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YOIN: The shadow of dawn

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🕯️ YOIN: The Shadow of Dawn

You awaken without a voice. Without a body. Without time. Only one desire burns in your soul: to reclaim what was once your home.

In a world painted with ink and melancholy, you are a wandering spirit returning from the beyond to reclaim your village, now destroyed by invaders.

🎮 What is YOIN?

YOIN: The Shadow of Dawn is a 2D top-down adventure and tactical action game set in a dreamlike feudal Japan. You are a ghost, invisible to humans, yet their life force hurts you.

🔮 Key Features:

  • 👻 Play as a vengeful spirit: invisible to the naked eye, but perceptible through your actions.

  • 🕰️ Time is your enemy: you lose energy simply by existing in the world of the living.

  • 🗡️ Reclaim your essence by defeating soldiers: only through killing do you recover life.

  • 🌿 Absorb energy from nature: trees, plants, and surrounding objects are your arsenal.

  • 🧠 Tactical stealth combat: your invisibility is your power, but also your vulnerability.

  • 📜 Fragmented narrative: explore ruins, shrines, and cemeteries to discover who you were… and why you came back.

  • 🧩 Experience-based progression: unlock abilities, improve attributes, and unveil your destiny.

  • 🌒 Hand-drawn art design: each area has a unique aesthetic inspired by Japanese mythology.

You are death returned.

Explore. Survive. Remember. Discover.

Achievements

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town

town

3.5%

where you had the revelation

beach

beach

7.1%

what gave you tremendous power like that of the waves

desert

desert

7.1%

what gave you ancient wisdom

underworld

underworld

7.1%

where you found liberation

forest

forest

7.1%

where you achieved all your learning

YOIN: The shadow of dawn

Play as a wandering spirit in a dreamlike feudal Japan. Reclaim your village by facing enemies. Explore mysterious areas, upgrade your skills, uncover fragments of your past, and get your revenge.

Developer

Hypothesis Games

Publisher

Hypothesis Games

Release Date

05 November, 2025

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