Illusion Carnival

A role-playing carnival adventure mixing puzzles with light bullet hell

KiZ · Released Jul 11, 2024

Reviews: Overwhelmingly Positive; 98% of 7,988
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 94% of 118 in 30 days
Players: 13; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update on Steam: 5 months ago; May 9, 2026
Minimum PC: GeForce GTX 560 Ti; 4 GB RAM · 5 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Illusion Carnival?

This free, single-player 2.5D adventure takes place in Confettia, a corrupted amusement park where a lost soul becomes a paper boat seeking escape. You explore carnival-themed sections, talk with the park’s residents, solve toy-box puzzles, and dodge projectiles in combat.

For you if...

+you enjoy cute imagery mixed with dark fairy tales
+you prefer short adventures to lengthy campaigns

Not for you if...

−you want to avoid flashing lights and psychological horror
−you prefer puzzles without action or projectile dodging

What players say

98% of 7,988 reviews are positive · 94% of 118 in the last 30 days

Players praise the art style, character designs, and story. Individual complaints include a late bullet-hell difficulty spike and retries that do not restore consumed sweets.

Screenshots and trailer

Illusion Carnival system requirements

Minimum: GeForce GTX 560 Ti, 4 GB RAM, 5 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 7
Processor: Intel Core i3-3240
Graphics: GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 5 GB available space

Does Illusion Carnival have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does Illusion Carnival run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows, macOS
Achievements: 12
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages: Text only: Simplified Chinese, English, Polish, Japanese, Italian, Russian, French, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain, Ukrainian, Indonesian, German, Korean.

Does Illusion Carnival use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam