Developer: Hypothesis Games
At a glance
1 Steam reviews rate it “Not enough reviews” (100% positive). Released on November 5, 2025 by Hypothesis Games. Current price: $5.99.
Description
🕯️ YOIN: The Shadow of Dawn
You awaken without a voice. Without a body. Without time. Only one desire burns in your soul: to reclaim what was once your home.
In a world painted with ink and melancholy, you are a wandering spirit returning from the beyond to reclaim your village, now destroyed by invaders.
🎮 What is YOIN?
YOIN: The Shadow of Dawn is a 2D top-down adventure and tactical action game set in a dreamlike feudal Japan. You are a ghost, invisible to humans, yet their life force hurts you.
🔮 Key Features:
👻 Play as a vengeful spirit: invisible to the naked eye, but perceptible through your actions.
🕰️ Time is your enemy: you lose energy simply by existing in the world of the living.
🗡️ Reclaim your essence by defeating soldiers: only through killing do you recover life.
🌿 Absorb energy from nature: trees, plants, and surrounding objects are your arsenal.
🧠 Tactical stealth combat: your invisibility is your power, but also your vulnerability.
📜 Fragmented narrative: explore ruins, shrines, and cemeteries to discover who you were… and why you came back.
🧩 Experience-based progression: unlock abilities, improve attributes, and unveil your destiny.
🌒 Hand-drawn art design: each area has a unique aesthetic inspired by Japanese mythology.
You are death returned.
Explore. Survive. Remember. Discover.
Supported languages: english, french, italian, german, spanish - spain, simplified chinese, korean, spanish - latin america, japanese, polish, portuguese - brazil, russian
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System Requirements
Windows
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 (Zen 2) / Intel equivalent
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD RDNA 2 equivalent
- Storage: 500 MB available space
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Linux
- OS: SteamOS 3.0
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 (Zen 2) / Intel equivalent
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD RDNA 2 equivalent
- Storage: 500 MB available space
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Additional Information
| Developer | Hypothesis Games |
| Platforms | Windows, Linux |
| Age rating | None |
| Release date | November 5, 2025 |
| User reviews | 100% positive (1) |