[Chilla's Art] Missing Children | 行方不明

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A rough detective searches a Japanese town for missing children.

Platforms: PC
Price: Paid
Rated: Very Positive on Steam (84% of about 660 reviews)
Length: about 40 to 60 minutes
Players: 1
Made by: Chilla's Art
Released: 2020

What frightens You play a bully detective searching a Japanese town for children who have been reported missing, in a horror-themed adventure that the store warns contains disturbing scenes, implied child abuse and suicide.
Content: disturbing scenes, implied child abuse, suicide.

Missing Children is a short Japanese horror-themed adventure by Chilla's Art. You play a bully detective looking for children reported missing, in a game inspired by Japanese horror films that lasts about an hour and has a good and a bad ending.

About [Chilla's Art] Missing Children | 行方不明

Missing Children (行方不明, Yukue Fumei) is a short game by Chilla's Art, the Japanese two-brother studio behind Aka Manto and Parasocial, released on Steam for Windows in June 2020. You play a detective with a bullying manner who goes looking for children who have been reported missing.

The makers are clear that it is not a typical horror game but a horror-themed adventure. Its mood and places draw on Japanese horror films and J-horror games, and unlike many of the studio's games it uses realistic graphics rather than a PS1 look: a police station, a village at night, foggy bamboo woods.

The store warns that the game contains disturbing scenes, an implication of child abuse and suicide. You can save by hand at the police station, a run takes about 40 to 60 minutes, and there are two endings, a good one and a bad one.

It suits players who want a quiet, unsettling J-horror story to finish in one evening rather than a game about running from a monster.

How to play [Chilla's Art] Missing Children | 行方不明

Buy it on Steam or itch.io for Windows and start the case at the police station.
Explore the town and its surroundings to search for the missing children.
Save your progress by hand at the police station.
Follow the investigation to one of its two endings, good or bad.

Screenshots

A hooded old woman in the foggy street of a Japanese village at night, asking a question in Japanese subtitles

A uniformed police officer standing among desks and boxes in a dim Japanese police station office

A path through misty bamboo woods and rocks at dusk

A weathered Japanese sign at the steps to a bridge at night, banning bikes and bicycles

Tips

Save at the police station before heading out, since that is the only place you can.
Play it in one sitting; it is about an hour long.
Play again if you got the bad ending, to see the other one.

Questions

How long is Missing Children?

The store says about 40 to 60 minutes.

Can you save in Missing Children?

Yes, by hand at the police station.

Does Missing Children have multiple endings?

Yes, the store mentions two endings, a good one and a bad one.

Is Missing Children scary?

The makers call it a horror-themed adventure rather than a typical horror game; it relies on mood and disturbing themes, which include implied child abuse and suicide.