Mystery
Iceberg
World Mysteries
Descend icebergs of real legends from around the world. Start in Santiago.
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The legend of the Sociedad del Huelén
Santiago has an iceberg. Seven layers deep.
You run a tiny channel about urban legends: thirty-eight views on your last video. Then, one winter night in Barrio Yungay, an envelope slides under your door: a hand-drawn iceberg of Santiago's secrets, the lower layers scratched out, signed in green ink by a woman who vanished six months ago.
Her name is Ofelia Lagos, Grand Keeper of a tiny, slightly ridiculous society of amateur occultists. Her friends want her back, a smooth collector wants her secret, and a black street dog called Cholito seems to know the way. To find her, you'll have to go all the way down.
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Go down, layer by layer
A mystery visual novel, five puzzles and a world full of icebergs.
Santiago Oculto
The story campaign: five chapters, eight endings. Every chapter melts one more layer of the city's iceberg.
Five puzzles
Spot what's wrong in an 1890s photograph, turn a brass cipher wheel, match carved symbols, cross a tunnel by flashlight, read the sun over the Andes.
The world's icebergs
Dozens of icebergs of real legends, from London to Japan, built from Wikipedia and refreshed every week. Answer clues, break the sealed cards, read the real story.
Your channel
Type your name, film the night, and decide what the video says at the end.
Painted by hand
Over a hundred illustrated scenes, an original score, a gallery and a list of endings.
Made for phones
Tap to read, save anywhere, roll back, auto-play and skip. English and Spanish.
Explore secret Santiago
One winter week, real places, the legends people tell about them.
Barrio Yungay
Your flat, old houses, red buses in the rain. Where the envelope arrives.
Palacio Cousiño
French furniture, the first elevator in Chile, and a lady people say still walks the halls.
Iglesia de San Agustín
Home of the Cristo de Mayo, whose crown of thorns slid down in the 1647 earthquake and was never put back.
Calle San Diego
Used bookshops, dust and sopaipillas. Ask for Don Evaristo.
Cerro Santa Lucía
The Huelén, a sacred hill before the city was founded. People say there are tunnels underneath.
Plaza de Armas
The heart of Santiago. Some say it hides something much older than the city.
Meet the Sociedad del Huelén
Harmless, eccentric, and very bad at keeping secrets.
Vale
The Augur
Tarot reader in a Lastarria café. Sharp tongue, silver rings, softer than she lets on.
Tomás
The Measurer
Astronomy student and the society's skeptic. Corrects every legend, then admits the facts are better.
Don Evaristo
The Archivist
78, bookseller on Calle San Diego, Ofelia's uncle. Rambles, whispers, feeds everyone.
Hermana Clara
The Keybearer
Ex-nun turned locksmith. "God opens doors; I open the rest."
Cholito
Street dog
Black, scruffy, one ear up, green bandana. Always knows the way.
Rodrigo Valenzuela
The rival
Collector, charming, never raises his voice. He thinks secrets are assets.
The iceberg is waiting. How deep will you go?
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About the game
You run a tiny channel about urban legends. Thirty-eight views on your last video. Then a stranger's drawing turns up in Santiago, Chile: an iceberg of the city's secrets, seven layers deep, signed in green ink by a woman who vanished six months ago.
To find her, you'll have to go all the way down.
ICEBERG is a mystery game about the stories cities tell about themselves:
- SANTIAGO OCULTO, the story: a visual novel in 5 chapters with 8 endings. Join the Sociedad del Huelén, a harmless, slightly ridiculous society of amateur occultists (a tarot reader, a gentle engineer, a 78-year-old bookseller, an ex-nun locksmith and a black street dog called Cholito) and follow real Santiago lore: Palacio Cousiño, the Cristo de Mayo, Casa de los Diez, Cerro Santa Lucía, the Huaca de Chena
- Five puzzles along the way: spot what's wrong in an 1890s photograph, turn a brass cipher wheel, match carved symbols, cross a tunnel by flashlight, read the sun over the Andes
- THE WORLD: dozens of icebergs of legends, folklore, haunted places, cryptids and unexplained mysteries from cities and countries worldwide, from London to Japan, built from Wikipedia and Wikidata and refreshed every week
- Descend layer by layer, from what everybody knows to the bottom where only the curious go. Answer clues to break each sealed card, melt the whole iceberg and read the real story behind every entry, with a link to its source
- Your hosts Vale and Tomás comment as you go down
- Hand-painted art, an original score, a gallery and a list of endings
- English and Spanish
- Made for phones: tap to read, save anywhere, roll back, auto-play and skip
All in good fun: no gore, no real crimes, just the stories people whisper.
Free to play with ads.
Version history
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v1.0.2150 illustrations
60 new illustrations since 1.0.1: over 150 story scenes in the gallery, new moments in every chapter and ending, from the Palacio Cousiño tour to Neptune Terrace and the solstice breakfast on Cerro Chena. More of Cholito, too.
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v1.0.1Way more illustrations
Way more illustrations: 90+ story scenes, new expressions, a picture for every Santiago place, your channel on screen. The dog is now Cholito, black as his name. The rival is Rodrigo Valenzuela.
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v1.0.0First release
First release: Santiago Oculto, a mystery story in 5 chapters with 8 endings, plus dozens of world icebergs of real legends to descend. English and Spanish.