You are trapped in HOPE, a masked cult where pain is salvation. Every thought is tallied. Every smile is a lie. Conform for happiness, or face your guilt to escape.

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This demo covers the first chapter of the full game, featuring an open map for players to explore. Try it out and add the game in your wishlist if you like it! 

About This Demo

Pain is freedom. Even death becomes the highest honor. Let your troubles lose their sting, let mourning fall away, and find the relief you have been denied.

Welcome to HOPE, Neighbor.

Survive a suffocating atmosphere of fear-based compliance, and conform to a cult’s blood-curdling behavior codes while under the watchful eye of its masked members.

COMPLIANCE MEASURED, DEFIANCE PUNISHED

HOPE’s seven-strike Conduct System scores every hesitation, every stray thought, every refusal. Your fate is calculated, and certain infractions of the code will increase your score, leading to all kinds of mysterious outcomes.

BY DAY, BLEND INTO THE LIE

Every act is watched. Every word is weighed. Pose as a perfect cult disciple: don a painted smile, maintain a spotless record, and perform daily duties to avoid suspicion:

  • Attend Education courses… where failing quizzes will result in severe punishment

  • Cooperate during interrogations… where certain answers may cost fellow members their lives

  • Select the day’s victim for painful Reformation rituals

AT NIGHT, UNCOVER THE TRUTH

  • Piece together clues strewn about HOPE’s 34-floor facility

  • Hack forbidden systems and infiltrate off-limits backstage areas that shed light on HOPE’s unsettling origins

  • Relive traumatic memory fragments that surface as artifacts and diary pages, unveiling the truth behind 3279’s arrival

  • Avoid the Benevolent Father, HOPE’s leader, who lurks in the halls and sacrifices anyone caught snooping

A CULT IN HAND-DRAWN AESTHETICS

Traverse 60+ hand-drawn scenes and cinematic animations, fusing surrealism with the oppressive density of an imagined Hong Kong.

AN ELECTRONIC DEVOTION

Immerse yourself in a hypnotic electronic soundscape by an award-winning composer. The music blurs the line between euphoria and dread, pulling you deeper into the cult’s embrace.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

This game contains depictions of suicide and violence, and may not be suitable for all audiences.

System Requirements

Windows
macOS
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows 10 version 21H1 (build 19043) or newer / Windows 11 version 21H2 (build 22000) or newer
    • Processor: Intel/AMD x64 with SSE2 instruction set support, or Arm64 CPU
    • Graphics: DX10, DX11, DX12 or Vulkan capable GPUs
    Minimum:
    • OS: macOS Big Sur 11 or newer
    • Processor: Intel x64 with SSE2, or Apple Silicon (M1 or newer)
    • Graphics: Metal capable Intel and AMD GPUs
    Minimum:
    • OS: Ubuntu 22.04 / Ubuntu 24.04
    • Processor: x64 architecture with SSE2 support
    • Graphics: OpenGL 3.2+ or Vulkan capable GPU; Nvidia proprietary driver or AMD Mesa driver
    • Additional Notes: Gnome desktop environment running on top of X11 windowing system. Other configuration and user environment as provided stock with the supported distribution (such as Kernel or Compositor). Nvidia and AMD GPUs using Nvidia official proprietary graphics driver or AMD Mesa graphics driver.
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