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Astronomic Games · Published by New Reality Games
Very Positive — 91% positive (53 reviews) · 29 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
You are detective Hank Anderson , and you’ve just been transferred to another city to help solve a series of unusual crimes. Upon arrival, you are greeted with a gory scene and a revelation of several instances of a deadly disease that turns people into savage zombie-like husks.
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Indie, RPG · 2018 · More under £5 games
Step into the shoes of detective Hank Anderson as you investigate mysterious crimes that lead to a terrifying discovery in Snares of Ruin, an indie RPG from Astronomic Games where your choices could mean life or death for the city.
About this game
Synopsis
You are detective Hank Anderson , and you’ve just been transferred to another city to help solve a series of unusual crimes. Upon arrival, you are greeted with a gory scene and a revelation of several instances of a deadly disease that turns people into savage zombie-like husks. Upon closer inspection, it appears there’s more to all this, and peculiar events do not stop. It is up to you now to solve this mystery and find out who or what has caused this.
During your investigation, you will have to make choices, find allies, and improve your abilities, for all this will affect how the story shapes up. You will meet fascinating female characters throughout. What kind of relationship you forge with each one of them is up to you, but be aware that your relationships with the ladies will impact the investigation one way or another.
Features
- A detective story with choice and consequence, set in a modern-day urban fantasy world.
- 6 female characters to romance, all unique in some way, ranging from a sexy vampire to a cute elf!
- Build romantic or platonic relationships with the ladies in a variety of ways: dialogue options, sidequests, and even take them out on dates.
- Choose to specialise in athletics, charisma, erudition, or mix and match those abilities to open up new ways of tackling the missions.
- Your stance with each lady could affect the flow of events, their interactions with you and each other, as well as their final fate.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
Minimum:
- OS *: WindowsR 7/8/8.1/10 (64bit)
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 9/OpenGL 4.1 capable GPU
- Storage: 1 GB available space
Supported Languages
English
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
Astronomic Date is now out!
Hi everyone! Astronomic Date is now out and available for purchase and playing. Good luck in charming these beautiful ladies and having a successful date! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2290250/Astronomic_Date/?curator_clanid=4777282&utm_source=SteamDB {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31584257/bf82959c5cdf81bbcc4a70d26b9b259c0611a5ae.pngRead full article on Community Announcements (White Shadow)AnnouncementsOfficial
"Holiday with Gwen" is now out!
Hello everyone! 'Holiday with Gwen' is now available! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2113300/Holiday_with_Gwen/Read full article on Community Announcements (White Shadow)AnnouncementsOfficial
'Holiday with Gwen' store page is up!
Hi everyone. The Steam store page for 'Holiday with Gwen' is now up with the game description and screenshots. The release is planned for late September if all goes well. Thank you for support! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2113300/Holiday_with_Gwen/Read full article on Community Announcements (White Shadow)Patch NotesOfficial
Holiday with Gwen - Development Update 2
Hi everyone. It's been a while since the last update on the current game. If you recall, this new game project takes place in the Snares of Ruin universe. Hank and Gwen are on a special mission in an exotic country, but there are plenty of chances to do fun activities and develop romance too. The game is a visual novel mainly with some dialogue choices. The development is still going. It was slower than I hoped in the last few months, but it is still going. For this reason, the game is unlikely to be ready this summer as originally expected, but aiming to have it ready sometime this autumn. The exact date will be confirmed later. Thank you all for the continuous support, comments and reviews! Here are a couple of new screenshots from the game. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31584257/86a43f369be29e6de735e8d95d418137e03eff50.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31584257/b86d269cf6c6e810ab22b38efd44a11789af9d58.pngRead full article on Community Announcements (White Shadow)Patch NotesOfficial
Next project development update 1
Hello everyone! A big thanks for the support and feedback relating to 'Cold Verdict' and 'Pegasus: Broken Wings', both of which came out late last year. In this update I wanted to shed some light on the next project I am currently working on. I already briefly mentioned this one in one of the past updates, so some of you will already know what I'm talking about. So this project will be a visual novel as well, in the same gameplay style as 'Cold Verdict', but in terms of story and genre entirely different. In fact it will take place in the 'Snares of Ruin' universe and will follow our two main protagonists - Hank and Gwen. The two detectives are sent abroad to an exotic country for a special assignment. But of course, while there, they are also going to enjoy themselves - visiting the beach, the swimming pool, the historical town areas, fancy cafes, and so on. There is of course going to be a hefty amount of romance here, and since the only romantic interest here is Gwen, there will be plenty of scenes (in some previous games, having multiple possible romantic interests, it meant players would only experience a small portion of them, so each romantic interest had a small number of them). So there will be some detective work and action scenes and also plenty of down time, romance, and fun. As with 'Cold Verdict', all the 3D images will be done in Daz3D. Here are a couple of screenshots. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31584257/bb4a21fcd274c08ad45c6f748c5af18bb219faa6.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31584257/920dfed053711825dbfef8543384d2f6ccc0d1fe.png Thanks again for all the support and stay tuned for further updates!Read full article on Community Announcements (White Shadow)
