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.…