HAEON STUDIO's 2D point-and-click puzzle adventure game, "Wretched Tales: Cinderella," has launched a free demo on Steam for Windows PC. The full version is currently scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2027, with specific dates and pricing yet to be announced.
The game reinterprets the Cinderella story in the style of a dark fairy tale. The demo begins with Cinderella preparing dinner for her family. Players need to investigate the house and surrounding areas, examine objects, find clues, and collect materials, then use items in the appropriate locations to gradually gather ingredients and prepare the meal. As the puzzles progress, even ordinary household chores reveal an eerie side.
The game primarily conveys information through visual cues. Characters express their desired items or desires through facial expressions, gestures, and image bubbles. Players need to understand these hints and pay attention to changes in objects and the environment after interactions to determine their next move. Item combinations are not performed in a traditional inventory interface but are directly matched and used within the scene.
The demo supports fourteen languages, including Traditional Chinese, allowing players to experience the game's visual cues, click-to-investigate mechanics, and in-scene combination system. Details regarding the full story length, the complexity of subsequent puzzles, and the final quality of language localization will await further announcements from the official release.