Devotion (Chinese: 還願; pinyin: Huányuàn; lit. 'Fulfilling a vow') is a first-person psychological horror video game developed by Red Candle Games. It is set in Taiwan in the 1980s, with a majority of the game happening in an apartment complex in Taipei. The game also incorporates elements based on Taiwanese culture and folk religion.

Set in 1960s Taiwan of the White Terror period, students Wei and Ray find themselves trapped and vulnerable in Greenwood High School (翠華中學), which is located in a remote mountainous area. The place they once knew has changed in unsettling ways, haunted by evil creatures known as the "lingered" (魍魎).

Sep 4, 2023 · Taiwanese horror (taishi kongbu) is a rising genre that has claimed an important space in Taiwanese popular culture, particularly in the video game industry since the debut of Detention in 2017. These video games often incorporate elements of Taiwan’s local religions, ritual practices, and mythologies, especially the ones associated with ...

Jan 22, 2021 · This action-horror game is set in 1950s Taiwan and you follow a child looking for his parents after discovering his family’s background. Believe it or not, this game is based on a true story, though whether the ghosts featured in it are real depends on what you think.

Jun 28, 2016 · " Detention," the first game developed by Taiwanese company Red Candle Games (赤燭遊戲), is set in Taiwan’s White Terror period, which lasted from 1948 to 1987 and saw thousands of people killed, imprisoned and disppeared. The game’s plot follows two high school students trying to escape from a school.

Devotion is a first-person atmospheric horror game depicting the life of a family shadowed by religious belief. Explore as a 1980s Taiwan apartment-complex lost in time gradually shift into a hellish nightmare. Delve into the vows each member …

Sep 5, 2022 · Out of 10 college horror tales from Taiwan, The Bridge Curse is one of the well-known supernatural incidents based in Tunghu University. Players will immersively wander on campus and...

Jan 24, 2019 · However, Red Candle Game’s “Detention” blew me away with a video game that captured everything that makes horror truly disturbing. The game is a story about crime, punishment, and forgiveness and the mixture of Taiwanese history and …

Aug 28, 2023 · These video games often incorporate elements of Taiwan’s local religions, ritual practices, and mythologies, especially the ones associated with ghosts and other supernatural beings. Although mostly implicit, many Taiwanese horror games contain hints of historical references to the 228 Incident and the White Terror under Martial Law.

Released by ITG-Soft of Taichung, Taiwan in 2020, Hungry Ghost Night is a top-down adventure game. Can you survive the night and solve the mysteries of the land? The game comes complete in box, and includes a poster, sticker, instruction manual, and box.