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"168 remaining until the end of the world..." Humanity is approaching its end. A sudden dismemberment murder of the leader of a religious nation that advocates an apocalyptic ideology... Five adventure games are combined into one, centered around a suspenseful story full of mystery and intrigue.
SHUTEN ORDER is a adventure, action-adventure and dating sim game
developed by Neilo Inc.
and published by EXNOA LLC, Spike Chunsoft Co. and Ltd..
Released on September 05th 2025 is available only on Windows
in 4 languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
It has received 839 reviews of which 684 were positive and 155 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.7 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam with a 50% discount.
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- OS: Windows 11
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-1345U 1.60 GHz
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics Family
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 15 GB available space
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I enjoyed the game. However, I am very much into visual detective novels. My biggest complaints are the most common ones: 1. Each route is very long and entirely separate so none of them are building off each other besides the knowledge the player themselves gain. It makes it so several routes have "revelations" that the player is already aware of. 2. The gameplay between routes is largely the same with each being just a different flavor of visual novel. The only one that has standout different gameplay is the Security Route survival horror gameplay. (which honestly isn't very fun or compelling gameplay). There's an amazing higher budget version of this game if all the routes actually had very different gameplay styles. However, the story is actually really good. It's pretty tight, although a bit contrived how the main mystery shakes out. There are a few logic holes in the final chapter deduction IMO. I give it a tepid recommentation for people who really like mystery detective novels or generally the work of Tookyo games. I've yet to have really been blown away by any of Tookyo games work despite the promise of the dev team. However, I will continue to support them and keep hoping. (Hundred Line almost made it, but I have plenty of issues with that game as well)
Love the idea! The actual game on the other hand..... Easily my biggest problem with this game is that it advertises itself as a "multi-genre experience," yet it never really moves beyond the visual novel format. With the exception of one route, all of the routes are pretty much just VN's with a different UI or coat of paint. There are some times where it tries something new, a puzzle or an escape game, but most of the time you're just meandering around in a visual novel. If the game took the time to really commit to making each route feel like a different game, I could see this becoming one of my favorite games of all time, but for now, it's just kinda alright. Translation is alright, didn't notice any errors, but the characters can occaisionally sound stiff in their dialogue. There's no fan service or weird themes like in many of Kodaka's other games. Compared to his other work, this is definitely on the tamer side. Ok I don't really want to type more rn, so I'll just say get it if you like VNs (especially kodada) 7/10
Shuten Order is a great mystery visual novel where you are tasked with solving your own(!) murder. There are 5 main culprits, each leading to a route and gameplay gimmick; the final chapter is unlocked after finishing all 5. Each route has a different style of play (Ace Attorney-like, puzzle / escape room, branching adventure, dating sim-like, stealth), and themselves introduce a smaller mystery within the main mystery to solve. I wouldn't focus on this variety of game style as a selling point. At its core, Shuten Order is a VN with light gameplay mechanics which vary in quality quite a lot. Instead, each route gives you a chance to learn the backstory of the culprit, pick up some clues, and learn more about the weird lore surrounding this story. If you're interested in mysteries that slowly reveal the truth and have crazy, but sometimes bewildering, reveals (like Danganronpa), then this is the game for you. The art and graphical style is amazing and the soundtrack is great, so give it a chance! I saw complaints about the translation quality on release. I don't know what that looked like, but I played with Patch 1.0.3 (Dec. 10, 2025) and it read well for me (just a few typos).
SHUTEN ORDER is one of those games that you know is destined to be a bit of a deep cut in an artist's catalog, but is worth the time to dig it up and experience it. The story of the Order, the Founder, and the circumstances regarding her murder and resurrection are an immediately interesting hook and the game generally lives up to that promise. SHUTEN ORDER kind of goes for broke right away putting together this incredibly weird and cool setting and the core premise. The game likes to play around with visual novel and gameplay structure as it goes; each of the chapters focuses on one of the Ministers and their specific Ministry, and each has a different gameplay framework. The Ministry of Justice takes the form of a standard detective mystery game and has some cool locked room mysteries. The Ministry of Health is a death game/escape room story that hits the beats you'd expect. The Ministry of Science takes the form of a multi-perspective visual novel, where you're going through several concurrent protagonist stories and making choices to enable other routes to continue (such as making one character go to an area where they can then save another character's life in a different story block). The Ministry of Education takes the form of a school-life dating sim and is incredibly uncomfortable as a takedown of how sociopathic the behaviors in many game romances encourage you to act. Lastly, the Ministry of Security is a stealth horror game where you solve puzzles and hide from an unkillable monster. As you go through these stories using angel-granted and heretical powers of God to survive, you pick up clues towards the broader mystery of who killed the Founder and why, and it all leads towards this really strong finale that uses system mechanics in ways that I found very satisfying but might be a bit controversial (the way it handles endgame saves isn't quite a full Yoko Taro experience but it's something you might find in his general wheelhouse). SHUTEN ORDER is a low budget game. There's no English dub. Artwork is reused relatively often. The translation is a little rough; they're cleaning it up and it's not one of those games that's so badly localized that you have no idea what's happening, but there's definitely instances of weird grammar/phrasing and issues like text popping out of chat boxes that arise here and there. There's been some issues with system crashes or freezes that are being addressed, but it's overall just got a bit of jank that stands out in contrast to a higher budget VN production like The Hundred Line or the AI series. All that said though, I was able to play through the game in a breezy 30 hours or so and I had a really good time overall. The setting comes across as this really weird and fascinating place and learning about the Order, its ongoing problem with violent and fanatical heretics, and what exactly the game means when it shows you the Order's countdown to the End are all interesting story beats. It does chapter cliffhangers well, the overall murder mystery is clever but gives you all the info you need to put it together before the mechanics make you do it, and I really came to like the characters. I thought I'd find the art offputting but it's really colorful and stylized in a way that I came to like very quickly. The music is what you'd expect from a Kazutaka Kodaka led game and is very catchy. The game is smart about how it uses the different gameplay types and none of them overstay their welcome. It's a very cool companion to The Hundred Line and if you like the kinds of games that Kodaka directs, I think there's a lot to like here too.
