Fit check
Is Mirages worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Horror players who want Chinese folklore and a Republic of China setting
- Narrative adventure players who want choices and two endings
- Players who prefer story-focused games with puzzles, stealth, and QTE actions
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking combat-heavy RPG systems may find the experience centered more on narrative, puzzles, and stealth.
- Players wanting a linear story may not enjoy branching routes and choice-dependent character outcomes.
- Players looking for a non-horror adventure may find the ghosts, underworld themes, and supernatural threats unsuitable.
Our take on Mirages
Its defining structure is a branching horror narrative in which player choices shape character destinies and lead to two different endings.
What is Mirages?
Mirages is a 3D side-scrolling narrative horror game set in Yichuan, a small town in the Republic of China.
After a strange marriage disrupts the balance between the living world and the underworld, Yao Lu investigates ghosts, superstition, warlords, and an emerging conspiracy. The story includes multiple branches and event details that reveal the town’s history and crisis. Choices influence character destinies and lead to two different endings. Gameplay includes puzzles, stealth sections, and quick-time actions during encounters with supernatural threats. Traditional Chinese folklore elements include corpse-walking, psychic practices, ghost marriage, sacrifice, and puppetry. Full voice dubbing, animated scenes, and 3D environments present the story through different character perspectives.
How Mirages plays
- 01Branching narrative
- Choices affect character destinies, with multiple plot routes leading to two endings.
- 02Folklore horror
- The story draws on Chinese traditions including ghost marriage, sacrifice, puppetry, and corpse-walking.
- 03Stealth and puzzles
- Supernatural encounters are mixed with puzzle-solving, stealth sequences, and quick-time actions.
- 04Character perspectives
- Voice acting, animation, and 3D scenes present events through different characters.
Mirages compared to similar games
Mirages combines a branching horror story with puzzles, stealth, quick-time actions, and two endings. Ghost of a Tale is an action-RPG focused on a mouse protagonist, exploration, stealth, disguises, and conversations in a medieval animal world. Back to the Dawn centers on prison survival, investigation, and escape within a crime-focused facility, rather than Chinese folklore and supernatural investigation.
Mirages: platforms & release
Is Mirages worth it?
It is worth it if: horror players who want Chinese folklore and a Republic of China setting. Skip it if: players seeking combat-heavy RPG systems may find the experience centered more on narrative, puzzles, and stealth.
Where can I download Mirages?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Mirages's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Mirages on?
Windows only.
