Fit check
Is Xi worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Horror game players who want puzzle-solving in a haunted-house setting
- RPG players interested in pixel art and branching story conclusions
- Players drawn to Chinese folklore and character-driven mysteries
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking combat-heavy RPG progression rather than an escape-room-focused adventure
- Players wanting a straightforward story with one fixed conclusion instead of four endings and uncertain character motives
- Players who do not enjoy eerie mansion settings or supernatural themes
Our take on Xi
The focus on a compact mansion mystery gives the game a concentrated setting, but it also limits the sense of travel and world variety found in broader role-playing adventures.
What is Xi?
Xi is a horror puzzle RPG set in a mountain mansion abandoned after the early Republic of China era.
Drawing on modern Chinese folklore, it places the player among unsettling scenes such as an empty banquet and a seemingly endless passage. The story follows a visitor who enters the haunted house and encounters figures whose identities and motives are uncertain. Its neo-Chinese pixel-art presentation supports an escape-room structure focused on exploration, puzzles, and uncovering a vanished past.
Characters have individual agendas, while the central mystery involves a ghost bride, a purchased girl, and the question of who truly needs saving. The game includes four endings, including one designated as the true ending, and uses Eastern mysticism rather than conventional jump scares.
How Xi plays
- 01Four Story Endings
- One of the four available conclusions is identified as the official true ending.
- 02Character Agendas
- Each character pursues a separate motive that can reveal further information about the mansion.
- 03Pixel-Art Mansion
- The setting uses a neo-Chinese pixel-art style linked to a wealthy family from the early Republic of China era.
- 04Folklore Horror
- The mystery draws on modern Chinese folklore and Eastern mysticism instead of relying on standard jump scares.
Xi compared to similar games
Xi centers on horror puzzles, a haunted mansion, and four possible endings, while Angels of Death is an RPG Maker spin-off and Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition focuses on an unconventional story, characters, and exploration of a dangerous city. Back to the Dawn uses prison escape, investigation, survival, and hidden agendas, whereas Ghost of a Tale combines action-RPG play with stealth, disguises, conversations, and exploration in an animal-populated medieval world.
Xi: platforms & release
Is Xi worth it?
It is worth it if: horror game players who want puzzle-solving in a haunted-house setting. Skip it if: players seeking combat-heavy RPG progression rather than an escape-room-focused adventure.
Where can I download Xi?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Xi's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Xi on?
Windows only.
