Blumhouse Games Announces 2024 Slate At Summer Game Fest
As usual, the Summer Game Fest was full of highly anticipated announcements and several surprises for gamers. Among those surprises was a first-look trailer showcasing all the terrifying titles Blumhouse Games is slated to release in 2024 and beyond.
Blumhouse Games was launched in 2023 as a subsidiary of Blumhouse Productions with the stated mission of publishing viciously scary video games from indie developers highlighting horror from around the world. “In many ways, Blumhouse Games feels like going back to our roots, with a focus on indie horror, pushing boundaries and elevating new, original stories,” says Jason Blum, namesake and founder of Blumhouse Productions.
Zach Wood, President of Blumhouse Games, said “Our upcoming titles represent standout storytelling, inventive play styles, and fresh approaches to scary stories, created by game developers who are deeply passionate about horror.”
Fear the Spotlight
Their first release is set to cast its shadow with Fear the Spotlight, a creepy retro adventure puzzler with a low poly aesthetic developed by Cozy Game Pals. Fear the Spotlight finds players joining Vivian and Amy as they uncover the decades-old secrets of a tragedy that befell their school in this throwback to 90’s teen terror.
Add Fear the Spotlight to your Steam Wishlist here.
SLEEP AWAKE
Secondly, the Blumhouse Games docket features SLEEP AWAKE by developer EYES OUT. In this futuristic foray into psychedelic horror, players will join Katja as she makes her way through the last city on Earth, unraveling the mysterious means that cause people to disappear in their sleep. In this waking nightmare from Cory Davis (Spec Ops: The Line) and Robin Finck (Nine Inch Nails), players will confront death cults, experiments gone wrong, and the terror known only as The HUSH.
SLEEP AWAKE is unavailable on Steam to Wishlist yet, but check out the EYES OUT website for updates.
Crisol: Theater of Idols
Vermila Studios, based in Madrid, Spain, secures the first spot belonging to an international dev team with their first-person folk survival horror, Crisol: Theater of Idols, set in a nightmarishly reimagined Spain. Players will come to understand true sacrifice in a world steeped in folklore and religion where their own blood must be given as it is the only weapon against the terror lying in wait.
Add Crisol: Theater of Idols to your Steam Wishlist here.
The Simulation
Next, we have Playmestudio from Santiago, Chile, with their fourth-wall-breaking meta-horror, The Simulation. Take on the role of a game designer called out of retirement by local law enforcement to help solve a crime where the only evidence left behind is a never-before-seen horror game. Transcend reality as you discover more and more hidden within the game in this mind-bending mystery.
The Simulation is unavailable on Steam to Wishlist yet, but check out the Playmestudio website for more updates.
Grave Seasons
Developer Perfect Garbage might have a perfect hit on their hands with Grave Seasons. What looks to be a chill and charming farming simulator set in the town of Ashenridge quickly descends into madness and murder. Take time out of your harvesting crops to keep a supernatural killer from harvesting your friends in this beautifully bloody and pixelated mystery.
Grave Seasons is unavailable on Steam to Wishlist yet, but check out the Perfect Garbage website for more updates.
PROJECT C
Last on the list is a secretive collaboration between Half Mermaid Productions, Sam Barlow (Her Story, IMMORTALITY), and Brandon Cronenberg (Possessor, Infinity Pool) called PROJECT C. Not much is being shared on this one yet but the screenshots they sent out are sure as hell creepy.
Add PROJECT C to your Steam Wishlist here.
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