Stormhill Mystery: Family Shadows
Released Jan 2019
Stormhill Mystery: Family Shadows is a fantastic casual puzzle adventure game. This is an excellent family story with a paranormal twist! Your family’s past is more interesting than any story. And it's not over yet...
79% positive · 167 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
Stormhill Mystery: Family Shadows launched on January 28, 2019 as a self-contained casual puzzle adventure game. The store description markets it as a complete experience with "bonus content" included — consistent with the "Developer's Edition" packaging common in this genre, where the bonus chapter ships alongside the main game rather than as a separate post-launch release. Of the 12 developer news posts on record, only one is tagged as major content, and the developer communications are largely focused on other games in their catalog — specifically the Angelo and Deemon series. No DLC has been announced or listed for this game, and the developer has made no statements about additional content for it. The game appears to have launched as a finished product and received only routine bug fix and localization patches afterward.
Evidence
Store description presents the game as a complete package with bonus content included, framed as a finished standalone adventure
Most recent developer communication is about a different game (Angelo and Deemon 2), with no mention of new content for Stormhill Mystery
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Specialbit Studio
Achievements
10
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
Stormhill Mystery: Family Shadows is a fantastic casual puzzle adventure game. This is an excellent family story with a paranormal twist!
"Your family’s past is more interesting than any story. And it's not over yet..."
One of my father’s stories was my favorite: “Once upon a time there lived a merchant with his wife. The family was happy and had never known grief. However, their maid, Julianne, was jealous of the little family's happiness and secretly dreamed of taking the place of a beloved wife. She learned of unholy powers hidden deep within the manor that could be summoned by a ritual … although there was a cost. She cursed the merchant's wife, unleashed deadly powers. The merchant vows to devote the rest of his life to finding a way to release his beloved wife from her cursed world.”
Years have passed. My father dies, but he leaves me a message: “Your favorite fairy tale was the true story of our family. I tried to free your mother's spirit, but I failed. I beg you to finish what I could not. The solution is waiting in our old family home.”
As a son, I must “write” the happy ending for my family’s story.
"Your family’s past is more interesting than any story. And it's not over yet..."
One of my father’s stories was my favorite: “Once upon a time there lived a merchant with his wife. The family was happy and had never known grief. However, their maid, Julianne, was jealous of the little family's happiness and secretly dreamed of taking the place of a beloved wife. She learned of unholy powers hidden deep within the manor that could be summoned by a ritual … although there was a cost. She cursed the merchant's wife, unleashed deadly powers. The merchant vows to devote the rest of his life to finding a way to release his beloved wife from her cursed world.”
Years have passed. My father dies, but he leaves me a message: “Your favorite fairy tale was the true story of our family. I tried to free your mother's spirit, but I failed. I beg you to finish what I could not. The solution is waiting in our old family home.”
As a son, I must “write” the happy ending for my family’s story.
Developers edition features:
- Complete your family’s story
- Bonus content
- It looks like a HOG and it plays like a HOG, but it ain't one
- Discover morphing objects as you play
- Haunted atmosphere
- Open world locations to explore
- Eerie encounters and mystery
- Pure puzzle adventure gameplay
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 26, 2026
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