Masquerade

Adventure· Puzzle· Choose Your Own Adventure· 3D

Released Jul 2025

Inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, explore a mysterious 3D theater in this immersive, fully voiced adventure. Follow Romeo and the Narrator on a quest to save Juliet—but beware of the lights…

98% positive · 107 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

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Done

All announced content has been released

Medium confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Steam Free

Evaluation

Masquerade launched on July 4, 2025 as a free-to-play narrative adventure game. The store description presents it as a complete, self-contained story — a fully voiced, immersive 3D reimagining of Romeo and Juliet with no mention of DLC, expansions, seasons, or future content updates. The developer has published no news posts about future content or ongoing development plans. There are no DLC listings of any kind. The game appears to have launched as a finished product with no post-launch content cycle. The recently launched window (180 days from release) has already passed as of October 7, 2026, with no developer communications indicating further content. The game is complete as shipped.

Evidence

Store description presents a complete, self-contained narrative adventure with no mention of DLC, seasons, or planned future content

description · Jul 4, 2025 source ambiguous

medium

Short description describes a finished story experience — no indication of ongoing updates or future content

store metadata · Jul 4, 2025 source ambiguous

low

Media

Details

Developer

DEUS EX MACHINA TROUPE

Publisher

ARTFX - GAME

Achievements

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Platform

Windows

Controller

full support

Steam Deck

Not rated

Players

Single-player

Adventure Puzzle Choose Your Own Adventure 3D Third Person Free to Play Casual Stylized Dark Linear

About this game

Abducted by the dangerous Theater, Juliet has been turned into a puppet. Guided by the mysterious Narrator, Romeo will embark on a twisted journey through faux decors, rotating sets, and deceptive backstages.

What secrets lie beneath the Theater?

Inspired by the original Romeo and Juliet of Shakespeare, rediscover key beats of their tragedy in this expansive 3D reimagination. Explore the Theater and its mysteries in this fully voiced immersive narrative adventure, follow Romeo and the Narrator in their quest to save Juliet, but be wary of the lights…

Who knows, maybe you’ll even find out what’s hiding below the stage?

Explore a story’s worth of beautiful hand-crafted theater sets.

Solve more than a dozen real-time puzzles containing rotating sets, dangerous lights, and varied challenges.

Experience a fully-voiced original story inspired by the world of the theater.

Move through a classic three-act structure as the story progresses.

Immerse yourself in a spectacle, from start to finish, and play as its main actor.

Live through the narration in English or in French (voices only available in English).

Masquerade is a Graduation Project by ARTFX Promo 2025’s students, in collaboration with sound designers from Slope Audio Training, a composer from MAAV, and two talented voice actors.

Led and united under a common vision of the project, they worked together for over a year to create this game. No compromise, only passion.
We hope you’ll like it.

Made with Unreal Engine 5.4

Playing with a controller is recommended.