One of the greatest gifts the video game gods have ever given us horror fans was The Thing, a third-person-shooter based on John Carpenter’s masterful remake that was released by Konami back in 2002. The game, endorsed by Carpenter, was a sequel to the 1982 film, centered on a team sent to Outpost 31 to find out what happened.

Unfortunately, a planned sequel to The Thing was never made. But Alawar Entertainment’s upcoming survival game aims to scratch that itch.

Distrust, headed to Steam later this summer, draws so much inspiration from Carpenter’s film that it might as well be called The Thing…

A helicopter crash left a group of explorers stranded near an Arctic base. As they try to find a way back, all they are doing is sinking deeper into a nightmare scenario. When they sleep, they attract a terrifying force that sucks the life out of their bodies, but the longer they battle exhaustion and stay awake, the less likely they are to survive…

As the survivors try to sleep just enough to stave off fatigue without dying, they slowly go mad and eventually reach the point where they can no longer trust their senses. In time, they can’t even tell the difference between reality and a hallucination.

The game will be available August 23rd, but you can play the demo on Steam today!