Gilded Shadows overview details
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Steam Store description
Description
Gilded Shadows is a GxB visual novel that explores a whimsical, yet dangerous world which blends the solarpunk and cyberpunk aesthetics into a unique adventure. The player can explore different factions and story lines based on their choices in the common route. The game has 30-40 hours of content where your personality traits lock or unlock various interactions and responses to situations. As you follow the MC on her journey, pursue one of six love interests in a stand-alone story unique to that route. Story
Arcalis is a planet with a complex history.
Centuries ago, when humans arrived, they found it abandoned. The only remnants of its previous society were massive bio-domes dotted on the surface and designed as protection from the hostile climate.
With one side of the world bathed in eternal day and the other cloaked in frigid night, the bio-domes are oases where people live sheltered from the scorching winds and storms. But whether in the bright, clean cities of the day side of the planet, or the poor and crime-ridden cities of the night side, life is never simple nor peace easy to come by.
When a fateful encounter exposes Morgan Leone, a young woman who has long hid her ESP, as a queen ranked Esper, she finds herself on the run from multiple factions eager to attain her abilities. Endgame, the planetary defence organisation; Crimson, a notorious crime syndicate from Delphine; and even the shadowy group only known as "the Host" - each group sends operatives to retrieve her.
Now, with several paths open to her, she must choose her allies carefully. Between l…
SteamPulse editorial summary
Gilded Shadows is listed as a game with $29.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action, Casual, Indie, and Simulation. SteamPulse's latest observation records 4 players at 22 September 2026 - 00:41:53 UTC, a tracked peak of 138, and 95% positive reviews.
Content descriptors
Gilded Shadows contains fantasy and science fiction violence including fight sequences and descriptions of characters being attacked. There are visual depictions of mild injuries and some blood but no extreme gore. The game contains harsh language and profanity. There are also depictions of trauma and mental health issues. The game contains some sexual situations and innuendo as well as non-graphic love scenes that can be toggled off in the settings screen. There are visual depictions of kissing and characters in undergarments but no depictions of nudity aside from male shirtlessness.