The Mildew Children: Chapter 1 on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel. Chapter 1 is the very beginning of the grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.

The Mildew Children: Chapter 1 is a adventure, story rich and exploration game developed by The Growing Stones and published by Valkyrie Initiative.
Released on October 17th 2023 is available only on Windows.

It has received 317 reviews of which 272 were positive and 45 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. 😊

The game is free to play on Steam.


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Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows 7
  • Processor: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: DirectX 11 compatible video card (integrated or dedicated with min 512MB memory)
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 10 GB available space

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Mildew Children: Chapter 1 is free to play on Steam.

The Mildew Children: Chapter 1 is not on sale because is already free to play on Steam.

The Mildew Children: Chapter 1 received 272 positive votes out of a total of 317 achieving a rating of 7.95.
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The Mildew Children: Chapter 1 was developed by The Growing Stones and published by Valkyrie Initiative.

The Mildew Children: Chapter 1 is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The Mildew Children: Chapter 1 is not playable on MacOS.

The Mildew Children: Chapter 1 is not playable on Linux.

The Mildew Children: Chapter 1 is a single-player game.

The Mildew Children: Chapter 1 does not currently offer any DLC.

The Mildew Children: Chapter 1 does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

The Mildew Children: Chapter 1 does not support Steam Remote Play.

The Mildew Children: Chapter 1 does not currently support Steam Family Sharing.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for The Mildew Children: Chapter 1.

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The Mildew Children: Chapter 1
8.0
272
45
Game modes
Online players
0
Developer
The Growing Stones
Publisher
Valkyrie Initiative
Release 17 Oct 2023
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