27 Survivors

27 Survivors is a first-person narrative horror game aboard the colony ship Orpheus. Over a century ago, you and 99 other passengers left Earth in cryogenic stasis, bound for Tau Ceti G. The ship wakes you decades before it is due to arrive, with only 26 other passengers remaining. You make repairs, handle emergencies and investigate what happened to the others. The game uses 90s-style visuals and draws on classic science fiction.

Keep the ship running

The Orpheus is falling apart, and emergencies can strike without warning. Food replicators malfunction, doors lock themselves shut, the reactor shuts down and stasis pods fail, putting the remaining passengers at risk. You triage problems and fix them before they worsen, keeping the ship running and its hibernating passengers alive.

Investigate the mystery

Explore five fully mapped decks, recover logs left by those who were awakened before you, and question the ship’s AI. Clues form a web, and how you connect them shapes what you uncover. The mystery asks why the ship woke you early and what happened to the 73 passengers awakened before you, while leaving you to decide whether the AI can be trusted.

Face an adapting enemy

Something else aboard the Orpheus is making its own decisions and reacting to your choices. You can run from it or take the offensive, but it watches and adapts to every move you make.

Death and variation

Death is permanent: a passenger who dies cannot be brought back. The ship may eventually awaken another passenger, perhaps in a few days or perhaps in a few years, but each death and mistake costs an irreplaceable life.

Each new game changes the story and the ship, so knowing where clues are or how to solve the mystery does not guarantee the same experience. The narrative is assembled at the start of a new game, with multiple endings, hand-crafted levels and procedural elements.