About This Demo

Hollow Mire - Shadow of Breken House (Demo)

Step into the opening chapters of Hollow Mire, a psychological mystery thriller set in post-war England.

This demo features the prologue and first chapter, introducing war-hero–turned-journalist John Rowe as he begins a new assignment in the frozen English countryside.

After meeting the groundskeeper at a silent rural station, John travels to the imposing Breken House on a dark, snowy night. Inside its quiet halls, shadows gather, secrets press close, and John’s own buried struggles begin to surface.

The mystery of Breken House begins here.

Read on to discover more about the full game.


  you've returned from the horrors of war to find your wife and daughter missing. Years later, you're still searching.

 chasing the unexplained. With every story, you hold on to the hope that one day, something will lead you back to them.

 takes you to 'Breken House' in England's snowy West Country. It feels familiar in a way that unsettles you, like you’re finally close… or about to lose them all over again.

  detective Gwen Porter’s case begins with a missing patient and a dead orderly, leading her into a tangled mystery that connects lives, past and present.

  as you sort through shards of memory's and scraps of evidence. What John forgot may be the key to solving Gwen’s case.

 you're haunted by memories of D-Day, 1944, orders lost in smoke, and the friends who didn’t make it home.

 
With 8 unique endings - Choose your words carefully some decisions cannot be undone.

A fully voiced narrative experience, delivered by a professional cast.

John & Gwen's stories weave together in the past and present as does the consequences of their your decisions.

Beautifully produced dark cello soundtrack supporting the game’s themes of loss and memory, shifting between tension and sorrow, and rising to fear and action.

Hollow Mire is inspired by themes of mid-20th century, England, at a time when the country was recovering from war. A time before computers, before cell phones. Food rationing was still in effect and many families were coming to terms with the idea that many of the soldiers who went to Europe were never coming home.   

In 1952 a large blizzard swept across England, particularly impacting the West Country where Hollow Mire is set. The dark, snowy Devonshire Countryside is a truly beautiful and equally atmospheric place. It's quiet, lonely, dark and remote.

You'll return to Normandy on June 6th 1944 (D-Day), seen as the turning point of the second World War. Part of the 9th Parachute Battalion, dropping behind enemy lines ahead of the main landings, and later visiting the camps. 

Players should expect Hollow Mire to visit mature themes in some of the most difficult times in human history. 

All environments are hand-painted with a focus on realism, a blend of Victorian and Edwardian architecture.