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As young witch Kyrphel, explore a child-only pagan village, investigate its customs, and face choices and rituals to save it.
Released 17 Apr 2024
Explore a Child-Only Village
Perform Witch Rituals
Recall Ritual Incantations
Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel, The Mildew Children is a grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch named Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.
Developed by The Growing Stones · Published by Valkyrie Initiative
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Kyrphel is a young witch in a village inhabited only by children and bound by harsh pagan traditions. Alongside her sisters, she must take part in a macabre Ritual intended to save the village.
Explore village streets, forest paths, and other locations while meeting villagers, investigating clues, and solving puzzles. The adventure unfolds across 12 chapters and more than 30 locations.
Most of the experience centers on narrative scenes and multiple-choice dialogue. Decisions, quick-time events, minigames, and recalling details about rituals and customs shape how Kyrphel proceeds and which ending she reaches.
Players who enjoy the game often praise its eerie pagan-folklore setting, emotionally involving story, expressive artwork, music, and Russian voice acting. Some also like how ritual-related minigames add tension. Reviews are more mixed on the amount of walking and text, the difficulty of working out conditions for a preferred ending, and how much of the village's lore remains unexplained.
Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel, The Mildew Children is a grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch named Kyrphel and her sisters are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village. A witch's demise during the ritual is not unusual, since not all can triumph over the Mistress of Death. But Kyrphel is strong enough to handle it. Or so she thought.
Combining the elements of fairy tale and horror, the story draws on pagan folklore and ancient beliefs. Accompany Kyrphel and her friends in this grim, beautifully hand-drawn adventure game. Take part in the Ritual and discover the secret of the village, interact with peculiar villagers, bewitch, and overcome the affliction that haunts the young sorceress.
- A mysterious tale that spans across 12 chapters
- Over 8 hours of narrative and gameplay combining investigations, puzzles, quick-time events (QTE) and multiple-choice dialogues.
- More than 30 unique locations: the village streets, the tangled paths of the forest thicket, the burial ground, as well as unique interiors - from old battered huts to magnificent chambers.
- A series of tough decisions that will force you to think twice about how you proceed - will you go against ancient traditions or follow them to the end?
- 10 characters with a detailed personality and story, 100+ of unique portraits reflecting the characters' emotions during dialogues. Numerous side characters Kyrphel would have to interact with in order to fulfill her goals.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Achievements | 32 |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Demo | View demo on Steam |
| DLC / extras | 2 listed on Steam |
| Website | Official website |
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