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Content notice: The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story is a story of life and death. In uncovering the mystery of the Shijima family's chain of inexplicable deaths spanning a century, you will uncover acts of violence, crime and death. Your investigations will contain imagery of blood, drugs and violence. The game contains adult themes and scenes some may find distressing.
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Last updated 27 Sept 2026
Unravel the mysteries of death, and find the answers to life.A unique Mystery-Adventure Game:The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story
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Delve into the enigmatic world of The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story, where解开死亡之谜，探索生与死的故事。Square Enix以独特的冒险解谜游戏带你体验一个充满未知的世界。
About this game
The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story BEHIND THE SCENES
● Bonus Film: The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story BEHIND THE SCENES
Interviews with the main cast and guest stars, capturing the on-set environment as it really was!
Supported Languages
Voices: Japanese
Subtitles: Japanese, English, French, Italy, German, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and Korean.
*This includes spoilers, so we recommend watching it after completing the game.
The Centennial Case : A Shijima Story (DEMO)
- The demo includes specifications that differ to the full game.
- Save data from the demo cannot be carried over to the full game.
A unique and immersive live-action mystery-adventure, surrounding the theme of eternal Life.
Solve an age-old mystery using your powers of deduction to uncover the truth.
Collect clues, establish a hypothesis, and use logic to break through the mysteries.
In this demo, you will be able to play the prologue (tutorial) and the first case, set in 1922, through to the point at which you unravel the mystery of the case.
About the Game
The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story is a new unique mystery-adventure game.
Directed by Koichiro Ito, and with Yasuhito Tachibana as the Cinematographer and Scenario Director, beautiful yet thrilling live-action footage intertwines with mysteries to solve, creating highly immersive gameplay.
The player follows a chain of murders which take place over the span of a century. Four murders have been committed in three different time periods - 1922, 1972, and 2022.
Each episode is comprised of three parts, the Incident phase, the Reasoning phase, and the Solution phase, inviting the player to seamlessly enter into this world of mystery.
Explore these time periods, collect multiple clues, and solve a 100-year mystery.
The Shijima family have suffered a chain of inexplicable deaths over the past century.
When Haruka Kagami, a mystery novelist, visits the Shiijmas, she finds herself taking on four different murder cases - occurring at different points in time.
The red camellia and the Fruit of Youth, which invite only death.
And the truth behind it all, waiting to be uncovered...
Haruka Kagami, the main character, is an up-and-coming mystery writer.
Play as Haruka Kagami and pit your wits against the murder cases.
Each murder case comprises of three parts.
The Incident phase: See the entire murder as it unfolds, from start to end. The keys needed to solve the mysteries surrounding the murder can always be found in the video itself.
The Reasoning phase: Put together the [Clues] and [Mysteries] found during the Incident phase and create a hypothesis in your cognitive space. You can create multiple hypotheses, but not all of them will be correct. Some things you uncover may lead you down the wrong path.
The Solution phase: Pin down the killer based on the hypothesis you created in the Reasoning phase. Select the correct hypothesis to determine the killer. When facing a trickier culprit, they may attempt to refute your claims, so strike back with your reasoning!
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
Minimum:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows® 10 64-bit
- Processor: AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200 / Intel® Core™ i5-6400
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon™ R7 240 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 730
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 20 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card
- Additional Notes: 30 FPS @ 1280x720
Recommended
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows® 10 64-bit
- Processor: AMD Ryzen™ 5 1400 / Intel® Core™ i7-6700
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon™ RX 460 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 20 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card
- Additional Notes: 60 FPS @ 1920x1080
Supported Languages
English*, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese*, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean
*languages with full audio support
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Update Content
Minor bugs have been fixed.Read full article on Community Announcements (TM_J)AnnouncementsOfficial
The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story BEHIND THE SCENES paid DLC now available
As of today, The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story BEHIND THE SCENES – initially available as a pre-purchase or early purchase bonus – is now available as paid DLC. The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story BEHIND THE SCENES Interviews with the main cast and guest stars, capturing the on-set environment as it really was! (This video includes spoilers, so we recommend watching it after completing the game.) (The “Bonus Video” option under “Extras” on the Title Menu will be unlocked, allowing you to play the video from within the game.) Supported Languages Voices: Japanese Subtitles: Japanese, English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, KoreanRead full article on Community Announcements (naktomom)AnnouncementsOfficial
Demo now available for The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story!
As of today, a demo is now available for The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story. The demo allows you to play through the Prologue (the tutorial) and up to the point where you unravel the mysteries behind the first incident, set in 1922. Take this opportunity to enjoy the sleuthing experience of The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story! The Shijima family have suffered a chain of inexplicable deaths over the past century. When Haruka Kagami, a mystery novelist, visits the Shiijmas, she finds herself taking on four different murder cases - occurring at different points in time. The red camellia and the Fruit of Youth, which invite only death. And the truth behind it all, waiting to be uncovered... This is a new, unique mystery-adventure game about the question of eternal life. (The demo includes some specifications that work differently to the full game.) (Save data from the demo cannot be carried over to the full game.)Read full article on Community Announcements (naktomom)Patch NotesOfficial
Contents of the Second Update
● Adjusted part of the “Rules for Reasoning”. ● Changed “Suspend” to “Save”. ● Improved the explanation in the tutorial about moving “Clues”. ● Improved the content of the notes in Chapter 5. ● Added the following features to Options: ・ Feature allowing cursor movement (both free and investigation) controls when using a gamepad to be set to either to left or right stick. ・ Feature allowing adjustment of cursor movement speed (both free and investigation). ・ Feature that toggles the Pattern Guide on “Clues” and “Mysteries”. ● Adjusted and improved the following areas in the Cognitive Reasoning Space. ・ Enlarged the valid area, making it easier to fit “Clues”. ・ Made it so the path can be moved whilst holding a “Clue”. ・ Made improvements to allow you to skip through line-by-line when viewing “Hypotheses”. ・ Made improvements to allow you to skip the whole summary conversation. ・ Changed so that “Clues” can be connected from any point when connecting several “Clues” on the path. ● ! on the title screen. Fixed a bug that prevented the exclamation mark from disappearing. ● Fixed a bug that, under certain conditions, caused the video to stop before moving onto a question. ● Corrections of errors in the Korean text, and in the text and video for other languages. ● Other minor bug fixes.Read full article on Community Announcements (sunilg)Patch NotesOfficial
The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story 4K Video Pack is now available!
The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story 4K Video Pack is available as of today. Applying this DLC will allow you to upgrade the live-action video sections of The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story to ultra high definition. Please follow the steps below to download the bonus separately. 1. Open your library and select "The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story". 2. Click "Manage DLC", displayed in the DLC section on the right-hand side. 3. Tick the box next to the DLC that you wish to download. If the game itself is already installed, then following the steps above will install the DLC. (In order to apply this DLC, you must possess the full game. Furthermore, there must be 36GB or more of available storage in addition to that required for the full game.) In order to apply this DLC, you must possess the full game as well as 36GB or more of available storage. Please confirm your available storage space before applying the DLC.Read full article on Community Announcements (SEE TobyC)
