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Maskerade: The Deadpan Cry

Maskerade: The Deadpan Cry is a first-person narrative oriented Survival Horror game, where you incarnate a young girl who has been kidnapped and forced to work as a ballerina in a terrific and mysterious cabaret, from which she must find a way to escape from the clutches of the Madame who runs it.

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Developer
Spiky Duck
Publisher
Spiky Duck, U-tad
Release
March 29, 2025
1 year and 126 days ago
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Mixed23 reviews56.5%

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About the Game

CABARET

All the game takes place in: Lumière Du Néant, a fascinating, unreal, and mysterious place, in equal parts, where evil and perversion corrupt everyone who enters it.

NARRATIVE-DRIVEN

Meet the different characters who have been corrupted by the curse of the masks that emanates from the cabaret. Discover their darkest secrets and find a way to escape the place.

EXPLORATION

Explore the cabaret in order to advance inside its flaunting and mysterious rooms, hiding from enemies and solving all kinds of intricate situations.

STEALTH

Use your wits to get through areas guarded by workers. They are looking for you in the least expected places, nowhere is safe. Be careful not to get caught!

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