A lacquer box full of stories

Transform your smart device into a beautiful Japanese lacquer box and solve challenging puzzles in the mobile game SHI•RO!

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SOLVE CHALLENGING PUZZLES

In over 60 handmade puzzles, you connect golden moons to separate the sea from the sky. Think out of the box while playing on a lacquer box! Will you help empress Gemmei to create the first Japanese islands?

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Play an engaging story

SHI•RO tells the story of an ancient empress, a lost love and a blossoming friendship. Based on the first Japanese writing, the Kojiki, you engage with an emerging world.

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Enjoy a beautiful design

SHI•RO celebrates the beauty of Japanese lacquerware by transforming your iPhone and iPad into a lacquer box. Gold and silver shimmer in your hands while you unriddle complex geometries and find stories of depth beyond the surface.

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Here's our PRESSKIT.

SHI•RO is a game by Topicbird, published by The Brothers Grimm. Find out more about the team.

The team behind SHI•RO

SHI•RO is a game by Topicbird: Jasper Meiners and Isabel Paehr

Sound: Leonard Bahro

Voice: Chieko Zacharias Mori

Translations: Amelie Meiners (Spanish), Rose-Marie Biehlig (French)

Publisher: The Brothers Grimm

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