Children of Silentown

Hand-drawn point-and-click mystery about disappearances near a forbidden forest

Elf Games, Luna2 Studio · Published by Daedalic Entertainment · Released Jan 11, 2023

Reviews: Very Positive; 87% of 1,584
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 84% of 13 in 30 days
Playing now: 3; right now
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update: 2 years ago; Jan 11, 2024

What is Children of Silentown?

This 2D point-and-click adventure follows Lucy as she investigates disappearances in a village beside a dangerous forest. Explore the village and its surroundings, meet residents, combine items, learn songs, and solve puzzles and minigames.

For you if...

+you enjoy exploring eerie settings and following a mystery
+you like solving puzzles with items you find

Not for you if...

−you prefer fast-paced play to puzzle-led exploration

What players say

87% of 1,584 reviews are positive · 84% of 13 in the last 30 days

Players praise the hand-drawn art, music, and dark story. Their most common complaint is that puzzle types repeat and slow the story; some also find the ending leaves questions unanswered.

Screenshots and trailer

Children of Silentown system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Microsoft® Windows® 7/8/10
Processor: SSE2 instruction set support
Graphics: Any Graphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0)
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 7 GB available space
DirectX: Version 10

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 26
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Verified

All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Text only: English, Italian, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Hungarian, Turkish.