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Recently-Released Horror Adventure Game ‘The Innsmouth Case’ Looks to the Lighter Side of Dark
The horror genre has shown many times over the years that if you take a concept, and subvert the audience’s expectations, you generally have a good chance of people standing up and taking notice. That’s what Assemble Entertainment are looking to do with the recently-released visual text adventure, The Innsmouth Case.
If you’re up on you HP Lovecraft, you know where this is going. Or so you think. You see, rather than your traditional Lovecraftian horror, The Innsmouth Case looks to the lighter side of things. Combining horror and comedy, you play as a detective who is tasked to find a missing child named Tabitha Marsh. Tabitha was last seen in the town of Innsmouth, which just so happens to be filled with your typical Lovecraftian tropes.
And while you can meet your demise numerous times during the game, The Innsmouth Case also utilizes offbeat humour to add levity to the circumstances. That, and the fact that the game features twenty seven different endings that run the gamut should keep you busy. The game is available now on Steam, and with the current Summer Sale, you can snag it for 20% off.
And, if you’re still not sure, you can always try the game’s demo.
Buckshot Roulette creator Mike Klubnika and co-developer GDeavid’s “friendslop” collection of violent party games in Machine Party is out now on Steam, where you and your friends can finally compete in glorious gory fun. As an added incentive, Machine Party is available with a limited-time 15% launch discount until August 13.
Gather 2 to 4 friends, strap in, and prove your life is worth more than theirs in this collection of borderline illegal and extraordinarily violent party games. Featurng an industrial soundtrack composed by Alex Peipman, Machine Party takes classic party game formats and gives them deadly twists, turning friendly competition into something far less friendly, but always hilarious. Across 15 unique minigames set within the Klubnika universe, players will jump between split-second reflex challenges, calculated decision-making, and social situations where trust doesn’t last long and betrayal is always an option.
Each minigame throws players into increasingly absurd and dangerous challenges where cooperation, competition, and betrayal are all viable strategies. No matter how you play, or how devious you are at screwing over your friends, survival is never guaranteed. For more absurdity, you’re able to customize your test subject with a variety of cosmetics.