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A Clockwork Ley-Line: The Borderline of Dusk

Unison Shift: Blossom · Sekai Project · 2017-12-18

Steam

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Text

Releases: Dec 18, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In a mysterious school where day and night are two separate worlds, a mismatched trio work to resolve magic-related incidents. A world of magic, intrigue, mystery and the occult awaits you!

93%
positive of 81 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

Koga Michiru is a newly enrolled first-year student at a academy with a notably large clock tower located deep in the mountains. Unfortunately, on his first day of teachings, he gets caught up in some sudden trouble and accidentally breaks an expensive-looking statue. In order to compensate for the broken statue, the principal orders him and the boy who caused the incident to work for the school’s “Bureau for the Investigation of Special Affairs.” When they arrive at the Bureau’s headquarters, a room situated in the academy’s enormous underground library, a girl is waiting for them there wit(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 59% of 16,862 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.0k–4.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 81 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.99 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

CuteAnimeMagicNudityMysteryAdventureStory RichCrowdfundedKickstarterSingleplayer

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