Crow's Requiem is a narrative-heavy, comic-infused survival visual novel & puzzle game. Become a licensed body collector navigating a dystopian Pandemicpunk world of heavy moral dilemmas and careful resource management; one where only fervent belief, bold rebellion, or resolute power will prevail through your choices.
One day, the illness came. But here, it never left.
Trapped, the world was reshaped by it.
Now, you've arrived at a long-quarantined city, New Horizon. The only work you could find is Crow — body collector. You'll do essential work, the Military assured.
The first day at the job has arrived. You force yourself awake, rising from the dreamless void of slumber.
Who are you, Crow?
Choose your Crow Archetype;
Receive Body Collection Requests;
Do the Work in the Collection Mini-Game *Faction condition will vary!
Explore the city of New Horizon and its DOZENS of locations;
Meet 50+ Citizens from 4 Factions, ALLY with them — or EXPLOIT their trust.
Cultivate your Faction REPUTATION, unlocking new paths, items, and quests;
Carve your way through 10+ Main Quests and 20+ Side-Quests towards unique endigs!
The CROWS
You are of a unique breed within the City, for you are not quarantined as others. This gives you a powerful and rare freedom. How will you use it? Who are you in the Plaguelands?
a Listener Crow, wielding empathy and curiosity;
a Whisperer Crow, armed with lies and charm;
an Enforcer Crow, moved by strength and violence.
The COLLECTION
Your training was fleeting, but you can surely handle the dead, right?
EXAMINE: Analyze their condition (click and hold);
SEAL: hold the illness in the body (click and drag side to side)
PLUG: plug natural cavities (multi-click);
BAG: Then, bag them (click and drag down) and return to the truck.
*conditions may vary
Once you're done, another dead awaits.
Receive your payment at the Medical Center before the day's end;
Your upkeep is due, and the Taxman is more unavoidable than the illness.
The FACTIONS & CITIZENS
Interact with the Civilian, Military, Anarchist, and Cultist factions who control the city. Do their bidding loyally or double-cross each fool who crosses your path.
From mad cultists to corrupt officials, down-on-their-luck civilians to rebellious artistic anarchists, each will see you through the filter of their plans and creeds.
Will You Stay HUMAN? Will you SURVIVE?
Remember, Crow, your Humanity is at stake if you lose sight of who (or what) you're collecting. But make no mistake, the Infection is always on the prowl for lives to take as well.
The CITY
Explore New Horizon and its forgotten shopping malls, where believers search for holy signs on dirty napkins. Or, enter lawless compounds where a gun speaks louder than authority.
REMEMBER, COLLECTOR: you are one of the few in this quarantined city who still see others face-to-face daily.
To reach your requested collections, you will enter temples, compounds, barracks, and even stranger places. Be ready for anything.
Your CHOICES & JOURNEY
The city and its inhabitants will remember your actions, so choose carefully how you'll deal with favors and threats, friend and foe. Carve your way towards multiple endings where you are the driving force of unforgettable consequences.
Will your choices heal the world, make it better?
Or will you stoke the sickly flames of the end, breaking it beyond all repair?
The city echoes through half-empty streets...
