Solo developer, Rat Cliff Games, just released their new horror game today. It's called Among Ashes and it's available on PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam for just $14.99. Steam also has a 10% launch discount until December 16.
Among Ashes takes players back to December 2001 on a dark and stormy night. While chatting with your friend online, he suggests you try out a new horror game he found called Night Call. You download it and start to play Night Call. As you progress things begin to get more and more weird, both inside and outside of the game.
I've been casually watching someone stream this on my other monitor and yeah, this one looks like one of those rare good, new horror games. For those looking for something new and seemingly well made, you might want to check this out. Just be warned there are some sensitive themes with Among Ashes.
It’s a stormy, cold winter night in December, and your friend sends you an instant message pointing you towards Night Call, a horror game that he found online. You download it, but as you play, strange things start happening in your apartment. Something is terribly wrong with the game.
Among Ashes features a multilayered narrative, and meta-framing device which cleverly nests a full retro-inspired first-person survival horror game within another horror game. Players will be transported to the turn of the millennium via a range of perfectly implemented presentational touches, narrative surprises, smart gameplay mechanics and classic puzzles.
In the retro-styled Night Call, players will explore the dimly lit labyrinthian halls of Stoker Manor; solving conundrums while they fight to survive the nightmarish creatures that lie within. However, in the real world, they’ll be haunted by dark entities that have latched on to this strange game - as they frantically try to unravel the mystery behind the game and its enigmatic creator.
Among Ashes features a multilayered narrative, and meta-framing device which cleverly nests a full retro-inspired first-person survival horror game within another horror game. Players will be transported to the turn of the millennium via a range of perfectly implemented presentational touches, narrative surprises, smart gameplay mechanics and classic puzzles.
In the retro-styled Night Call, players will explore the dimly lit labyrinthian halls of Stoker Manor; solving conundrums while they fight to survive the nightmarish creatures that lie within. However, in the real world, they’ll be haunted by dark entities that have latched on to this strange game - as they frantically try to unravel the mystery behind the game and its enigmatic creator.
