Planned Release Date: Nov 9, 2026

About This Game

April 2000. A man is found murdered in a red-light district.

Coming home late, night after night.

The smell of cigarettes he never smokes.

And lies that make no sense at all.

The man is far too suspicious.

A woman who starts investigating him,

and a detective chasing the killer.

From where each of them stands, their eyes slowly close in on a single case.

Every clue is inside the game.

So — what is it that you are looking at?

Hirugao is a mystery psychological thriller visual novel built with the Ren'Py engine.

You read the story through the alternating perspectives of three characters: the woman, the man, and the detective.

The story branches with your choices, and a single wrong choice can lead straight to a game over.

Features

■ A classic '90s-style visual novel presented with live-action backgrounds and silhouetted characters.

■ A serial murder mystery told through three alternating points of view.

■ Numerous game-over branches determined by your choices.

■ A period setting that captures the streets, objects, and atmosphere of the year 2000.

Please Note

This game contains depictions of violence and sexual content.

As this is a mystery, we recommend playing the game before reading anything about its ending.

Game Info

Genre : Mystery / psychological thriller visual novel

Controls : Progress with the left mouse button; the story branches based on your choices. (Hold Ctrl to skip read text.)

Playtime : 2–4 hours (may vary by player)

Endings : Numerous game-over endings and a true ending.

* All characters, locations, organizations, and events in this game are fictional and are not related to any real persons or entities.

Streaming Guidelines

■ This is a mystery game. Please clearly mark spoilers on any content that includes late-game developments or ending scenes.

■ Please do not include ending-related content in video titles or thumbnails.

■ Monetization is permitted for both individuals and companies, provided that a link to the game's store page is included in the description of your content.

Contact

For bug reports and any other inquiries, please contact show930@naver.com.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

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

Background Art — AI generation tools were used for some of the background images. Not all backgrounds were created with AI; hand-made backgrounds are also used. AI-assisted images were further processed to match the game's pixel art style.

Music — The music in this game was created using AI generation tools.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

This game is a mystery adventure centered on a series of murders and contains the following:

Violence and Gore — Acts of violence are not shown directly on screen; they are conveyed primarily through sound and implication. However, pixel-art depictions of corpses and bloodstains appear in some scenes.

Player Death — Certain bad endings depict the player character being killed, including a sequence in which a weapon approaches the screen.

Alcohol Use — Characters are shown drinking, and violent behavior while intoxicated is depicted.

The story explores heavy psychological themes like inferiority complexes, narrated from the first-person perspective of a character who commits murder