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Wretched Tales: Cinderella — A Dark Point-and-Click Puzzle Adventure (Free Demo)

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Wretched Tales: Cinderella is a 2D point-and-click puzzle adventure that retells Cinderella as a dark fairy tale. The free Windows demo is now available on itch.io.

What do you do in the demo?

Help Cinderella prepare dinner. Explore the house and grounds, examine objects for clues, and work out where to use the items you find. As you piece together what you need for the meal, a familiar household task takes a strange turn.

The characters’ expressions and picture bubbles help tell the story. Keep an eye on the objects around you, too: a detail you passed earlier might make more sense once you’ve found the right item.

Play the demo & wishlist on Steam

The free Windows demo supports 14 languages.

Download the demo on itch.io:

https://kyle-haeon.itch.io/wretched-tales-cinderella

Wishlist the full game on Steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4817170/

If you give it a try, we’d love to hear which puzzle stuck with you or where you weren’t sure what to try next.

haoyiming80097545-web2 days ago

Cinderella busy making dinner while the chores slowly turn eerie—haha, I really like that angle.

You mentioned the expressions and image bubbles help tell the story too. Are they mainly there to give puzzle clues, or to let players pick up on things the characters can't say out loud?

kyle_haeon2 days ago

Thanks! I’m glad you like that angle. We use the characters’ expressions and picture bubbles to show what they want, whether it’s a specific item or a deeper desire.

haoyiming80097545-web2 days ago

Using expressions and bubbles to put "wanting an item" and deeper wishes in the same visual language is pretty clever haha. Players actually have to read the character instead of just hunting for items. By the way, would you be down to try a quick, free web AI RPG? I'm helping ISECAI test how characters react to free-text input. It's an anime academy setting, and I'd love to get a creator's first impression. If you're interested, I'll drop the link and a unique invite code right here. 🎮

kyle_haeon1 day ago

Thanks for the kind words! That sounds interesting, and I’d be happy to give it a try. Feel free to share the link and invite code. I’m curious to see how the characters respond to free-text input!

ming1011 day ago

Here we go—thanks for being down to try it out! It's still Yiming from ISECAI, just replying from our team's ming101 account this time.

Playtest link: https://isecai.ai/login

Your personal invite code: VCPEL2VP

Just enter the code at sign-up. It runs right in your browser for free, no download needed. Since you were curious about how characters handle freeform input, try throwing in your own line or action right at the start. See if their expressions, replies, and the story flow actually make sense together. Playing just a tiny bit and telling me the main thing that stood out to you is plenty haha.