灵魂筹码 Soul at Stake
Early access since Jun 2018
Soul at Stake is an oriental-themed 1v4 surviving horror game. There once was a luring urban myth saying that if one can win the game would gain countless money, and his/her destiny would instantly change to become the mightiest overnight. All the participants need only one stake——their souls.
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Soul at Stake is no longer available for purchase on Steam — the store listing shows no purchase options, meaning the game has been removed from sale. The game launched in Early Access on June 25, 2018 and never officially graduated to a full 1.0 release.
During its active period, the developer (Chongming Studio) maintained a consistent update cadence, shipping major character DLC packs roughly every 2–3 months from mid-2018 through early 2022. The final major content release was the "dream come true" DLC on January 26, 2022 (NEWS-1), which added two new characters and a new map. All 60 DLC items in the store listing are marked as released, with the most recent dated January 26, 2022.
There are no developer posts after January 2022, indicating that all official communication ceased as of that date. The store description includes an active bug notice warning players with non-English system language packages not to purchase the game due to an IL2CPP engine bug — this warning was still present at the time the store data was collected, suggesting the developer never resolved it before the game was pulled from sale.
Because the game is no longer purchasable, it is treated as delisted regardless of its Early Access status or development history.
Evidence
Final major content update: 'dream come true' DLC launched January 26, 2022, adding two new characters and a new map. This is the last developer communication on record.
Store listing shows no purchase options available, meaning the game cannot currently be bought on Steam.
Content
60 of 60 released · no outstanding content
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Developer
Publisher
Chongming Studio
Achievements
31
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Players
Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP
About this game
IMPORTANT
Because of an error caused by the IL2CPP engine bug, users who don't have an English language package in their system may be unable to load into the game. We recommend them to not purchase Soul at Stake at the moment until we've fixed this engine bug. This engine bug does not happen to English system usersSoul at Stake is an oriental-themed 1v4 surviving horror game. There once was a luring urban myth saying that if one can win the game would gain countless money as prize, and his/her destiny would instantly change to become the mightiest overnight. All the participants need only one stake——their souls. In the strange and lifeless scene, four gamblers are trying to run away from the devil, but there is no exit. All they can do is to perform a mystery sealing ritual to expel the devil and redeem their souls.
A Tempting Gamble
No one knows that this soul-gambling game is nothing but a hoax made by a ghost called Xi’E (from In Search of the Supernatural, Jin Dynasty). Ghost Xi’E is evil in its nature yet not powerful and unable to perform killing, yet it is a demon who wishes everyone to be evil. It uses the greed in people and lures them to the gamble to perform this cruel soul-gambling game after game.Ghost Xi’E uses its unique power to build dreams, turning the gambling game into a small illusion, luring the participants in it. For those who are inside this illusion, this gambling game is nothing but a real killing game. They will be hunted by devils during the escape, and Ghost Xi’E would conjure many cardholders to allow people to expel those devils who are also the poor souls that are imprisoned by Ghost Xi’E.
Cheated by Ghost Xi’E, gamblers join the game one by one, which keeps the game alive. However, no one will actually win except for the Ghost.
An Unfair Competition
Without exceptions, all the gamblers put their souls at stake. They are dragged into the illusion in groups of four. What they are facing is only one devil, who seems to be outnumbered, yet the gamblers are relatively weaker under the threats of the devil. All they can do is to collect cards, break the seal and expel the devil. However, the items that they redeemed from Ghost Xi’E only add small chances to survival.Ghost Xi’E’s tricks also haunt the devil so that it can never directly catch the preys in order to rouse the killing thirst inside them. The devil must wisely use its powerful pursuing ability to catch and execute the gamblers, or else become dust.
Gamblers with Different Desires
Every gambler who comes to this game is a living soul. They all come here with different purposes, some has lost their loved ones and money and wants to regain youth, beauty and their lives; some runs away from crimes and wants to make the final struggle here; some are innocent and naive, only to be tricked to come here; some come here for brothers, willing to sacrifice for others. However, no matter who they are and what their purposes are, in the eyes of Ghost Xi’E, they are nothing but souls and something to play with.The Cruel and Wronged Devils
Ghost Xi’E gathered countless wronged spirits and transformed them into cruel devils. With the power of resentment, each devil possesses a unique and despairing power.Charming Oriental Scenes
Ghost Xi’E builds illusions one by one based on the real world so that they are too real for one to see the truth. A plagued abandoned train station where heavy bangs and cracking can be heard in the wind. A hundred years old palace that used to be so flourishing is now deserted, terrible sighing can be heard during midnight. A far away Hakka Tulou that was cursed due to a terrible ghost wedding has lost its peace. In these half real and half unreal scenes, gamblers have gradually forgotten the real world.The Stake-redeemed Items
In every gamble, the gamblers can obtain stakes via sealing the cardholders while the devil via catching and killing gamblers. This senseless stakes gave both parties the hopes to win and rouse their greed. The stakes can be redeemed for all kinds of surviving and hunting items from Ghost Xi’E. Beneath these hopes are nothing but the tricks of the demon who only wants to feed on people’s essence and energy.The Game of Souls
In countless gambles, the gamblers and the devils continually explore and learn from each other. As a gambler, one must decide whether to focus on the cardholders or helping the injured teammates, or escape by items or depending only on themselves. As a devil, one must decide whether to hunting or waiting for gamblers to come to you, whether to chase or sneaking attack. Each encounter is a game, and every choice might endanger your soul. It is a game of souls after all, and the stake is your life.The Inflated Desires
In order to entangle all the participants, Ghost Xi’E uses many ways to assist the growth of gamblers and devils. In order to win more gambles, the gamblers and the devils must constantly enhance themselves to discover more abilities so that they might live a little bit longer to meet another unknown gamble. This is for filling the bottomless greed, also simply for surviving.Last evaluated Jul 22, 2026
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