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Pixed-Based Reverse Horror Game ‘Vindefiant’ Comes to Steam This Friday [Trailer]
If you’re a fan of Carrion (let’s be honest, who isn’t?), or any other “reverse horror” game, indie dev Blakey Games is looking to have your fix later this week with the release of Vindefiant. Coming April 4 to Steam, Vindefiant sees you embarking on a path of rage and destruction against your former employer in a way that’s very reminiscent of Devolver Digital’s baby.
Vindefiant is a narrative-driven experience that centres around a man named Alyx, who was recently fired from his job. Disgruntled, Alyx unexpectedly gains supernatural powers, and after doing so, embarks on path of rage and destruction to get revenge on his former employer. Anyone who happens to cross his path will meet a gruesome end.on a relentless path of vengeance and destruction. Determined to get revenge for losing his job, you get to choose exactly how Alyx will achieve this, but at what cost?
Probably the most immediate thing you’ll recognize (and not unlike Carrion) is the tendrils Alyx sports, which he uses to move about the levels, as well as wreak havoc on his former coworkers and bystanders. You’ll also be using your tendrils to solve puzzles in order to progress through the game’s 10 chapters. Of course, you’ll probably just end up enjoying the freedom of throwing everything and everyone around, finding new ways to kill.
While not quite Snakes on a Plane or Red Eye, co-developers Liquid Static Studio and Snapping Turtle have something darker in mind with their upcoming job-sim horror game, Night Plane. Coming to Steam later this year, the game has you doing the expected work as a flight attendant, but with the added bonus of trying to find demons hiding amongst the passengers.
It’s 1999, and it’s your first day on the job. You must do the usual things as a flight attendant: welcoming passengers aboard, check tickets, and attend to their needs. However, shape-shifting entities may attempt to come aboard disguised as humans. So, your additional job in Night Plane is to question passengers, and find a way to remove any unauthorized non-human visitors from the plane.
That also leads to assisting passengers in unorthodox ways inside the plane, outside the plane, and in places not listed in your training manual. To make things even more complicated, you’ll need to make tough decisions with irreversible consequences. Naturally, the company will not be held accountable for any mistakes you make. You live with them.
Oh, and seeing as this is a plane, you may encounter some turbulence while in flight, along with power failures, lightning strikes and more. All of which, including your decisions, will lead to one of the multiple endings in Night Plane.
If you wish to get in on the fun prior to the game’s release, you can sign up for the playtest via the Steam page.