Black Relay

Black Relay is a short sci-fi horror game about restoring a failed communications network on a remote planet while investigating the disappearance of a three-person space exploration crew. You play as a Search and Recovery Specialist sent by HQ to find the missing crew, restore the generators, bring the relay towers back online and determine what caused the communication failure.

The mission

You arrive at an abandoned space station with its relay towers offline. As you make your way across the perpetually dark planet, you manage your oxygen and your laser pistol’s battery while completing mission objectives. Navigation and problem-solving help you progress.

Exploration and survival

Designed to be completed in one sitting, Black Relay focuses on exploration, tension, environmental storytelling and survival. The game provides minimal guidance, so you investigate your surroundings, interpret environmental clues and work out how to accomplish your objectives. Observation and experimentation are essential to making progress.