The Sin
Released May 2021
The depressing pictures of a dying village and its inhabitants to the dark ambient music of the underground performers make those who are still trying to survive in places where everything has long died, to plunge even deeper into the world of mystical horror and deep despair
87% positive · 232 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Steam $4.99
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Evaluation
The Sin is a standalone visual novel that launched on May 20, 2021. All four developer news posts are from 2021, and none of them concern post-launch content for The Sin itself. The July and December 2021 posts announce a separate, independent game called "Echoes" (a different Steam app), not additional content for The Sin. There is no DLC listed, no roadmap, no post-launch update pattern, and no developer statement indicating further content for this title. The game launched as a complete, self-contained product and has received no post-launch content updates.
Evidence
Developer announced The Sin's release date of May 20, 2021.
Store description presents The Sin as a complete, self-contained folklore visual novel with no mention of planned updates or additional content.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Baba Nura
Achievements
3
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
The visual novel "The Sin" is an echo of the ancient folklore that permeates the life of the inhabitants of the former USSR. Darkness which came from nothing, and archaic cults associated with the other world of demons and terrors, creeping up into the light in the window with the coming of night.
"The Sin" is a vortex of acute social problems mixed with the silent mysticism of endangered villages. This is fear from the past, collected on the basis of real field work of enthusiasts of local lore, who collected folk stories about witches and their connection with the other world. "The Sin" is a real folklore mystical without matryoshka dolls and balalaikas, frightening and making you look at your life in a new way.
The depressing pictures of a dying village and its inhabitants to the dark ambient music of the underground performers make those who are still trying to survive in places where everything has long died, to plunge even deeper into the world of mystical horror and deep despair
"The Sin" is a vortex of acute social problems mixed with the silent mysticism of endangered villages. This is fear from the past, collected on the basis of real field work of enthusiasts of local lore, who collected folk stories about witches and their connection with the other world. "The Sin" is a real folklore mystical without matryoshka dolls and balalaikas, frightening and making you look at your life in a new way.
The depressing pictures of a dying village and its inhabitants to the dark ambient music of the underground performers make those who are still trying to survive in places where everything has long died, to plunge even deeper into the world of mystical horror and deep despair
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Last evaluated Jun 23, 2026
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