Peculiar Tales of Mid-Lake Pavilion
Released Dec 2021
On a sultry night in late August, I ran into a man carrying a peony lantern at the Mid-Lake Pavilion. In the hazy and dim light, the man told the odd and bizarre stories. Under the overcast rainy sky, the moon setting horizontally, you will be brought into a perplexing, weird, and supernatural world
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All announced content has been released
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Steam $3.99
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Evaluation
Peculiar Tales of Mid-Lake Pavilion launched on December 31, 2021 as a self-described "collection of five short word games." The store description presents it as a complete anthology package covering five distinct stories across genres like ghost stories, sci-fi suspense, and romance. The only DLC released is a soundtrack pack (released February 5, 2022), which is supplementary content rather than a story expansion. The most recent developer communication is a feature patch (version 1.2.0) posted on October 20, 2023, which delivered UI improvements, Japanese voiceovers for some characters, and illustration upgrades — polish and quality-of-life changes rather than new story content. The developer closed that post by noting that "game updates and optimizations will continue in the future," but this language refers to ongoing maintenance rather than new content additions. No new story content, additional episodes, or expansion DLC has been announced or released since launch. The game appears to have shipped as a complete anthology and has since received only refinements to the existing content.
Evidence
Store description presents the game as a finished collection of five short word games covering specific named stories and genres
Only DLC released is a soundtrack pack — no story or content expansions have been listed or released
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
致意
Achievements
6
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
"Peculiar Tales of Mid-Lake Pavilioni" is a collection of five short word games produced by Zhi Yi.
Subjects include ghost stories, urban legends, sci-fi suspense, warm love, etc.

【Midsummer Night·Last Train】
"I" who is confused about the future, stays away from parents who keep arguing and wanders on the streets all day.
Should have been sitting on the last subway that day, going home as usual.
Unexpectedly, I encountered an unexpected accident...
On the last midsummer night of high school, the reunion of boys and girls.
The observed future--

【Ghost Tower】
"Under the mysterious ancient pagoda are buried treasures from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom era."
The protagonist Beichuan strayed into the ghost tower by chance.
Entangled by ghosts, he was rescued by a Taoist priest at a critical moment.
But since then it became possible to see things that shouldn't exist in the world.
The truth of this curse is...?

【Ratman】
The protagonist wakes up and finds that he is imprisoned in a dark iron box.
With a splitting headache, he received a call.
"Call in half an hour to get enough for two million, or I'll crush you."
He who was told so.
Picked up the phone by his side and began his journey to survive ......

[Mirror Room]
The protagonist is poor and lives in a rumored murder house.
On a rainy night, the protagonist's college roommate comes to stay with him.
Mirrored hallucinations, inner entanglements.
Disgusting memories of the past make the atmosphere gradually become spooky ......

【Xiangsi Bridge】
This is a remake of special chapter of “The Adventure of Fei Duanmu” with new artwork and dubbing!
The story takes place in the ancient city of Gusu, Pingjiang Road.
It is about the first encounter between the popular heroine Jin Liu and Fei Duanmu.
Heavenly water town, warm story. Heal your heart.
Last evaluated Jun 22, 2026
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