Lying Souls

About

Lying Souls is a first person mystery game where you piece together a fractured family history through environmental puzzles and narrative choices. Developed by Troxy Studios, it tasks you with uncovering the truth behind a long buried incident by exploring a series of interconnected story fragments. Each decision you make shifts the perspective of events, forcing you to question reliability of memory and intent. The game unfolds in a quiet but unsettling atmosphere, blending sparse dialogue with symbolic imagery to build tension. What sets Lying Souls apart is its focus on moral ambiguity and nonlinear storytelling. While the gameplay follows a set path, the narrative loops and recontextualizes events based on your interpretations. Players appreciate the deliberate pacing and the way it avoids direct exposition, instead encouraging close attention to detail. With a 72% on Metacritic, it appeals to those who enjoy cerebral puzzles and character driven stories. The lack of hand holding can frustrate some but rewards patience with a haunting conclusion that lingers.

Storyline

It was a while ago when all this happened. With time, the incident has calmed down. You don't know anything anymore and step by step you find out the truth and why it all happened. You are now on a dangerous path of darkness. Are you someone who runs away from your problems, or do you face them? It is entirely your decision. It is up to you alone whether you can clear up the incident and find out the truth. In Lying Souls you'll enter a story in which you'll have to solve, in first person, the mysterious circumstances of a long-past incident in your family. You'll experience different parts of the story and you'll have to logically sort everything. The gameplay is linear, but the story is not.