Detention
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An atmospheric horror game heavily influenced by East Asian culture
- Rating
- 4.2
- 27.6K ratings
- Downloads
- 3.9M+
- on Google Play
- Price
- Free
- In-app purchases
- Updated
- Oct 15
- 2025 · v4.8
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About Detention
[ About Detention ]
Detention is an unique atmospheric horror game heavily influenced by Taiwanese/East Asian culture (Taoism and Buddhism references) based on the 1960s Taiwan under martial law.
With simple point and click mechanism, the player control characters who venture into the school beset by hostile supernatural events to uncover stories behind the haunted place.
Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
* Detention is the IndieCade 2017 award-winning title developed by Red Candle Games.
[ Features ]
- Story-driven atmospheric horror game.
- Unique Taiwanese/East Asian cultural references.
- Original soundtrack fusing Electronic, Lo-Fi, and Rock with traditional Asian instruments.
- Appealing graphics and sound inspired by Taiwanese literature, film and music in the 1960s-70s.
- Single player 2D side-scroller with point and click mechanism.
- Multiple language support. (including English, Chinese, Japanese and Korean)
[ Press Review ]
"A heavy dollop of Silent Hill, it’s a horror game unlike anything else I’ve played."
- Adam Smith, Rock, Paper, Shotgun
"Every facet of Detention moves in one harmonious lockstep towards an unavoidable tragedy, drowning out the world around you."
- Destiny Maddox, Rely On Horror
"The art direction, atmosphere, and audio design are all very well done. It has a polish you don’t often see in adventures by small teams."
- Andy Kelly, PC Gamer
[ More about the Developer ]
Follow Red Candle Games to receive updates about the studio's future titles.
Facebook | https://m.facebook.com/redcandlegames/
Twitter | https://m.twitter.com/redcandlegames/
Instagram | https://m.instagram.com/redcandlegames/
Detention is an unique atmospheric horror game heavily influenced by Taiwanese/East Asian culture (Taoism and Buddhism references) based on the 1960s Taiwan under martial law.
With simple point and click mechanism, the player control characters who venture into the school beset by hostile supernatural events to uncover stories behind the haunted place.
Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
* Detention is the IndieCade 2017 award-winning title developed by Red Candle Games.
[ Features ]
- Story-driven atmospheric horror game.
- Unique Taiwanese/East Asian cultural references.
- Original soundtrack fusing Electronic, Lo-Fi, and Rock with traditional Asian instruments.
- Appealing graphics and sound inspired by Taiwanese literature, film and music in the 1960s-70s.
- Single player 2D side-scroller with point and click mechanism.
- Multiple language support. (including English, Chinese, Japanese and Korean)
[ Press Review ]
"A heavy dollop of Silent Hill, it’s a horror game unlike anything else I’ve played."
- Adam Smith, Rock, Paper, Shotgun
"Every facet of Detention moves in one harmonious lockstep towards an unavoidable tragedy, drowning out the world around you."
- Destiny Maddox, Rely On Horror
"The art direction, atmosphere, and audio design are all very well done. It has a polish you don’t often see in adventures by small teams."
- Andy Kelly, PC Gamer
[ More about the Developer ]
Follow Red Candle Games to receive updates about the studio's future titles.
Facebook | https://m.facebook.com/redcandlegames/
Twitter | https://m.twitter.com/redcandlegames/
Instagram | https://m.instagram.com/redcandlegames/
What’s new
Version 4.8 · Updated October 15, 2025
[Fix] Updated Unity version to Unity 2022.3.62f2 to patch the CVE-2025-59489 vulnerability.
User reviews
Worth it!!! Graphics and background music is just beautiful and amazing.
I just played the demo and i can say, im defenitly going to buy the full version! It is really intresting so far and also spooky. 5 stars for sure.
I wish i could play the full version. This is one of the few mobile games that actually gave me a scare
Nice
I honestly like every single thing about this game! Recommend you to play it
Very interesting game. Although there is not much of a back story, it is still very fun. I reccomend, especially of you do not have access to internet. The puzzles are a bit different to most, they're not that challenging, but definitely different. This game is really cool and I would say worth the money. I'd give t...
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