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A mystery adventure game and visual novel set on solitary Shironagasu Island. Discover its secrets, solve its mysteries, and escape from the ominous island!

Return to Shironagasu Island is a adventure, visual novel and mystery game developed by HYOGO ONIMUSHI and published by TABINOMICHI.
Released on March 02nd 2020 is available only on Windows in 12 languages: Simplified Chinese, Japanese, English, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, German, Polish, French, Traditional Chinese, Russian and Portuguese - Brazil.

It has received 3,523 reviews of which 3,317 were positive and 206 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.0 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 3.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Return to Shironagasu Island into these genres:

Adventure Visual Novel Mystery Horror Anime Psychological Horror Story Rich Detective Choices Matter Point & Click Thriller Singleplayer Sci-fi Drama Atmospheric Indie Casual Classic

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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *: Windows Vista/7/8/10/11
  • Processor: Pentium III 800MHz
  • Memory: 256 MB RAM
  • Graphics: 128MB
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Storage: 800 MB available space

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Dec. 2025
good the plot is fine... balanced between horror, suspense and lighthearted comedic moments. though some threads werent fully tied up, left not perfectly sealed. (anyone remember ebi??) extra chapter, compared to the relatively consistent and structured main story... i think authors had fun making this chapter. its got fan service that has author's own definitely totally tame fetishes, along with preposterous clichéd Japanese ghost story/paranormal segment. there are even aliens... all in all a nice little bonus(no it was actually so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ long...) finished this one on christmas night. i had fun.
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Oct. 2025
While the game keeps your attention with its story, it completely lacks depth with most characters. Both Ikeda and Neneko, especially Ikeda, feel a lot like plot devices rather than actual characters, pulling things straight out of nowhere just so the story can advance. We never get to know anything about them too, not even about how they met or anything about their past that was not only a convenient trick to advance the story. I must admit that the original mistery took a path I failed to predict, but the main antagonist's motivations were nothing but shallow. Why did he do what he did? Was he just ambitious? What sense does that make? His actions are explained by an ambition based off of nothing at all. That much does not seem very human. It's bizarre to me that a character that's seem only through flashbacks Norlan has his motivations be more humane and reasonable than him. He doesn't feel like a human from the start to the end. Characters aside, the story kept me interested from the beggining to the end, but I may be biased from this being my first game from the mystery genre. Everything had a purpose, things were all introduced for a reason and they mattered in the end along with being coherent and consistent for most of the time. Although some solutions were a bit too convenient. The OSTs were pleasing to the ears, it has good looking character designs and holds itself well at mentioning while not romanticizing a sensitive topic like pedophilia accompanied by an engaging story. About the humor of the game, it surely didn't disrupt the pace of the story or the immersion at all, these small interactions between the characters felt natural and were one of the few aspects I enjoyed about them. The jokes were mostly enjoyable, but some of them, especially in the epilogue, were just too much and mediocre at best. In conclusion, the game is a 6/10. It really grew on me as it was the first time I experience the genre but it's really not that good of a game. I'd still recommend it since it's available for such a low price. Fun, interesting, yet decent and inconsistent whenever it comes to Ikeda being in danger. I would also like to leave a comment about the portuguese translation too, it was lacking. A lot.
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Aug. 2025
6.5/10 Not an extraordinary visual novel but overall it had left a great impression on me, the characters are not unique except ikeda and neneko but it was great to have an actually good main character who has a sense of humor and also a stoic persona. Even tough the story was mid and gets lost after a certain point, everything somehow fits together in pacing and in a way that keeps the game entertaining and keeps you playing for more, wouldn't really recommend but definetly a good job so far if you crave so. Also the newly added voice acting really helps you to get more accustomed to the atmosphere the game presents. normally would give this a worse rating like 5.5 but the extra was actually better than the main game in some parts soo... also the game is somewhat steam-deck compatible, it sometimes gets bugged out which you can fix by overwriting a save.
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July 2025
Второсортный детектив, сделанный одним человеком(за что ему респект), упор в котором явно сделан не на сюжетную составляющую, а на сексуализацию девочек из двачерских паст. Присутствует интернактив с point-and-click и несложными головолками с таймером, которые подогревают внимательность игрока. Неплохое чтиво, своих денег и времени стоит. Дополнительная глава лучше основной сюжетной линии. Немного жаль, что потенциал автора полностью не раскрыт, ему бы писать в чуть ином жанре и с 18+ сценами. Видно, что работа сделана немного криво, коряво, но в этом есть свой шарм. Пришлось купить - о потраченных деньгах не сожалею.
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April 2025
Cinema...... Pure Cinema.... I expected a terribly painful horror experience, pleasantly surprised to dig through and see game full of so much charm. The first half was very tense and the mystery was well made, then it went wild on the second half; It made me like the characters and sympathize with them, it made me remember them. This is the first game I've played that made me want to fully craft a complete steam badge, and the third to make me want to get all achievements. For only under 20 hours it impacted me greatly.
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Return to Shironagasu Island is currently priced at 3.99€ on Steam.

Return to Shironagasu Island is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 3.99€ on Steam.

Return to Shironagasu Island received 3,317 positive votes out of a total of 3,523 achieving an impressive rating of 9.04.
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Return to Shironagasu Island was developed by HYOGO ONIMUSHI and published by TABINOMICHI.

Return to Shironagasu Island is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Return to Shironagasu Island is not playable on MacOS.

Return to Shironagasu Island is not playable on Linux.

Return to Shironagasu Island is a single-player game.

There are 3 DLCs available for Return to Shironagasu Island. Explore additional content available for Return to Shironagasu Island on Steam.

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Return to Shironagasu Island does not support Steam Remote Play.

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Return to Shironagasu Island
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Developer
HYOGO ONIMUSHI
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Release 02 Mar 2020
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