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Free Point-And-Click Adventure Horror Title ‘The Flayed Man’ Announced [Trailer]
These days, it’s not very common that a developer decides to create a point-and-click adventure game. It’s even less common that they decided to release it for free. Yet that’s what Snoring Dog Games is doing with their debut title in The Flayed Man. This pixel-based horror title, which can be wishlisted on Steam or followed on itch.io, will arrive on April 17. And if you like what you see, you’ll be able to support the developers by buying a supporter’s pack or on a pay what-you-want basis.
At the moment, there’s not much in the way of details for the game, but we do have a story. The Flayed Man sees you play as the eponymous Flayed Man, who awakens without memories (or skin) in a decayed, otherworldly house. Needless to say, it’s a pretty painful existence. You must uncover the sins of the past, pass judgement, and decide the Flayed Man’s fate. That fate depends on your choices, leading to one of several endings.
The Flayed Man features traditional point and click gameplay, with modern mechanics and user interface. The action will be accompanied by an appropriately atmospheric and moody soundtrack. There are also “psychosexual demons” that, according to the Steam page, will give any budding psychologist food for thought.
After giving fans a taste of the game earlier this year, Game Pop Studio’s debut title They Will Come dropped a brand new trailer during the Future Games Show, alongside with confirming a release date of Summer 2026 on Steam. For those who don’t know, the game is a cinematic steampunk horror adventure directed by Jeff Troutman – an award-winning Art Director with over 30 years of experience at studios including Midway Games and Petroglyph.
The game is set aboard The Endeavor, a vast airship and manufacturing site for hundreds of powerful automatons, and home to eleven-year-old Benjamin and his family of inventors. When crow-masked cultists known as the Wretched Ones seize the ship and take his family hostage, Benjamin refuses to give in. Armed with a slingshot and the hope that the dormant giant robot Talus is still somewhere in the hangar below, he sets out to take back everything that has been taken from him.
They Will Come is played from a close, cinematic over-the-shoulder perspective, placing players inside the tension of every encounter as they explore the Endeavor’s hangars, catwalks, maintenance tunnels, and observation decks – all hostile territory. Staying hidden is the only reliable path to survival: use shadows, environmental puzzles, and a scattered army of small automatons called Embots to keep one step ahead of the Wretched Ones. Talus – enormous and powerful but drained of his energy cells – needs Benjamin as much as Benjamin needs him; restore his power and the dynamic shifts, putting the hunters on the back foot.