Shadow Corridor

About Shadow Corridor

Shadow Corridor (Kageroh: Shadow Corridor) began as a free Japanese indie horror game. Space Onigiri Game released this expanded version on Steam in March 2019, with a new story, new mechanics and, by the store's count, more than ten times the content of the original. NIS America brought it to Nintendo Switch in October 2021, and a PS4 version is sold on PlayStation stores in Asia.

The maps are randomized: dark corridors, rooms and courtyards of traditional Japanese buildings that change with every playthrough. There is no fixed route. You explore every room, large or small, gather the items you find and use them to survive, and look for your own path to the exit.

The threat is the curse of a Noh mask. Its apparitions stalk the corridors and use all their senses to find you, and each kind of denizen has its own habits, so you have to learn how each one hunts and change how you avoid it. The store speaks of eluding them, not fighting them, and the fear comes from moving through dim halls not knowing what waits around the next corner.

It suits players who like Japanese ghost stories and stalker games where each run is different,. Shadow Corridor 2 followed in 2024.

How to play Shadow Corridor

1. Buy it on Steam for Windows, on the Nintendo eShop for Switch, or on an Asian PlayStation Store for PS4.
2. Start a run; the corridors are laid out differently each time.
3. Search the rooms for items and keep the ones that help you survive.
4. Listen and watch for the Noh mask apparitions, and slip away before they find you.
5. Find your own route to the exit.

Tips

• Learn each apparition's habits: the store says each needs a different way to evade it.
• Search corners and small rooms thoroughly, since items are what keep you alive.
• Do not count on a route from an earlier run; the map changes every time.

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