Another Shadow

A newly occupied house becomes a prison split between reality and darkness in this compact point-and-click horror adventure. Bastian vanishes into a cursed shadow realm, leaving Carissa to investigate the home’s unsettling phenomena and find a route to him before the entity behind them claims his life. Its dread comes from eerie implications, strange domestic spaces, and a steadily unfolding supernatural mystery rather than action or cheap shocks. Another Shadow serves as the sixth Hidden Town tale, though its central rescue story stands on its own.

Players switch between Carissa in the physical house and Bastian in the dark counterpart, searching rooms, speaking with characters, and examining every suspicious object. The key twist is cause and effect: altering or using something in one dimension can change the other, so progress often depends on recognizing how two versions of the same space connect. Inventory puzzles ask you to collect components, combine tools, decode clues, and apply items in logical but occasionally deliberately obscure ways. There is no combat or reflex test; advancement comes entirely from observation, experimentation, and solving self-contained escape-room problems.

Hand-drawn, angular artwork gives each room a storybook unease, while the sparse soundtrack keeps the mood tense without overwhelming the puzzles. Nine concealed shadow collectibles offer an extra reason to scrutinize scenes, and series regulars can pick up links to The Ghost Case, Haunted Laia, and Escape from the Shadows. The contained setting and dual-world design make it more focused than a sprawling adventure game, with a tone that should appeal to fans of Dark Dome’s other mysteries or Rusty Lake-style surreal puzzle tales. Newcomers can start here comfortably, but patient puzzle players who enjoy taking notes and testing inventory combinations get the most from it.