Planned Release Date: Q2 2026

About This Game

You wake in a locked room with a television and a coded door.

A hooded figure appears on the screen and explains the rules: solve the puzzles, or people die.

Welcome, detective.

The Evaluation is a first-person horror puzzle game set in an abandoned drive-in movie theater. Explore a dark, interconnected environment filled with ciphers, codes, hidden mechanisms, and disturbing trials designed to test your ability to observe, decode, and survive.

Across the theater grounds you will uncover clues hidden in buildings, underground tunnels, shipping containers, and broadcast equipment. Each puzzle reveals another piece of the system controlling the night’s events.

But mistakes have consequences.

Fail a puzzle and the hunter may come for you.

Features

• Complex cipher-driven puzzles
Decode symbols, number systems, radio transmissions, and environmental clues.

• A single interconnected environment
Explore an abandoned drive-in theater, including concession buildings, tunnels, containers, and power stations.

• Dynamic threats
Incorrect actions can trigger a hunter that roams the map. Hide and survive.

• Environmental storytelling
Notes, recordings, and hidden details reveal what happened at the theater.

• Permadeath tension
Death resets your progress, forcing careful observation and planning.

• Non-linear puzzle solving
Discover clues across multiple locations and connect them to unlock new areas.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

This game contains dark and disturbing themes. Players will encounter scenes involving dead bodies, body bags, and depictions of people being killed or dying during puzzles. Some sequences involve characters being executed or suffocating if the player fails to solve a challenge in time.

The game includes tension-driven horror elements such as being hunted by enemies, sudden deaths, and violent outcomes for incorrect actions. Blood and environmental signs of violence may be present.