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About This Demo

Romanian folk horror about guild, money, and sin.

Told like a fireside tale and experienced as a dark folk story, this game pulls you into a rural Romanian village in the early 2000s, where you experience inspirations drawn from classic Romanian literature and folklore.

The story follows Ion, a simple farmer obsessed with Vasile, the wealthy owner of Hanul Gospodarului.

Consumed by his hunger for money, Ion’s mind begins to fracture, until greed drives him to commit an unforgivable act.

About the Demo

This demo represents the opening chapter of the game.
You explore the village for the first time, meet its spaces and silences, and uncover the roots of Ion’s obsession. No answers are given — only signs, symbols, and unease.

Key Features

  • Psychological narrative horror – fear born from silence, guilt, and implication

  • Slow exploration & symbolic puzzles – wells, churches, icons, and objects that “remember.”

  • Authentic folk atmosphere – inspired by Eastern European folklore and rural morality

  • Cinematic experience – no intrusive HUD, no cheap jumpscares

Atmosphere & Visual Style

  • Dirty yellow lighting, like old bulbs and candlelight

  • Shadows that ooze and cling to walls

  • Living objects: the bell breathes, wax flows upward, the earth beats like a heart

  • Folk narration and bitter humor, spoken as if from another age

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

This game contains mature content that may not be suitable for all audiences.
It includes psychological horror elements, disturbing themes, and depictions of fear and emotional distress. Some scenes may be unsettling for sensitive players. There are no depictions of sexual acts or sexual violence.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10
    • Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 1200 / Intel Core i5-7500
    • Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 560 with 4GB VRAM / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti with 4GB VRAM
    • DirectX: Version 10
    • Storage: 4 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 11
    • Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 / Intel Core i7 8700
    • Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 5700 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 4 GB available space

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