Weekly Scout/Issue 12 ・ Jul 23, 2026
Words, deduction and choices
In games driven by reading and judgement, language support matters most. Of these five, only NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD offers official Traditional Chinese.
This is a retrospective issue compiled in October 2026; the date marks the week it covers.
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GNOSIA
A single-player social-deduction RPG from Nagoya's Petit Depotto: find the Gnosia hiding among a spaceship crew, with every loop playing out differently. Steam lists no Traditional Chinese.
✗Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese ✗Korean ✓English
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NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD
A multi-ending adventure from Tokyo's xemono: manage the streamer OMGkawaiiAngel and help her reach one million followers in a month. Deals with mental health and drug use.
✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese ✓Korean ✓English
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Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority-
A multi-ending horror adventure by Japanese manga artist Nankidai: high-schooler Sara is dragged into a death game decided by majority vote. Still in Early Access; English and Japanese only.
✗Trad. Chinese ✗Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese ✗Korean ✓English
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The House in Fata Morgana
A gothic suspense visual novel from Japan's Novectacle, spanning nearly a millennium of tragedy in a cursed mansion. Long; Steam lists no Traditional Chinese.
✗Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese ✓Korean ✓English
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Chinatown Detective Agency
A cybernoir point-and-click detective game from Singapore's General Interactive Co.: ex-cop Amira opens an agency in the Chinatown of 2037 Singapore, and some puzzles send you off to real-world research.
✗Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese ✗Korean ✓English♪
Compiled with AI assistance. Every fact links to its source; the source prevails if we got something wrong.
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