Onryō Senki

About Onryō Senki

The player controls the game through simple commands from a text-based sidebar. On the screen, static pictures of scenes are featured. The gameplay is split between day cycles for gathering information and evidence, while late-night hours are for acting on the information acquired. At night, Kitahara can ward off evil spirits using special mantras and mudras through chants and hand gestures.

Onryō Senki features Hiroyuki Kitahara, a programmer who works for a large national bank in the fictional city of Miyadera. When out on a moonlit night, Kitahara gets attacked by demons. The hospital insists that stray dogs had attacked him, and the idea of demons attacking him was from shock. This leads Kitahara to gather more evidence and uncover the truth behind his supernatural encounter.

Kitahara investigates the city and the related phenomena he encountered by creating a program from his computer terminal at home. This gives him a steady stream of reports about people who were officially attacked by "dogs" and "monkeys" as well as a map showing where supposed supernatural hotspots are.