About This Demo

Something Strange Tonight – The Lurker is a first-person indie horror game featuring retro-style visuals, atmospheric environments, and story-driven dialogue elements.

Game Features

• First-person perspective

• Retro / low-poly horror visuals

• Story-focused gameplay

• Dialogue interactions

• Psychological and paranormal horror

• Atmospheric sound design

• Exploration and survival elements

STORY

In the game, you play as Leona, a young university student who accepts a one-night babysitting job for a family living in a quiet suburban house.

The parents, Aiden and Jade, ask Leona to look after their daughter Luna while they go out for a special evening. At first, everything seems perfectly ordinary: a quiet house, a peaceful night, and a few simple babysitting duties to complete…

However, as the night progresses, the calm atmosphere of the house begins to fade.

Unexplained noises, doors opening and closing unexpectedly, flickering lights, and objects appearing where they do not belong begin to catch Leona’s attention. She tries to convince herself that there must be a logical explanation, but each new incident only raises more questions.

Luna’s behavior also adds to Leona’s growing unease. Leona cannot tell whether the things Luna says are merely the result of a child’s imagination or whether something truly inexplicable is happening inside the house.

This demo follows the beginning of Leona’s night, as what she believed would be an ordinary babysitting job slowly starts to take a strange and unsettling turn.

GAMEPLAY

Explore different areas of the house, examine your surroundings, and complete Leona’s babysitting duties.

Pay attention to unusual sounds, objects that have changed position, and details that may seem insignificant at first. Interact with Luna, try to make sense of what is happening, and witness the atmosphere of the house gradually change.

Every sound may have a source.

But is there really a logical explanation for everything you see and hear?