Planned Release Date: May 2025

About This Game

Cam conducts his entire life from his electronically automated smart-home. Work, shopping, entertainment and most notably: socialising. Cam interacts with strangers on the platform Hello Stranger: a randomised video chatting application.

Eventually, he encounters a masked stranger with an altered voice. Unnerved, Cam leaves the call only to find the stranger has hacked his smart-home and locked him in. The Stranger tells Cam that he must win three rounds of games or it is ‘game over’. Viewers must make decisions and play the 3 games for Cam to survive but one wrong choice could lead to a grisly end.

This FMV psychological horror-thriller game features:

• Choice-based mechanics and mini-games including 10 unique endings.

• Two story modes: 

  - Cinema Mode: Limited games that only function with decision-making system – closer to an interactive film experience.

  - Game Mode: All games available with a variety of gameplay systems – a full FMV game experience.

• Two game modes

  - Timed Choices: A more immersive, pressured experience.

  - Paused Choices: For group play / audience participation during live streams.

• A graphic Story Tree of all possible narrative branches. These branches unlock as the player progresses through the pool of 4 hours of filmed content, 16 mini games and 10 endings which all need to be seen to understand the full picture of 'Hello Stranger'.

• Renowned acting talent, including George Blagden ('Vikings'), Danny Griffin ('Fate: The Winx Saga), Christina Wolfe ('FBI: International'), Laura Whitmore ('Queenie'), Kulvinder Ghir ('Goodness Gracious Me'), Yasmin Finney ('Heartstopper') and Derek Jacobi (Gladiator).

Paul Raschid - the writer-director, is one of the world's most prolific creatives in the FMV game format. His other titles include: 'The Complex', 'Five Dates', 'Ten Dates' and 'The Gallery'.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

Depending on choices made, the player may encounter scenes containing strong violence and/or gore.