Just in time for your Christmas shopping, Rat Cliff Games’ metafictional horror game Among Ashes is out now on PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam, with an additional 10% launch discount also be available to players on Steam through December 16. And of course, we get the customary launch trailer, which transports players back to a chilling Christmas 2001.
The story is just the way you like it: It’s a stormy, cold winter night in December, and your friend sends you an instant message pointing you towards Night Call, a horror game that he found online. You download it, but as you play, strange things start happening in your apartment…
Among Ashes features a multilayered narrative and meta-framing device which nests a full retro-inspired first-person survival horror game within another horror game. Players will be transported to the turn of the millennium via a range of perfectly implemented presentational touches, narrative surprises, smart gameplay mechanics and classic puzzles.
In the retro-styled Night Call, players will explore the dimly lit labyrinthian halls of Stoker Manor; solving conundrums while they fight to survive the nightmarish creatures that lie within. However, in the real world, they’ll be haunted by dark entities that have latched on to this strange game – as they frantically try to unravel the mystery behind the game and its enigmatic creator.