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Interviews, cultural companions and industry analysis — the long reads on films you can play.

Data Sep 23, 2026

China's Box Office Data Authority Now Tracks FMV Games as Its Own Category

Maoyan Pro, the app Chinese distributors watch for second-by-second box office, has opened a film-game section. Revenge on Gold Diggers is logged at 66.7M RMB and 2 million units. Here is what the numbers show.

Data Sep 18, 2026

FMV by the Numbers: Releases Tripled in Two Years, and Almost Nobody Noticed

We checked every FMV game on Steam. Fifteen releases in 2023, seventy in 2025, thirty-eight already in 2026. Here is what 315 games and 357,000 player reviews say about where interactive film is going.

The Interview Aug 17, 2026

"We Don't Chase the Wind, We Make It": A Conversation with Kun Peng

The founder of ALT Lab on betting seven years on interactive film, turning a national scandal into Breakout 13, and why AI multiplies the whole category by a hundred.

Feature Aug 16, 2026

How Chinese Interactive Films Conquered Steam

In two years, live-action interactive dramas from China went from curiosity to chart-toppers with tens of thousands of reviews. The West still hasn't processed what's coming to its phones.