Game info

Become an investigator in Keyword: A Spider's Thread, a narrative thriller where you'll depend on skills of logical deduction, hacking, and social engineering to solve challenging puzzles as the only means of finding your missing daughter. Play as Guo, a father with a complex past, who must use all the tools at his disposal to find his daughter, Sala.


Solve problems as you would in real life, hack into emails and social media, and dive into the dark web to find your daughter's whereabouts, all the while uncovering secrets within your own home. Use binoculars to spy into the homes of neighbors, discover lurking enemies, and look over the city of Toronto to find important clues and put the pieces together.


Straddle the line between reality and the game as you depend on your natural intuition to guide you to your next step. With no dialogue prompts revealing answers it will be up to you to save Sala. Get lost in time loops as you discover if your past is all an illusion, or if it really is as you remember. Can all be forgiven? Is redemption possible? Or is there truly no way out?

City From Naught Inc.

City From Naught Inc. is an indie game studio based in Toronto. The crew started with 2 developers, who loved puzzles and solving them with our friends. The team grew as more and more people tested and liked this game and decided to join the team. Now, there are more than 10 people working on Keyword with diverse backgrounds. We can't wait for players to experience the mystery and intrigue of Keyword.

Contest entries 2021