Red Thread Games, developer of the upcoming Dreamfall Chapters, has announced a new first-person survival horror game called Draugen.
In development for next-gen consoles, PC, Mac, and Linux, the game is set among the mountains and fjords of the 1920s Norwegian west coast, in a remote fishing community where every soul has mysteriously vanished. It’s described as a “dark and disturbing journey into the pitch black heart of Norwegian national romanticism, as seen through the eyes of an American nature photographer, botanist, and entomologist.”
Players will explore the fishing community, gather clues and memories, discover the truth behind a terrible tragedy, and learn more about the history of the village and its inhabitants.
“But there is more to this place than meets the eye,” Read Thread teases. “From time to time, a woman in black can be spotted in the distance. Who is she, and what is her connection to this place? Who is the little girl singing broken lullabies as the sky begins to darken? And when night falls, and those last few, precious drops of kerosene in the lamp feed a fragile, flickering flame, what hides out there in the darkness and in the cold, black sea?”
Development of Draugen is being funded through a $144,000 grant from the Norwegian Film Institute. Read Thread said the game’s production won’t affect the development of Dreamfall Chapters, which continues to be their “primary focus.”
Visit the game’s official website here.