Araha : Curse of Yieun Island
Released Jan 2020
Araha: Curse of Yieun Island is a survival horror game. You will explore the hospital on an island as 'the Boy' who is looking for his sister. Starting from the abandoned hospital, You will journey through the cursed island covering the Sharman's sanctum, Cemetary in the mountainside and more.
60% positive · 383 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
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Steam $15.99
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Evaluation
Araha: Curse of Yieun Island launched on January 6, 2020 and received active post-launch development through mid-2021. The developer shipped two major content updates: v1.7 on August 10, 2020 (introducing a new item system, redesigned controls, and gameplay mechanics) and v1.8 on January 13, 2021 (the largest update since launch, adding a new difficulty level, nine-language localization, new creatures, and UI improvements). These were supported by several bug fix and feature patches throughout 2020 and 2021.
The last recorded developer communication was a GPU optimization patch on June 5, 2021. Since then — now more than five years ago as of June 2026 — there have been no announcements, patches, roadmaps, or developer posts of any kind. The two major updates established a rough cadence of roughly 5 months apart, but no further content was announced after v1.8, and silence has extended far beyond any reasonable continuation of that pattern.
No unreleased DLC is listed on the store. The store description describes the game as a complete survival horror experience with no mention of planned additions. The developer has not announced any future content, and the extended silence strongly indicates development has concluded. The game appears to have shipped as a complete product following its post-launch improvement period.
Evidence
v1.8 major update released — described as the largest update since launch, adding Easy difficulty, nine-language localization, new creatures, and UI improvements.
v1.7 major content update released with new epic item system, redesigned controls, and new gameplay mechanics.
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Details
Developer
Publisher
Palmsoft
Achievements
20
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
Araha: Curse of Yieun Island is a survival horror game. You will explore the hospital on an island as 'the Boy' who is looking for his sister. Starting from the abandoned hospital, You will journey through the cursed island covering the Sharman's sanctum, Cemetary in the mountainside and more. Away from the ghosts, You must survive and find your sister!

"Must find out my sister!"
The Boy faces unimaginable danger along his journey to find out his passed sister's remains. Yieun Island, where countless people had been gone missing and found dead after a few days, was also known as 'the Hell on earth'. Still bearing spooky mysteries, The island has been off-limits from locals for a long time.
You, as the Boy, should explore this island with your bare hands and a flashlight alone. Could you find out your lost sister aside all the odds on the way? You can push your limits by playing this game!

- In Araha: Curse of Yieun Island, You will face various ghosts. They are also called as "Angry spirits" or "Specters" holding many different characteristics. You may sometimes find a safe spot or just run away to get lost them.
- This game is based on aspects of Korean shamanism. A shaman will guide you to the mysteries of the cursed island, Ieundo.
- The game will feature various maps including abandoned hospital, sanctum, cemetery and more. You will explore each place and use tools to solve problems and puzzles.
- Location of items and movement of ghosts are randomly generated each time you run the game making it difficult to predict. this will maximize the horror in the game.
Last evaluated Jun 14, 2026
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