A death reported before it happened.
Norilsk, 2002. The sun will not rise for weeks. A maintenance worker is dead, his work boots are missing, and the official report was prepared before the recorded time of his fall.
You are Voronov, a journalist newly arrived from Dudinka. Beyond the station lies a city of locked offices, crowded clinics and people who have learned to keep quiet. Someone left you a lead. Finding out why could put them in danger.
Black Snow is an illustrated, choice-driven mystery told through twelve chapters. Read, question, investigate and decide how far you are willing to go.
FOLLOW THE PAPER TRAIL
Compare official reports with medical records and witness accounts. Reconstruct events, challenge contradictions and revisit provisional theories. Your notebook keeps documents, testimony and observations separate.
EARN AN ANSWER
Question workers, clerks and reluctant sources. Decide when to press, when to withdraw and whose identity to protect. An accusation can close an interview. A promise can outlast the conversation.
GO BEYOND THE PUBLIC DOOR
Enter restricted company premises or seek another route to the evidence. Avoid violent residents, manage injuries and find shelter from the cold. Reading takes no game time.
CARRY THE CONSEQUENCES
Voronov's health and concentration deteriorate as the investigation deepens. Your choices affect his survival, his sources and what reaches the outside world. Recorded evidence remains available even when his own confidence falters.
A CITY UNDER POLAR NIGHT
Original illustrations, a Russian-language opening with English subtitles, restrained violin music and sparse environmental sound establish a bleak industrial atmosphere. The story and interface are in English.
Chapter One is free. Chapters Two through Twelve require a single full-game purchase. No advertisements, subscriptions or paid retries.
Play the story offline, keep three saved cases and transfer progress with a save file. Purchase restoration and optional Google Play Games cloud saving require an internet connection and the relevant Google account.
Contains fictional violence, death, industrial illness, coercion and psychological distress. Set in a fictionalised Norilsk; not a historical or medical account.
A dead worker. A false report. Investigate a city that doesn't want you asking.