, you sneak through ruined streets to scavenge food and medicine. By day, you craft tools, ration supplies, and tend to the wounded, all while evading enemy patrols. There are no heroes here. Only people trying to survive the fall of Nanking.

Every Decision Weighs Heavy:

Hunger, injury, and danger are constant. Do you share your last bread with a starving stranger, or keep it for the child beside you? There is no perfect choice — only the choice you can live with. Every decision shapes who lives, who dies, and who your survivors become.

Game Features:

  • Survival & Narrative: A tense balance of strategic resource management and deep branching storylines.

  • Scavenge, Craft, Endure: Night-time exploration, rationing, and item crafting in a desperate fight to survive.

  • A Story of Civilians: Multiple survivor arcs, each with their own past, fears, and reasons to keep going.

  • Rooted in Real History: Built on real survivor testimonies and oral histories, to honour the victims and bear witness to the human cost of war.

Historical Note:
In December 1937, during the Second Sino-Japanese War, Japanese forces captured the Chinese capital of Nanking. Over the following six weeks, an estimated 300,000 unarmed civilians and prisoners of war were systematically killed in what became known as the Nanking Massacre. This game is a fictional survival story set within that real historical tragedy.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

A small number of illustrations were created with AI assistance. The vast majority of illustrations and UI assets were carefully drawn, designed and refined manually.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

This game contains real‑life historical photographs of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, depicting tragic and harsh wartime scenes of civilian suffering for serious historical‑documentation purposes.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS *: Windows 7 64‑bit
    • Processor: Intel Core i3‑2100 / AMD Phenom II X4 955
    • Memory: 4096 MB RAM
    • Graphics: GeForce GTX 260 / Radeon HD 5750
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 5000 MB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX‑compatible sound card
    • Additional Notes: None
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10/11 64‑bit
    • Processor: Intel Core i5‑6500 / AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    • Memory: 8192 MB RAM
    • Graphics: GeForce GTX 660 / Radeon HD 7950
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 8192 MB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX‑compatible sound card
    • Additional Notes: None
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
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