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Free Indie Survival Horror Game ‘The 3rd Night’ Drips Old-School Dread
Survival horror games don’t necessarily have to involve combat to be scary. Take Asteristic Game Studio’s The 3rd Night (which you can snag here on itch.io), which while short in length and lacks the monsters/zombies/ghosts for you to battle, it does one thing and does it well: Atmosphere.
Created in 15 days for a horror game jam, The 3rd Night has that feel of the original Resident Evil, right down to the room transitions and inventory management. The game, while short, evokes that feeling of 90s survival horror at its best.
There’s not much to speak of with the story. You wake up in front of the TV after a little too much drinking the night before. Your objective is to get out of the room. But even that isn’t explained to you until you actually try to get out. To get the key, you’ve got to do a few item-based puzzles.
Again, it’s short but sweet. But the room you’re in definitely hearkens back to what you experienced in the Spencer Mansion back in 1996. Which is okay in my book.
Moon Studios dropped a new trailer during the Sony State of Play for their dark action-RPG No Rest for the Wicked, while also hinting at the long-awaited launch window for the full 1.0 release. The game, which has been in Early Access on Steam since April 2024, will be launching this October in full for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam, while versions for the Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2 will arrive at a later date.
As a token of appreciation for supporters new and old, Moon Studios is offering an exclusive Early Access Founder’s Pack, a free limited edition bundle available for anyone who purchases the game on Steam prior to July 10, with rewards unlocking when 1.0 officially launches. PlayStation 5 users can receive the Early Access Founder’s Pack by pre-ordering the game once available, any time before launch day.
The Founder’s Pack includes:
- A New Secret Hideout: Spirit Cavern – The legacy of Moon Studios now lives inside No Rest for the Wicked, exclusively for Founders. A hand-crafted home that bridges both worlds.
- Sayer’s Vow: An all new Sword in the stone reserved just for the founders that only early adopters can extract in the game world.
- A Custom Founders Tag ensures players are clearly identified as early adopters.
- As a Founder member, players will get access to an exclusive Public Beta Test Realm reserved just for them, even after the 1.0 game launch.
As for the full 1.0 release, it will be a massive expansion of the core experience, introducing a staggering 60+ hours of new content, a new horde mode, powerful new weapons, bosses and enemies, new areas and a completely reimagined class system.
In No Rest for the Wicked, players take on the role of a “Cerim,” a member of a holy order imbued with mysterious powers, tasked with destroying the Pestilence, an ancient plague that has begun to consume the island Isola Sacra, itself already the site of great political upheaval and death.