Myths of Rules

Myths of Rules

Released Aug 2023

This is a text-based adventure puzzle game, where you must struggle to survive in a world filled with ghosts and urban legends. While collecting clues, you'll uncover the truth behind the world and find the way out. The game features a wealth of levels, unconventional rules, and a touch of horror.

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Evaluation

Myths of Rules launched on August 30, 2023 and has received four major free content updates post-launch: "God Bless Hospital" (October 27, 2023), "Huxing Hotel" (February 9, 2024), "SongJiang Park" (June 28, 2024), and "Solar Gym" (January 30, 2025). These updates establish a cadence of roughly one new level every 3–8 months. The store description still contains an explicit developer promise: "This game will continue to receive free updates with more levels in the future." This is a standing commitment to ongoing content, and the developer has never posted anything indicating that development has concluded. The last major content release was January 30, 2025 — approximately 20 months before today's date of October 1, 2026. This does exceed the historical 3–8 month cadence window, which is worth noting, but the developer's own store description remains unchanged as a live promise of future content, and there is no developer statement signaling the end of updates. The overall picture is a small indie studio that ships content infrequently, with a still-active public commitment to more levels.
Evidence
New level 'Solar Gym' released as a free update — the most recent major content drop, as of the news archive.
news post · Jan 30, 2025 source content shipped
high
New level 'SongJiang Park' released as a free update.
news post · Jun 28, 2024 source content shipped
high

Media

Details

Publisher
Sugarcane Games
Achievements
120
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

Gameplay

Explore the world by clicking on nodes, and interact with the world using items to solve puzzles. Understand the behavior of ghosts and urban legends by reading the rules, analyzing their weaknesses, and finding a way to survive through the correct actions. Live through a world filled with dangers and crises.
Store your progress until you find the most hidden truth of the story.

Story

Due to extreme emotions, deep obsessions, and stories passed from mouth to mouth, urban legends were born. They are ghosts that weave through tall buildings, turning the places they inhabit into haunted realms. When you accidentally become ensnared in their world, all you can rely on are those cold, unfeeling rules. As you become more and more entrenched, surrounded by danger, you may suddenly wonder: Who wrote these rules? Why are they full of contradictions? Can they truly help you survive in this bizarre world of ghostly tales?

Features

  • Engaging node interactions and puzzle-solving.
  • Complex rules; be cautious and mindful of your every action.
  • Interested item mechanics and ghosts behavior.
  • Save and load feature for both standard and customizable levels.
  • Customizable levels, create your own rules and ghostly tales.

Custom Level Tutorial

Free Content Updates

This game will continue to receive free updates with more levels in the future.

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Last evaluated Oct 1, 2026
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