https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/ Deep-dive walkthroughs for the ARG and browser games we build ourselves, written in English. en Sun, 08 Nov 2026 02:14:02 GMT https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/noSuchNumber/no-such-number-complete-walkthrough-2026-11-06/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/noSuchNumber/no-such-number-complete-walkthrough-2026-11-06/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT A full No Such Number walkthrough: ten cases, the hard cut into the night switchboard, four secret lines, four endings, and a number check. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/yexing/yexing-complete-walkthrough-2026-11-07/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/yexing/yexing-complete-walkthrough-2026-11-07/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT A full Night Haul walkthrough: the 30 km time budget, corner technique, a checkpoint plan for all three roads, nitro placement and crash recovery. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/clearDay/clear-day-complete-walkthrough-2026-11-05/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/clearDay/clear-day-complete-walkthrough-2026-11-05/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT A full One Clear Day walkthrough: ten cases, the hard cut into the night world, four secret lines and four endings. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/renewal/renewal-complete-walkthrough-2026-11-05/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/renewal/renewal-complete-walkthrough-2026-11-05/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT Full walkthrough: all eleven search answers with where they are written, the date-stamp evidence, and what each ending costs. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/eyeOfTheAbyss/eye-of-the-abyss-complete-walkthrough-2026-06-25/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/eyeOfTheAbyss/eye-of-the-abyss-complete-walkthrough-2026-06-25/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Act-by-act route, 24 sites, all 15 puzzle answers, 42 clues and the four ending conditions, checked against the 2026-10-26 rewrite. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/eyeOfTheAbyss/eye-of-the-abyss-cross-world-connections-2026-07-28/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/eyeOfTheAbyss/eye-of-the-abyss-cross-world-connections-2026-07-28/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Who Zhou Ning, Shen Yuan, Shen Jianguo, Chen Xiaoman and Gu Weian are, plus the nineteen names and the 1953–2026 timeline. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/eyeOfTheAbyss/eye-of-the-abyss-tide-protocol-frequency-sync-2026-07-31/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/eyeOfTheAbyss/eye-of-the-abyss-tide-protocol-frequency-sync-2026-07-31/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT 18.98 Hz is not the abyss: six fan blades, 189.8 rpm, the S.P.S. label and the 72-hour anchor. Four captures and one illustration. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/eyeOfTheAbyss/eye-of-the-abyss-walkthrough-2026-09-08/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/eyeOfTheAbyss/eye-of-the-abyss-walkthrough-2026-09-08/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT The cost of each ending, the real condition for the fourth door, all 42 clues by act, and what the eight sessions and nineteen tapes do at the end. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/abyssMessenger/abyss-messenger-act8-hidden-clues-2026-07-28/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/abyssMessenger/abyss-messenger-act8-hidden-clues-2026-07-28/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT The hidden fourth ending of Abyss Messenger: why 52.9 minus 18.7 is 34.2, where the answer sits, and how twelve echoes leave with the fifth letter. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/abyssMessenger/abyss-messenger-complete-walkthrough-2026-06-24/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/abyssMessenger/abyss-messenger-complete-walkthrough-2026-06-24/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Abyss Messenger walkthrough after the October 2026 rewrite: five letters, four answers with two testimonies each, twelve echoes, four endings. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/midnightFrequency/midnight-frequency-complete-walkthrough-2026-09-08/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/midnightFrequency/midnight-frequency-complete-walkthrough-2026-09-08/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT The v4 Midnight Frequency walkthrough: nine answers with two pieces of evidence each, thirty clues, four endings and the hidden seventeenth name. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/errata/errata-complete-walkthrough-2026-10-23/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/errata/errata-complete-walkthrough-2026-10-23/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A complete ERRATA walkthrough: all 27 clues in unlock order, the withdrawn proof's eight prerequisites, the 12-clue minimum route and both endings. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/lingdian/lingdian-complete-walkthrough-2026-10-23/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/lingdian/lingdian-complete-walkthrough-2026-10-23/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A complete Midnight Watch guide: the gear rule, all 24 main watches with their exact par, the five special watches, the ratings and both endings. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/maixia/maixia-complete-walkthrough-2026-10-23/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/maixia/maixia-complete-walkthrough-2026-10-23/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A complete Buried Summer walkthrough: how the tree-hole password 062423 is derived, the 2009 timeline in diaries and letters, and the Reply ending. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/nightshift/nightshift-complete-walkthrough-2026-10-16/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/nightshift/nightshift-complete-walkthrough-2026-10-16/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A full Night Shift Rules walkthrough: for each of the thirteen work orders, which rule is in force and which line of the state board proves it. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/lastonline/lastonline-complete-walkthrough-2026-10-12/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/lastonline/lastonline-complete-walkthrough-2026-10-12/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A full Last Online walkthrough: the device passcode, the trail gap, the microphone level, the calibration code and how the three endings trigger. