Kyofu Yawa: Second Night

Three ghost stories, told in an old-fashioned café on a rainy night—

This is the second game in the Kyofu Yawa series of horror visual novels, in which you click to advance the story.

The story stands on its own, so you can enjoy this game even if you start here.

Text and sound slowly build a sense of dread, preserving the atmosphere of a classic Japanese ghost story.

Settle in and listen closely to the three storytellers in a café filled with the sound of rain.

A rainy night in the 1990s—when mobile phones and the internet were not yet part of everyday life.

The rain keeps falling. You, a freelance writer for a third-rate occult magazine, sit down with three people in an old-fashioned café to interview them about firsthand ghost stories sent in by readers.

One is a timid young man who lived in fear of sounds beneath the floorboards of an old single-story house, rented for 15,000 yen a month.

One is a soccer coach who encountered “something” at an old junior high school on a night of torrential rain.

One is a cold, composed woman who saw something she should never have seen at an abandoned hotel in the mountains.

Each should have been just another ghost story, perfect for filling the pages of a third-rate magazine.

But even after you have heard all three stories, the night of interviews is not over—

Even so, should you let this night end as nothing more than a ghost story?

◆ Three ghost stories told in one night

Beneath the floorboards of a single-story house. An old school building in the rain. An abandoned hotel in the mountains. Choose the order in which you hear the three stories.

◆ The lingering echoes of a ghost story

Through the memories the three storytellers recount, experience the distinctive fear and lingering echoes of ghost stories that stay with you long after you finish reading.

◆ The ending that awaits beyond this night

Once you have heard all three stories, the actions you choose will change the ending you reach.

◆ Connections to the first game

The story is self-contained, so you can start here without having played the first game.

If you have played the first game, you may glimpse part of a mystery left behind that night.

◆ Endings

Four in total: one TRUE END, one NORMAL END, and two BAD ENDs.

◆ Playtime

Approximately 2–2.5 hours, with more than twice the text of the first game.

*Playtime varies depending on your reading speed.

Basic Controls

• Enter / Left Click: Advance the story

• Esc / Right Click: Open the menu

• Ctrl: Skip (stops at unread text by default)

• Mouse Wheel Up: Open the history

• F: Switch between windowed and fullscreen modes

*This game is optimized for mouse and keyboard controls.

Content Warning

*This game contains depictions of blood and mutilated corpses, as well as psychologically distressing content (psychological horror). Please refrain from playing if you are sensitive to these themes.

Streaming and Let’s Plays

You are welcome to stream or record the entire game, including monetized videos and streams.

*Images for use in thumbnails and streams, along with the guidelines, are available through the “Visit the website” link on the right side of the store page.

*When streaming or uploading videos, we would greatly appreciate it if you included the game’s title, “Kyofu Yawa: Second Night,” in your video title and a link to this Steam store page in the video description!

*The Japanese title, 恐怖夜話, is read “Kyofu Yawa” (きょうふやわ).

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