Static Dread is a Papers, Please inspired Lovecraftian horror game where you man an ancient lighthouse after a global cataclysm.
Previously featured on Alpha Beta Gamer during the closed Beta Sign up, Static Dread is a first person horror game with visual novel elements, where you’re tasked with maintaining a lighthouse in an Eldritch town. The lighthouse has been out of commission for years, but due to a recent global cataclysm that fried most of the world’s electronics, it is now needed to help safely guide ships to their ports.
The Static Dread demo features a sizeable 1-2 hour chunk of gameplay and sees you getting settled into the lighthouse, meeting some locals, guiding some ships and talking to a maddening Eldritch entity. Your decisions have (often life and death) consequences and some choices can be harder to make than others.
It’s a very promising game that really nails the uncanny Lovecraftian atmosphere and has an interesting roster of characters, all with their own multi-path stories. Lovecraftian lighthouse horror well worth shining a light on. Highly recommended.
Download The Static Dread Beta Demo Here (Steam)