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/unclaimed/unclaimed-complete-walkthrough-2026-10-12/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/unclaimed/unclaimed-complete-walkthrough-2026-10-12/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A full Unclaimed walkthrough: all twelve missing words and how they are derived, when the secondary indexes mount, and the triggers for both endings. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/room404/room404-microsoft-store-launch-2026-09-24/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/room404/room404-microsoft-store-launch-2026-09-24/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Room 404 has been installable from the Microsoft Store since 2026-09-23, plus what a re-check on 2026-10-19 shows, including our own 8 acts claim. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/room404/gamestrategists-arg-universe-complete-timeline-2026-09-08/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/room404/gamestrategists-arg-universe-complete-timeline-2026-09-08/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Fourteen first-party ARGs, what each one is about, and why "seven worlds resonating" is no longer Room 404's true ending. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/room404/room404-complete-walkthrough-all-endings-2026-09-08/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/room404/room404-complete-walkthrough-all-endings-2026-09-08/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Room 404's chapter route, a quick answer table for all ten puzzles and the four ending gates, checked against the live build on 2026-10-26. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/room404/room404-story-timeline-characters-2026-09-08/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/room404/room404-story-timeline-characters-2026-09-08/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT The rewritten Room 404 timeline: twelve extractions from 1998 to 2024, Lin Yuan becoming carrier 013, and where each character sits on that chain. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/tideSoundArchives/tide-sound-archives-global-frequency-network-2026-08-01/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/tideSoundArchives/tide-sound-archives-global-frequency-network-2026-08-01/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT How to find the 222-year page, read its three rows, and why Chen Zhou is the unlisted eighth name. Two captures and one labelled illustration. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/tideSoundArchives/tide-sound-archives-post-resonance-signals-2026-07-29/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/tideSoundArchives/tide-sound-archives-post-resonance-signals-2026-07-29/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The full table of Tide Sound Archives’ ten tapes and the gates for all five endings, including why TD-03 is Su Xiaowen’s voice. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/room404/room404-global-frequency-network-revealed-2026-07-24/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/room404/room404-global-frequency-network-revealed-2026-07-24/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT A close reading of Room 404’s three frequencies: the 404 Hz hum, the public 87.9/88.0 FM carrier and the old 18.98 Hz measurement. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/tideSoundArchives/tide-sound-archives-fm91-7-advanced-decode-2026-07-24/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/tideSoundArchives/tide-sound-archives-fm91-7-advanced-decode-2026-07-24/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT FM 91.7 decoded: the 91.5–91.9 tuning window, the four TIDE Morse groups, the hidden D ending gate and a dated test log. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/midnightFrequency/midnight-frequency-fourth-choice-ending-2026-07-18/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/midnightFrequency/midnight-frequency-fourth-choice-ending-2026-07-18/ Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The hidden ending of Midnight Frequency: why chapter 7’s first three choices are wrong, and why the answer that survives is Lin He, not Lin Suyun. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/abyssMessenger/abyss-messenger-devlog-2026-07-01/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/abyssMessenger/abyss-messenger-devlog-2026-07-01/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The development log behind Abyss Messenger: a flat paper figure turned into a hooded messenger, and a planet scaled up to stop the dizziness. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/room404/room404-speedrun-hidden-details-2026-06-28/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/room404/room404-speedrun-hidden-details-2026-06-28/ Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Room 404 speedrun for the rewritten build: the true ending needs 16 clues and eight archive puzzles, plus the shortest route and details players miss. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/tideSoundArchives/tide-sound-archives-complete-walkthrough-2026-06-28/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/tideSoundArchives/tide-sound-archives-complete-walkthrough-2026-06-28/ Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The complete Tide Sound Archives walkthrough for the 2026-10-26 version: 6 chapters, 55 pages, 12 clues, 7 puzzles, 10 tapes and 5 endings. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/sunkenCity/sunken-city-complete-walkthrough-2026-06-27/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/sunkenCity/sunken-city-complete-walkthrough-2026-06-27/ Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The complete Sunken City walkthrough for the 2026-10-26 version: 8 acts, 20 sites, 36 clues, 22 emails, 15 puzzles, 4 endings and an epilogue. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/rustedCity/rusted-city-complete-walkthrough-2026-06-23/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/rustedCity/rusted-city-complete-walkthrough-2026-06-23/ Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The complete Rust River walkthrough for the 2026-10-26 version: 8 acts, 20 sites, 24 clues, 44 emails, 18 puzzles and 4 endings centred on 47 names. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/room404/room404-complete-walkthrough-2026-06-20/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/room404/room404-complete-walkthrough-2026-06-20/ Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Complete Room 404 walkthrough: the six-act route, 18 clues, ten puzzles, the tenant register and carrier 013, and the four ending gates. https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/midnightFrequency/midnight-frequency-complete-walkthrough-2026-06-19/ https://gamestrategists.com/en/deep-dives/midnightFrequency/midnight-frequency-complete-walkthrough-2026-06-19/ Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Background for Midnight Frequency: the official timeline against the master-tape timeline, and six pieces of evidence set side by side to read them.