A retro-style psychological horror roguelike. Survive a week in a claustrophobic trailer, spot reality-breaking anomalies, and document your findings. Permadeath, limited energy and time: every mistake can end the run. Your dog knows.

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About This Game

A retro-style psychological horror roguelike about isolation, perception, and the things we choose not to see.

GAMEPLAY

Watch your environment for anything out of place. Use your notebook to report what you find. Make the right call to advance. Wrong calls have consequences.

ANOMALIES

Over 40 unique events can manifest during your stay. If you hear an anomaly, rest assured it has already seen you. The game adapts to your choices, your alertness, and your luck.

DIFFICULTY MODES

  • Default - The recommended experience. Timed nights, escalating tension.

  • Accessible - No timer, no lethal anomalies.

  • Nightmare - Less time to spot anomalies. Every mistake is fatal.

Extra Modes

  • Subtle - The hardest anomalies to detect. For the truly observant.

  • Infinite - Try to survive as many nights as you can in this mode. It uses every possible anomaly and gets progressively harder. A true test of sanity.

FEATURES

  • Nostalgic retro-style graphics

  • Immersive FMOD audio technology with dynamic occlusion

  • Adaptive difficulty

  • "Seed" system for reproducible playthroughs

  • Steam achievements

  • Replayable across multiple difficulty modes

  • Multiple endings based on your performance

ABOUT THE STORY

You arrive by car at a rented trailer on the edge of a forest. You moved here to isolate yourself. To heal. To wait until your mind settles and you can trust your senses again.

The anomalies grow worse each night, creeping closer to the edge of what you can rationalize. Through it all, the dog is always there. Always watching from somewhere. It does not judge, does not speak. It is just a dog, and somehow it is the most solid thing keeping you grounded. The truth of what is happening will only reveal itself to those who pay attention.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

Blood, violence and gore.

System Requirements

Windows
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
    • Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 / AMD FX-6300 (4 cores)
    • Memory: 1 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 or equivalent (DX11, 1 GB VRAM)
    • DirectX: Version 10
    • Storage: 512 MB available space
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
    • Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 / AMD FX-6300
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 / AMD Radeon HD 7870 (DX11, 1 GB VRAM)
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    Minimum:
    • OS: SteamOS 3.0 or a 64-bit Linux distribution with Steam Play (Proton)
    • Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 / AMD FX-6300 (4 cores) or Steam Deck
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Vulkan 1.1 capable GPU with 1 GB VRAM (Steam Deck: AMD RDNA 2)
    • Storage: 512 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Standard audio device (ALSA/PulseAudio)
    • Additional Notes: Runs on Linux and SteamOS via Steam Play (Proton). Tested on Steam Deck.
    Recommended:
    • OS: SteamOS 3.x / Ubuntu 22.04 LTS or equivalent 64-bit distribution
    • Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 / AMD FX-6300 (4 cores) or better
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 / AMD Radeon HD 7870 or better (Vulkan, 1 GB VRAM)
    • Storage: 1024 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Standard audio device (ALSA/PulseAudio)
    • Additional Notes: Runs on Linux and SteamOS via Steam Play (Proton). Tested on Steam Deck.