In Falsus Demo Walkthrough

• ▸The demo opens with visual-novel cutscenes — use the fast-forward buttons in the top-right corner if you want to reach gameplay faster. Nothing story-related is missable.
• ▸The Hub character you select is a theme customization only — Scenario, Card Integration and Encounters use their own fixed characters and skills.
• ▸Clear a song to unlock its next difficulty tier: the demo ladders MIN → EVO → ULT, with FBD charts locked out of the demo.
• ▸A failed Dive keeps your score and offers an instant RETRY — read the per-phase breakdown to see which Phase collapsed before diving again.

Every screenshot on this page comes from justonegamr's full In Falsus demo playthrough on PC, and every fact was verified against what the game itself shows on screen. Each image deep-links to the exact timestamp it was captured from.

In Falsus opens as a visual novel: dialogue lines advance on click, with back, play, fast-forward and log buttons in the top-right corner. The opening chapter sets up the world's collapse — glass shattering across the sky, and a girl laughing as the pieces come down.

1. 1

   Sit through (or skip) the opening narration

   The demo opens on a black screen with narration text — "This is it. Let her hear it:" Story scenes play as a visual novel: text advances on click, and the top-right corner holds back, auto-play, fast-forward and log buttons. Fast-forward if you want the charts first; the story is replayable later from the Hub.

   

2. 2

   Watch the world shatter

   The opening chapter ends on the demo's signature image: a girl standing on shattered rock, laughing as fragments rain down around her. It's spoiler-light to say the scenario and the rhythm gameplay are two halves of the same loop — clear songs to push the story forward.

   

1. 3

   Learn your way back to the Hub

   After the tutorial, the game tells you: "Return to the Hub at any time from other screens by using the Hub button." The Hub tracks your EX COUNT and CLEAR COUNT per song, and holds MUSIC PLAY (free song select), SCENARIO, and a REPLAY TUTORIAL button in the corner.

   

1. 4

   Understand what character selection changes

   Selecting a character in the Hub is a theme customization — the game says so outright. Scenario, Card Integration and Encounters are each linked to their own character and use that character's Skills; your Hub pick changes the look, not the gameplay. Nia's Core Skills show Expanded Iota Limit at MAX and Disconnection Tolerance at 0.

   

2. 5

   Compare the five character profiles

   The select bar holds five slots — Nia, Mei, Ayame, Iris and Story. Ayame's page, for example, pairs the Spectral Skill Infusion ("Expand the amount of Iota types available during Integration") with the Core Skills Expanded Iota Limit and Overlap Tolerance. Read profiles for flavor; build your loadout for power.

   

→ Characters

Encounters are the heart of the demo: you play a chart while your cards battle the opponent's, Phase by Phase. Both sides show HP-style bars — Power on offense, Resolve on defense — and your note accuracy is what feeds the fight.

1. 6

   Play your first Encounter

   In an Encounter the chart runs down the middle while the battle plays out at the edges: your Power and Resolve bars on the left, the opponent's on the right, card icons stacked down both rails. Here Nia faces Freya on Cryogenic MIN 2 — hit notes to push your offense and keep your defense from collapsing.

   

2. 7

   Read the Encounter result screen

   After the song, the Encounter result splits your performance into an Offensive Rate and a Defensive Rate, with damage dealt, trait bonuses and a Phase-by-Phase breakdown graph. The right panel compares your Resolve, Power and Defense against the opponent's for every Phase — this is where you learn why you won.

   

1. 8

   Chase ranks on the Dive result

   The Dive result shows your judgement totals — EXACT (critical), EXACT, NEAR and BREAK — plus MAX LINK and your rank. This à la mode run cleared with a rank A at 91.5 million: 400 EXACT-tier hits against 42 NEARs and 18 BREAKs, with MISS HP left at 13.

   

2. 9

   See what a cleaner run looks like

   Same screen, better accuracy: a Cryogenic clear at rank AA with 95.6 million — 345 EXACT-tier hits, 23 NEARs and only 5 BREAKs. Cutting BREAKs is the fastest way to climb ranks; the judgement rows tell you exactly which tier you're bleeding.

   

1. 10

   Survive the late Phases of Ordirehv

   Ordirehv is the demo's wall — its EVO 4 chart ends in a Phase 5 where both HP bars are deep into their pools and EXACT judgements decide the fight. The track itself bends and narrows as the chart peaks, so keep your eyes on the lanes, not the battle.

   

2. 11

   Unlock ULT difficulty

   Clear a song and the next difficulty tier opens: after the Ordirehv clear the game pops "Difficulty Unlocked — ULT (Ultimate) difficulty has been unlocked." The demo ladders MIN → EVO → ULT per song; FBD charts exist in the UI but stay locked in the demo.

   

→ Difficulty Levels

1. 12

   Fail upward: the DIVE FAILED screen

   Push into ULT before you're ready and you'll meet this screen: à la mode ULT 9 ending in DIVE FAILED with 189 BREAKs and MISS HP at -12. Your score still posts and nothing is lost — a failed Dive is information, not a punishment.

   

2. 13

   Study the failure breakdown before retrying

   The failed Encounter result is the most useful screen in the demo: the Phase breakdown graph shows exactly where your Resolve collapsed, the per-phase table compares your stats to Freya's, and RETRY sits one click away. If Phase 2 is where the graph dies, rebuild your loadout for that Phase before diving again.

   

3. 14

   Pick your next target on song select

   Back on SELECT SONG, cleared difficulties show your best grade per chart, the locked FBD slot sits at the end of the row, and your last loadout for the Encounter is remembered on the right. Work through each song's MIN → EVO → ULT ladder and the demo is yours.