Action · August 22, 2017

White Day: A Labyrinth Named School (2017)

trophy42 achievementsextension41 DLClocal_offer-75% current discountgroup100k–1M ownersrecommend3.6k recommendations
Steel your nerves for a Korean horror without equal! Step into the shoes of student Hee-Min Lee and brave the terrors of Yeondu High School in a terrifying survival horror game filled with puzzles, secrets and - of course - deadly ghosts. SYNOPSIS Prepare yourself for one of the most chilling games ever created! On the eve of gift-giving holiday White Day, new Yeondu High School student Hee-Min Lee slips into school to hide a box of candies for the girl of his dreams. But when the school shutters slam shut, he finds himself trapped in the building overnight, hunted by a killer janitor and haunted by the troubled souls of the dead. Playing as Hee-Min Lee, can you remain hidden, solve the clues and uncover the dark secrets of the building's past to survive the deadly threats? Or will the after-class horrors claim your life before you can escape? With no weapons to defend yourself there’s zero room for error in this tense, stealth-based scarefest brimming with secrets and multiple endings. FEATURES A Classic Horror For A New Generation: The notorious 2001 first-person Korean survival horror considered by original fans to be one of the scariest games ever made returns by popular demand. Completely rebuilt for modern gamers, and finally localized for a western audience, White Day: A Labyrinth Named School is a true videogame nasty Spine-Tingling Story: Trapped inside your school at night, you and your fellow classmates must carefully explore the twisting corridors by torchlight, hiding from possessed stalkers and running from evil spirits as you try to escape. With branching dialogue, collectable ghost stories hidden scares, White Day: A Labyrinth Named School demands to be played with headphones on and the lights off Multiple Endings: Your actions determine where the story goes! Shape your relationship with the other students trapped inside the school to save or sacrifice your friends on the way to unlocking the nine different endings Mind-Bending Puzzles: Thanks to an environment filled with classically-styled survival horror puzzles, White Day tests your brain as much as your run button. Collect items, solve riddles and race against the clock to save your friends from certain doom and unpick the secrets of the school Cheaters Never Prosper: This school’s wise to those who want to take shortcuts! Puzzle solutions change every time, so pack away all thoughts of skipping the scary bits with a guide Innovative Dynamic Scare System: Want to just absorb the story? Play on Very Easy to enjoy the adventure without the challenge. Eager to prove your bravery? Increase the difficulty setting to ramp up the scares and ghost activities, with hauntings ready to spring when you least expect it Traditional Survival Horror Mechanics: Resource-based save points and limited healing items guarantee an edge-of-your-seat thrill ride that takes no prisoners New Features: As well as all-new visuals and audio effects, discover a brand-new character, scenario, reimagined ghosts and special endings created specifically for this remake

Action releases from 2017

180 Action titles launched in 2017 — top 6 by review volume.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Horror · 144
  • Adventure · 111
  • Sexual Content · 105
  • Action · 82
  • Nudity · 82
  • Survival Horror · 74
  • Indie · 69
  • First-Person · 68
  • Puzzle · 62
  • Mature · 59
  • Psychological Horror · 55
  • Dating Sim · 52
  • Singleplayer · 48
  • Atmospheric · 41
  • Anime · 38

Peer Action titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume4.0k Steam reviewsTop 67% in Action
Positive rating81% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 67%
Metacritic67/100Genre average 77 — top 88% of Action titles
Engagement hours6 h averageTop 69% for session depth among Action

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (9)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Russian
  • Korean volume_up
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese volume_up

Full audio (3)

  • English
  • Korean
  • Traditional Chinese

Reception Metrics

Steam community

81%Mostly Positive · 4.0k reviews

3.2k positive · 761 negative

Metacritic

67/100 critic aggregate

Metacritic user score

7.2/10

Curator recommendations

3.6k

Press Quotes

“It's a masterpiece in building tension and in the way that it plays within the classical approach to horror, without relying on jump scares and endless bloodshed.” 90 – Digitally Downloaded “A game I'd strongly encourage for anyone who enjoys a good survival horror game, and misses the days when horror was about disempowering players and using that to inspire terror.” 80 – NZGamer “White Day: A Labyrinth Named School is a shocking surprise that has come out of nowhere.…

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud

Input & Comfort

  • Partial Controller Support

Other

  • Single-player
  • In-App Purchases
  • Family Sharing

Release & Availability

Release dateAug 22, 2017
DeveloperSONNORI Corp
PublisherPQube, SONNORI Corp
Base price$7.49 -75%
DLC / Add-ons41 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Support · [email protected]

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

6h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

3h

Typical completion time

Achievements

42

Steam unlocks available

Editions & Packages

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