Planned Release Date: November 2026

About This Game

PULSE//DEADLINE

The carnival was shut down.
It never closed.

From Deadlight Interactive, PULSE//DEADLINE is a 30-minute narrative horror experience set inside an abandoned carnival that slowly, deliberately begins to wake up around you.

You play as a newly assigned night security guard. Your job is simple: monitor the grounds and report anything unusual.

At first, it’s just wind against loose metal.
Then the lights flicker on.
A carousel begins to turn.
Music plays from nowhere.

And something starts moving between the attractions.

A CARNIVAL THAT COMES BACK TO LIFE

Explore a decaying fairground where each ride tells part of a larger story — one of obsession, disappearance, and something that never left when the gates were locked.

The longer you stay, the more the environment changes. What begins as routine surveillance becomes a fight to understand what is happening — and how to escape it.

OPTIONAL BIO-REACTIVE HORROR

PULSE//DEADLINE features optional heart-rate integration.

With a compatible device, the game can:

• React to spikes in your pulse

• Intensify atmosphere and sound design

• Subtly shift environmental behaviour

• Adjust tension pacing in real time

No monitor required.
The full 30-minute experience is completely playable without biofeedback — integration simply deepens immersion for those who want it.

FEATURES

• 30-minute focused horror experience

• First-person immersive exploration

• Reactive environmental systems

• Optional heart-rate integration

• Psychological tension over cheap jumpscares

• Streamer-friendly short-form format

The rides are running.
The lights are on.
The gates are locked.

Your shift ends at dawn.

If you make it that far...

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

This is a horror game. There will be mature content provided throughout the gameplay.