Singapore-based publisher Soft Source Publishing and developer Digital Happiness have announced DreadOut Remastered Collection for PlayStation 5 and Switch. It includes the original DreadOut and the new standalone game DreadOut: Keepers of the Dark. It will launch in 2024. A physical edition will also be available in Asia.
“Having worked on bringing DreadOut 2 to consoles, the team at Soft Source Publishing were enthralled by the idea when Pak Rachmad CEO of Digital Happiness threw out the idea of bringing back DreadOut and DreadOut: Keepers of the Dark to consoles,” said Soft Source Publishing director Sameer Pandit in a press release. “It’s an immediate thought that we want to be a part of this new project. DreadOut is an iconic IP in Asia and has been spreading its wings in the rest of the world with the release of DreadOut 2 on consoles.”
Here is an overview of the collection, via Soft Source Publishing:
About DreadOut
DreadOut is a third-person supernatural horror game where you play as Linda, a high school student trapped in an old abandoned town. Equipped with her trusty smart-phone and an SLR camera, she will battle against terrifying encounters and solve mysterious puzzles which will ultimately determine her fate.
Help her overcome the challenges that will stand before her. Survive the Dread!When a group of high school students went astray from a field trip, they came across something totally unexpected. A town long forgotten trapped in a peaceful state of slumber. What they did not realize was what lurks within. And what seemed like an innocent stroll turns into disaster as the secluded town reveals its dark and terrible secrets. The presence of sinister forces from beyond their realm of existence.
It all comes down to Linda. She will experience stirrings of unfamiliar powers, emerging from within her. These new found abilities might just be the only way she can save her own life and those of her friends.
- Explore a haunted environment in an Asian-Indonesian setting.
- Battle against terrifying beings from a supernatural realm.
- Solve mysterious puzzles that block your path.
- Switch between first person and third person view.
- Engage in a thrilling storyline.
- Play Act 1 and 2 of Linda’s terrifying journey along with Act 0 (previously released as DreadOut Demo).
- Get access to Linda’s unlockable wardrobe.
About DreadOut: Keepers of the Dark
DreadOut: Keepers of the Dark is a new standalone horror game that takes place in the DreadOut universe. In this missing chapter, you will help Linda face the challenges of the DreadOut world with even more dangers lurking within.
Follow the event in which Linda was transported by The Mysterious Lady in Red into The Mirror Realm. A portal of worlds that connects it to eight haunted dominions where 13-plus horrific ghosts are ready to greet her in the most terrifying way possible. They will stop at nothing to thwart your main objective: To survive!
So, get your smart phone and SLR camera ready and choose your path wisely. The doors you open will decide the outcome of Linda’s fate.
- Battle against 13-plus specially designed ghosts originated from the twisted minds of our beloved backers, meticulously implemented into the DreadOut universe.
- Work your way through 8-plus supernatural realms in a nonlinear fashion.
- Two brand new levels previously unincluded in DreadOut.
- Solve mysterious puzzles obstructing Linda’s escape to liberation.
- Explore in third-person view and battle in first-person view.
- Find out more about Linda’s journey and dive deeper into DreadOut’s grand scheme of things.
- New storyline that will shed some light into Linda’s mysterious journey.
Watch the announcement trailer below. View a set of screenshots at the gallery.
Announce Trailer
Update 05/15/24 at 1:45 a.m.: An earlier version of this article listed MassHive Media as an additional developer and PQube as an additional publisher. Soft Source Publishing has reached out to Gematsu to clarify that this was an error on its official website, and that neither company are involved in DreadOut Remastered Collection.