Publisher Nacon and developer Big Bad Wolf have released a brand-new story trailer for Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss, while also announcing that console pre-orders are now officially open. The narrative investigation game is set to launch on April 16, 2026, for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S, and PC, inviting players to descend into the depths of the Pacific Ocean and confront the horrors of a legendary sunken city. A Descent into the Mythical City of R’lyeh Set in the year 2053, the story follows Noah, a specialist in occult investigations working for the secretive Ancile organization. When…
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Lucid Rain Studios has pulled back the curtain on its debut project, INFERIUS, a first-person psychological horror roguelite that fuses tactical deckbuilding with nightmare-fueled exploration. Inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy and Lovecraftian horror, the game is being built by a team of veterans from BioWare, Ubisoft, and developers who’ve worked on GTA V and Metro. In INFERIUS, you awaken as a lost Pilgrim, damned and marked, wandering through a hell that twists and reshapes itself around your forgotten sins. Armed with only a lantern and a deck of Tarot-inspired Major Arcana cards, survival comes down to cunning strategy and grim…
Indie publisher Polden and developer solarsuit.games have officially launched Static Dread: The Lighthouse—a haunting horror sim that blends the watchful gameplay of Papers, Please with creeping Lovecraftian dread. Available now on Steam for $9.74 (25% off until August 20), this eerie descent into madness places you at the helm of a decaying lighthouse as darkness consumes the world. Horror on the Horizon As the last lighthouse keeper after an undisclosed global calamity, your role is deceptively simple: keep the beacon lit and guide ships to safety. But it quickly becomes clear that something ancient and monstrous lurks in the deep.…
Get ready to dive headfirst into madness. Call of the Elder Gods, the long-awaited sequel to the award-winning Call of the Sea, has officially been revealed, and it looks like we’re heading straight into the jaws of cosmic horror. Unveiled with a brand-new trailer during this summer’s showcases, publisher Kwalee and acclaimed indie studio Out of the Blue are taking their narrative puzzle expertise to a whole new level—and a much darker one. 30 Years Later, the Shadows Return Set three decades after the events of the first game, Call of the Elder Gods reunites players with Harry Everhart—now a…
Wired Productions is doubling down on its commitment to indie horror with its latest partnership, teaming up once again with Portuguese studio Camel 101 (Those Who Remain, Syndrome) to bring their chilling new first-person horror FPS, Beneath, to life. To celebrate the collaboration, players can now sign up for a closed beta playtest, offering an early dive into the game’s eerie depths and a chance to provide valuable feedback before launch. A Deep Dive into Terror Following the success of Those Who Remain, Camel 101 is back with its most ambitious project yet. Drawing inspiration from horror classics like F.E.A.R.,…