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Overview
Silver Palace (Chinese: 白银之城, "City of Silver") is a free-to-play open-world action RPG with detective gameplay, developed by Silver Studio (a subsidiary of Happy Elements) and published globally by Elementa, an interactive entertainment brand based in Singapore. The game runs on Unreal Engine 5.
The official tagline is "Where shadows whisper, traces never lie."
Players take the role of a Detective who returns to the industrialized Victorian city of Silvernia after a three-year absence to investigate the death of their sibling. The game combines open-world exploration, real-time action combat with character switching, and detective mechanics including crime scene analysis, interrogation, and evidence reconstruction.
Gameplay
Combat uses a party-based system where players control teams of up to four characters, switching between them mid-fight to chain skills and trigger QTE (Quick Time Event) finishers. A stun gauge system rewards sustained offense with execution finisher moves. The Silverdrip mechanic builds stacks through combat that power character-swap Ambush skills.
Investigation is the other half of the gameplay loop. The Detective examines crime scenes, collects evidence, interrogates suspects, and reconstructs events using the Mindpalace and Evidence Board. Player choices during investigations affect the story's direction.
Traversal through Silvernia uses mechanized horses that can both gallop and fly, grappling hooks for zipline movement, and ascender/descent devices for vertical navigation through the city's layered architecture.
Setting
The game takes place in Silvernia, a Victorian-era metropolis that industrialized rapidly after the discovery of Silverium. The story is set in the third year of Queen Feliana's reign, a period the game calls the "Golden Age of Detectives." Corporate monopolies, underground crime syndicates, royal affiliates, and cultists compete for control of Silverium and political influence.
Platforms and release
Silver Palace was announced on May 13, 2025. Gematsu's announcement article confirmed platforms as PlayStation, Xbox, PC (Windows), iOS, and Android, with PC and mobile planned before console versions. No release date has been officially announced. The game surpassed 4 million pre-registrations as of January 18, 2026.
Beta testing
The first Monotype Closed Beta Test ran from January 13-18, 2026, on PC only. It included seven playable characters, three story cases, and exploration of select districts. A second round of testing has been announced but not dated.
Localization
The game supports English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese for both voice acting and subtitles.
Business model
Silver Palace is free-to-play with gacha mechanics for obtaining characters and Motives (weapons). Specific drop rates and pricing have not been officially disclosed. Third-party coverage has compared its model to Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail.