Italian indie studio Games On A Chair dips into a familiar premise for horror fans with their debut title, FEED IT. Published by Pretty Soon, FEED IT has you living under the same roof as a creature that has to be fed. Complicating matters is the protagonist’s deteriorating situation, which is reflected in the teaser trailer.
In FEED IT, players are forced to take care of a monster with a simple choice either you give the food to the creature and starve, or you eat the food yourself and risk the monster’s wrath. Designed as a short-form, replayable horror experience with multiple paths and various endings, FEED IT draws inspiration from games like Silent Hill or Mouthwashing. That is, like those titles, the game focuses more on discomfort emotional pressure rather than your typical scares.
Adding more intrigue is the fact that instead of fully explaining its world outright, FEED IT leaves players to make sense of the situation as they move through it. You’ll face minimal interactions and a restrained structure. There’s no complex plot to uncover, but instead the game is more about living through a concentrated horror experience.
You won’t have to wait long to give FEED IT a whirl, as a playable demo will be available on Steam as part of next month’s Steam Next Fest, with the full release planned for this summer.