Kill The Shadow Walkthrough: Chapter 1 — The Factory

STEPPart 1 — The Police Station Opening

Kill The Shadow begins outside the police station, where Lucas receives a mysterious letter written on a medical gauge from someone named Lynn DaHandt.

1. 01
   Walk into the station — Officer May greets you as you return
2. 02
   Explore the station and talk to the officers; dialogue choices here start shaping relationships
3. 03
   Read the letter carefully: the medical gauge is the first of several medical documents that matter later
4. 04
   Your objective points toward the Factory district, the setting of Chapter 1

NOTEKey Decisions in the Opening

The opening is short but sets the tone for how Lucas is received — and how the Shadow reacts.

• How you respond to May's questions affects your relationship with the station
• Choosing to share or hide information about the Shadow changes how characters see you
• Rewind is available early — experiment with different responses to learn the tone

STEPPart 2 — Heading to the Factory

The first real investigation takes you to the Factory district, where Lucas must reconstruct what happened on the scene.

1. 01
   Make your way to the Factory and enter the scene
2. 02
   Inspect the area before using reconstruction — the physical clues inform what you should look for
3. 03
   Use crime-scene reconstruction to witness the victim's final moments
4. 04
   Compare what reconstruction shows with what the scene appears to say — staged details are the key tell

NOTEWhat to Look For in the Factory

Based on our playthrough, these are the details that matter most in Chapter 1.

• The medical gauge: cross-reference it with the opening letter
• Who had access to the factory floor at the time of death
• Whether the victim's body position matches the reconstructed events
• Small environmental clues that dialogue alone will not reveal

NOTEAfter Chapter 1

The game's semi-open city opens up as you complete chapters. Keep these habits going.

• Return to previous areas when you learn new information — dialogue can change
• Track the relationships panel and Shadow corruption meter between chapters
• Each case feeds into the larger mystery behind Dark Tide City's ten-year-old event

FLOWChapter 1 at a Glance

The route from opening to factory in one timeline.

• 00:00

  Outside the station — read the letter from Lynn DaHandt

• 00:15

  Enter the station — talk to Officer May and the squad

• 01:10

  Head to the Factory district

• 01:30

  Inspect the scene before reconstructing

• 02:00

  Reconstruct the victim's final moments

• 02:30

  Compare reconstruction with the staged scene — find the tell

CHOICESKey Choices in Chapter 1

The decisions that matter most in the opening and factory sections, based on our playthrough.