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Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
254 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
119 months, November 2016 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 158 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
11 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
Detention was released on 12 Jan, 2017.
Detention is set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law and includes elements of psychological horror, trauma, and depictions of supernatural entities.
| Language | Full audio |
|---|---|
| English | |
| Simplified Chinese | |
| Traditional Chinese | |
| Japanese | |
| Korean |
A blank audio cell means full audio was not marked in the returned language list.
8 achievements in total.
14 developer announcements, Jan 2017 to Jul 2018 · times in UTC
Hi All, We are Red Candle Games. While our whole team has been busy working on a new horror title; for the past months, we’ve also been preparing for Detention’s Korean version. We are excited to share this news - Detention is now…
RedCandleGamesHi All, After Detention is out, we received messages from some amazing fellows, sharing their translations with us. Unfortunately, at the moment we do not have enough resources to make them as official content. Still, we feel that their…
RedCandleGamesThank you all for your support and playing our game! In order to provide better gaming experience, for the past months, we have been working closely with Playism for the Japanese translation. Finally, we are glad to share with you all that…
奧爾良嫩切豬肉淋飯Thank you all for your support and playing our game! In order to provide better gaming experience, for the past months, we have been working closely with Playism for the Japanese translation. Finally, we are glad to share with you all that…
Patch notesHi All, Thank you all for your support and playing our game! In order to provide better gaming experience, for the past months, we have been working closely with Playism for the Japanese translation. Finally, we are glad to share with you…
RedCandleGamesHi All, Thank you all for your support and playing our game! In order to provide better gaming experience, for the past months, we have been working closely with Playism for the Japanese translation. Finally, we are glad to share with you…
RedCandleGames+Bug Fixed Add 22:9 wide screen support. +Chinese typo fixed 『仲庭』->『仲廷』 +English typo fixed 『I Ching』->『Yi Ching』 『Jiaxin』->『Jia Xin』 『Chong Ting』->『Chung Ting』 『Conpetition』->『Competition』 +Taiwanese typo fixed…
無餡包子+Bug Fixed Fixed game crushes under 21:9 wide screen. (Remark: The game can be run with 21:9 ultrawide screen, but the graphics is still set at 16:9) +Chinese typo fixed 『仲庭』->『仲廷』 +English typo fixed 『I Ching』->『Yi Ching』 『Jiaxin』->『Jia…
無餡包子1. Fixed certain spec's crash during observing objects. 2. Scripts Revisions.
RedCandleGames1. Fixed certain spec's crash during observing objects. 2. Scripts Revisions.
Patch notes- Revised the line including "strike the child" near the end of chapter 3, did not match the meaning of the original chinese text.
RedCandleGames- Revised the line including "strike the child" near the end of chapter 3, did not match the meaning of the original chinese text.
Patch notesHi friend! On behalf of Red Candle Games we’d like to sincerely thank you all for the support during the past year and half. We’re a Taiwanese indie studio with a team of eight, and Detention is a game that we truly put our heart and soul…
RedCandleGamesHi friend! On behalf of Red Candle Games we’d like to sincerely thank you all for the support during the past year and half. We’re a Taiwanese indie studio with a team of eight, and Detention is a game that we truly put our heart and soul…
RedCandleGamesEverything Steam lists as add-on content for this game, newest first. Prices are left out on purpose: the store answers this page in one currency and it is not the reader's.
| Name | Platforms | Released |
|---|---|---|
| Detention - Original Soundtracks | WindowsmacOSLinux | 12 Jan 2017 |
What Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launch | Detention.exe | windows | ||
| Launch | Detention.app | macos | ||
| Launch | Detention.x86 | linux |
The folders Steam Cloud syncs. The root is a token Steam uses for a location on your own machine, not a path this page can know.
| Root | Folder | Files |
|---|---|---|
WinAppDataLocalLow | RedCandleGames\Detention\ | *.json and below |
MacAppSupport | unity.RedCandleGames.Detention/ | *.json and below |
LinuxHome | .config/unity3d/RedCandleGames/Detention/ | *.json and below |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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