About This Demo

Eight days. One mountain. No backup.

"October 11th, 1989, 03:14 in the morning — the barrier gave way." So ends one of the magnetic tapes from Š-7, a secret facility of the Czechoslovak State Security, hidden beneath a mountain since 1948. A month later, as the regime collapses above ground, they send you down. You are Lieutenant Tomáš Vlk, and your orders are clear: document, destroy the archives, deal with the surviving witnesses. Alone.

THE STORY

Š-7 ran for 36 years: 247 test subjects, three directors and one classified program — the Theta protocol. For years they kept something locked behind an isolation pod and studied it. One October morning in 1989, it answered for the first time — and got out. Prague wants Š-7 to have never existed, and sent you down to make sure of it. But the truth arrives in layers: first what they told you, then what you suspect, and finally what truly is. The deeper you descend, the clearer it becomes — the "failing" project never failed. It worked exactly as intended.

ALONE. ONLY MONSTERS.

One rule that never breaks: nothing in Š-7 is still alive. No companions, no friendly faces, no help. Your only company is corpses, more than thirty tapes and journals, voices on the radio and the telephone — and things that used to be scientists, guards and subjects. Isolation is the only certainty here.

WHAT AWAITS YOU

• A prologue and 8 days

• Authentic 1989 Czechoslovakia: an encrypted radio, bureaucracy and dread

• Raw PS1/PS2 retro visuals where the darkness itself becomes the enemy

• Scarce ammo, an axe, a pistol and firebombs — combat is a last resort, not a playstyle

• 30+ tapes and dozens of documents that assemble the truth piece by piece

• 5 different endings, decided by the single sentence you finally speak into the microphone

A HIERARCHY OF EVIL

What devours you is not the monster in the corridor. The subjects are victims. The scientists were only subordinates. The director sits in Prague. And you are the instrument. The question is: do you stay the instrument, or do you turn? CLEARANCE never tells you what is right. It only shows you who died because of what you said.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Here is how the developers describe the use of AI-generated content in this product:

Generative AI tools were used to create some of the game’s content. Specifically:



• Some of the music and ambient sounds in certain scenes were created using AI music generators (e.g., FlowMusic). All music underwent curation and editing by the developer to fit the game’s artistic vision.



• Some supplementary 3D environment models (e.g., rocks, stone elements of the bunker) were generated using the Meshy AI service and subsequently retopologized, retextured, and integrated into the scene by the developer.



• Some of the placeholder graphics (splash screen) were generated programmatically and/or with the help of AI tools and may be replaced with original graphics in future updates.



All game code, level design, main visual concept, dialogues, story, narrative decisions, and game mechanics are the result of the developer’s own work. The game does not make any calls to external AI services during gameplay—all AI-generated content was created in advance during the development phase, is stored in its final form within the game package, and is not regenerated during gameplay.

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Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

CLEARANCE is a psychological horror game set in Czechoslovakia in 1989. It contains the following adult content, which may not be suitable for all age groups:

VIOLENCE AND BLOOD
• Realistic depictions of dead bodies (the player discovers them as part of the investigative gameplay)
• The player character can die during scripted scenes and in combat with hostile entities
• Use of firearms against undead enemies (no torture, mutilation, or gore beyond standard horror conventions)
• Brief depictions of injuries and traces of violence that occurred off-screen

PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR
• A persistent atmosphere of anxiety, jump scares, and disturbing imagery
• A relentless pursuer who tracks the player
• Themes of paranoia, isolation, and loss of identity

LANGUAGE
• Czech profanity in both spoken and written dialogue (conversations between secret service agents, historically accurate)
• Coarse language and occasional profanity

DARK THEMES
• Depictions of secret operations by the State Security (StB) during the late communist era
• References to experimental medical/psychological programs conducted on detainees
• References to the consumption of alcohol and tobacco products typical of the era (no drug use shown on screen)

The game DOES NOT CONTAIN sexual content, nudity, sexual violence, depictions of minors, hate speech, real-world gambling, or real-money microtransactions.

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