The Diary

The Diary

Released Jun 2025

Several diaries gradually reveal the thrilling story of a missing case; after multiple deductions, are the answers in the past or present? With frequent plot twists, you never know which is the truth and which is the unexpected; in a dense fog, time buries the past, but the marks remain.

68% positive · 207 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence

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Steam $15.99
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Evaluation

The Diary launched on Steam on June 20, 2025 as a complete narrative puzzle game. One week after launch, the development team published a heartfelt message addressing player feedback about content length and story clarity. In that post, the team acknowledged that the game "was only recently completed" after two years of development, and explicitly noted they are now "exploring ways to enhance and refine the game experience" — framing future work as a possibility under discussion rather than a committed plan. While they mentioned they were "currently discussing whether additional content could help address narrative gaps," this is speculative and conditional language, not an announcement of planned content. There are no unreleased DLC listings, no roadmap, and no post-launch content pattern. The game launched as a finished, self-contained story product. As of June 21, 2026 — over a year after launch — no additional content has been announced or shipped.
Evidence
The Diary officially launched on Steam on June 20, 2025 as a complete product with full language support and four diary books comprising the full story.
news post · Jun 20, 2025 source content shipped
high
Developer post-launch message states the game 'was only recently completed' after two years of development. Acknowledges player feedback about limited content and says they are 'currently discussing' whether additional content might be added — framed as uncertain future consideration, not a commitment.
news post · Jun 26, 2025 source ambiguous
medium

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
IndieArk
Achievements
13
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

The Diary is a 2D suspenseful narrative puzzle game that revolves around several distinct "diaries," including a journal full of life but full of doubts, two investigative notebooks written by different people, and the planner's diary, which will all be displayed before you.

By solving each page's puzzle, you will turn the pages and gradually gain insight into a heart-stopping missing case. From different perspectives, you will uncover the buried past behind the case.

· Open an unknown diary and search for its owner while solving puzzles

· Among 6 characters, whose perspective are you reading the diary from?

· With multiple reversals, the answer may be right in front of you or it may never appear

Last evaluated Jun 21, 2026
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