Horror gamers itching for some folk horror will be pleased to know that One-O-One Games and Daedalic Entertainment have announced Curse of the Crimson Stag. Coming later this year to PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and the Xbox Series, this story-driven mystery thriller sees players explore the abandoned Whiteroot Hotel, and the blurred reality between deadly conspiracies and the supernatural.
Details on the gameplay are still to come, but the story for Curse of the Crimson Stag centers around a teenager named Brit, who feeling stuck in her backwater hometown, jumps at the chance for a life-changing adventure: to assist in the making of a documentary about the derelict Whiteroot Hotel. The once luxurious hotel stands abandoned in the American Northwest, with local folklore spinning tales of ghostly hauntings and of angry spirits being the reason for its desertion.
The people of the area tell of an entity known as the Crimson Stag – a protective spirit of sorts – which supposedly inhabits the dark woods of the area. Once Brit starts her exploration of the hotel, it quickly becomes clear that she is in over her head. The Whiteroot Hotel does not surrender its secrets easily and, whether it is supernatural forces or dark machinations, the Curse of the Crimson Stag soon threatens to claim her as well.