YOIN: The shadow of dawn
Release date: Nov 5, 2025
Developers: Hypothesis Games
Publishers: Hypothesis Games
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Categories: Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Keyboard Only Option, Mouse Only Option, Playable without Timed Input, Touch Only Option, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing
Supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

🕯️ 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.