Dark Secrets of Showbiz

Released May 2022

In her attempt to solve the mystery of her parents’ death, Chen Ruoxia is accidently drawn into the storm of unspoken rules in the entertainment industry. Hiding behind it is a truth even uglier... In this showbiz world surrounded by dark secrets and conspiracies, will she be able to escape with the truth or will she become their next...

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Evaluation

Dark Secrets of Showbiz launched on May 10, 2022 as a complete, self-contained visual novel / RPG from developer Boru, published by Playmeow. The store description presents a fully defined game with a fixed scope: 16 base CGs with over 180 variants, 80,000 words of text, one main female character, two secondary characters, and five distinct endings — all hallmarks of a finished, packaged product with no indication of post-launch content plans. No DLC has been listed for this game, and no developer communications have addressed future updates or additional content for it specifically. The 50 news posts scanned are publisher-level announcements from Playmeow promoting other titles in their catalog — none of them reference Dark Secrets of Showbiz in any way. This is a common pattern for smaller visual novels published through a multi-title label: once a game ships, the publisher's news feed moves on to promoting new releases. There is no evidence of any post-launch update pattern, no announced expansions, and no roadmap. The game launched as a complete product and has remained so since May 2022.

Evidence

Store description outlines a fully defined, fixed-scope visual novel: 16 CGs, 80,000 words of text, 5 endings, specific character count — consistent with a complete, packaged release with no mention of future content.

description · May 10, 2022 source content shipped

high

All publisher news posts from Playmeow promote other games in their catalog; none reference Dark Secrets of Showbiz or any planned updates for it.

news post · Mar 3, 2026 source ambiguous

low

Details

Developer

Boru

Publisher

Playmeow

Achievements

—

Platform

Windows

Controller

—

Steam Deck

Unsupported

Players

Single-player

Sexual Content Nudity Hentai Mystery Detective Crime Casual Investigation Visual Novel Puzzle Dark Exploration Anime Cute Story Rich

About this game

◆Featured Systems

◇Full CG mode can be turned on in the environment setting, and HCG can be freely browsed.
◇Pressure-Free Operation Support one-click mouse operation-Fast text-to-text system

◆Story

A fire took away my parents and my happy childhood. The only thing it left me was a piece of charred leather, discovered in the fire, with the words "Chen-Yu News" written on it.
I managed to survive in order to find out the truth behind the fire. Years later, I finally got the opportunity to join Chen-Yu News, provided that I would investigate the truth behind the ‘suicide’ of Su Nian, one of the most popular young actresses in the film industry.

“If you want to become your idol Su Nian, you have to experience what she has gone through.”

The closer I got to the people around Su Nian, the more I was amazed at how dirty the entertainment industry was.
The sanctimonious scouts, the malicious agents, and the powerful senpais of the industry...everyone looked at me with greedy eyes and demanded that I “pay” with my body in exchange for opportunities.
The mysterious app “Room S”, the strange purple liquid “soul lose”, etc., all seemed to be piecing together the truth of Su Nian's death.
What had Su Nian gone through? And what did this have to do with Chen-Yu News and the fire in my childhood?

To gather clues in this swamp of desire, should I rot with it, or was there other choices...?

◆Gameplay Instructions

There are multiple options in the main storyline and each choice will affect the final ending.
As the plot develops, explorable areas will gradually open up. The protagonist can choose to [Think] about the current situation, to [Examine] the items she has collected, to [Explore] another location, or to [Take a break] to proceed directly to the main plot in the morning before heading to the designated location. In the process, she gradually collects ‘clues to the truth’ and pieces together the whole story.

◆Game Features

◇16 basic CGs, including more than 180 differentials
◇Game text: 80,000
◇One main female character and two secondary female characters
◇Deduction and the unspoken rules in the entertainment industry themed game
◇Game endings: 5 types (including a ‘virgin’ ending)