About This Game

"Help a disabled guy buy a couple weeks of groceries, load them in his car, then leave. Didn't even have to help him unload, only interact with him in the store's parking lot. Seemed like an easy way to make a hundred bucks and even feel like a nice guy doing it, right?

Now I'm trapped. There's barricades on the windows and doors and- well, there's something in here with me. The cashier is gone and the only exit I can find is this... archway. I don't know what scares me more Mary, that archway, the freaking wolf I saw wandering around, or whatever's making that chattering sound in the dark above me. Now I'm huddled here behind a counter, whispering this message even though my phone won't god damn connect, hoping you get it somehow. The kiosk has been calling my name, I'm going to see if I can get help on it.

All I wanted to do was get you that ring I've been hinting at Mary. I'm sorry. I love you."

Last Chance Market, across from the Leng Forest Information Center, is a trusted stop and literal last chance to buy supplies for hikers and campers heading in to explore British Columbia’s vast Coast Range wilderness. Known by locals for its quality food, competitive prices, and quirky atmosphere, the store’s mascot, Ellie the Elk, waits outside to greet shoppers. With a wide selection of free range game meats, wild caught fish and fresh cooked delicacies, we can always find something to satisfy your cravings.

If you're heading into the wild Yaxala Valley, be sure to visit our hiking and camping section! More people disappear in the wilderness beyond Last Chance than anywhere else in Canada each year. With notoriously steep mountains, deep plunging ravines, and dense old growth forests obscuring trails, just getting where you want to be can be treacherous. Aggressive wildlife and volatile weather only add dangers for the unprepared. So whether you're hunting Leng's Lost Gold or going on a nature adventure, we can help you come back safe and sound.

Trapped between the rules of the store and the things that inhabit it, you'll need to complete impossible errands, make offerings, explore what lies beyond the aisles, and uncover why people keep disappearing. Death may not be the end - but whatever gives you another chance may have reasons of its own.

Features

• Non-linear, interconnected nightmare to explore and die in.

• A dark, atmospheric story blending Lovecraftian cosmic horror, regional folklore, and an original eldritch mythology.

• A variety of things that lurk in the dark, waiting for you to make a mistake. Each with their own abilities and methods of hunting.

• Multiple meaningful endings depending on what the player chooses.

• Puzzles built around observation, experimentation and deduction - not simply finding the next thing to click - with variations that can change between attempts.

• A shifting store filled with strange customers, hidden spaces, impossible products and paths leading somewhere far beyond the aisles.

The Ballad for Monsters, Canto I

Before time ticked the music played,

To calm the sleeper dancers swayed.

But from the darkness something came,

Changed the tempo, began the game.

Now the cadence beats hard and fast,

How will the dancers ever last?

Against their foe they must rely,

in this strange aeon, death will die.

Last Chance Market is the first game in an expansive universe we've created, The Ballad for Monsters. We've already planned for the effects of the player's actions in this game to echo into other games in meaningful ways. See you in the mist.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

The current demo contains a small number of AI generated assets as placeholders. However, all AI has been removed in the upcoming new demo and full release of the game.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

The game contains profanity, partial nudity (but no sexual content and a nudity toggle will be included), frequent violence, copious gore and themes of ritual sacrifice, murder, cannibalism and insanity.