Note: Many people are having issues related to black screens and crashes. This may have been fixed at time of reading, so please check the steam patch notes. Off the bat, I believe that your experience playing this game can be heavily influenced by your route order. Some routes provide interesting but largely inconsequential backing to the world of SHUTEN ORDER, while others give you pieces of information that wildly change how the game is framed. For optimal reading, I recommend Justice > Security > Education > Science > Health. Starting off with a negative, unfortunately the unique gameplay elements of SHUTEN ORDER's routes are not made equal. While most routes do a good job at keeping the pacing fresh and making sure their unique gimmicks are fun and not too intrusive, others are boring and surface level, and make the route drag on for longer than it should. Sadly, as interesting as the premise of a "survival horror" gameplay loop is, the Minister of Security route is the biggest culprit of this. The story of this route is relatively weak as it is, but the "Survival Horror" gameplay mostly boils down to "Walk around a non-descript location with a map waypoint to guide you, press space, oh no! Now walk at a brisk pace away from the thing that is chasing you with little to no tension or survival elements at all." It's generally uninteresting and takes too much of the route's time for what it is. The Minister of Justice/Health route gimmicks are pretty solid but can be boring, absurdly simple or pace-breaking at times. However, the Minister of Education has a consistently interesting and enjoyable gimmick, and the Minister of Science's gimmick is more just how it presents the story, which isn't intrusive at all. The story of SHUTEN ORDER provides an interesting take on an existing concept, and it does it pretty well. I obviously won't spoil exactly what this entails, but suffice it to say I thought the story was consistently strong and the mystery and plot twists kept me engaged throughout the ~32 hour play time. Starting with an initial mystery, the game expands well into exploring the wider setting and asking the player additional questions, keeping the experience fresh throughout. The art direction and music of the game, as is typical with this studio, are incredibly unique and fresh. I consistently enjoyed pretty much every music track, and the unique art style works heavily in the game's favour. At times, the reasonably low budget and large scope is visible (the free walking sections use a combination of a 2D background and 3D player model, which often comes off looking very strange and cheap), but usually the game is quite sharp. Overall while the wide scope, gameplay-wise and thematically, can at select times work against the game and leave characters or plot twists feeling underwhelming, I think SHUTEN ORDER is a unique and high quality experience that I would recommend to anyone willing to experience a full length (~30 hour) visual novel story with twists and turns and an interesting subject matter that will keep you in your seat. Overall, I give SHUTEN ORDER a 7.5/10. $73.50 AUD might be a little steep but absolutely recommend this game if/when it goes on sale.
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SHUTEN ORDER is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam.
Yes, SHUTEN ORDER is currently available at a 50% discount. You can purchase it for 24.99€ on Steam.
Yes, SHUTEN ORDER received 684 positive votes out of a total of 839 achieving a rating of 7.74.
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SHUTEN ORDER was developed by Neilo Inc. and published by EXNOA LLC, Spike Chunsoft Co. and Ltd..
Yes, SHUTEN ORDER is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, SHUTEN ORDER is not playable on MacOS.
No, SHUTEN ORDER is not playable on Linux.
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No, SHUTEN ORDER does not support VR.
SHUTEN ORDER is a single-player game.
Yes, there are 2 DLCs available for SHUTEN ORDER. Explore additional content available for SHUTEN ORDER on Steam.
No, SHUTEN ORDER does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, SHUTEN ORDER does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, SHUTEN ORDER is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
Neilo Inc.
Publisher
EXNOA LLC,
Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Release
05 Sep 2025
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