Chacara

Chacara is a horror game with thriller and slasher elements, set in the early 1990s in the Brazilian Amazon. It uses a retro aesthetic with PS1/PSX-style graphics. After drinking a few beers, a young man drives from the city toward his parents’ home in a small town, but runs out of gas near a chacara, a traditional Brazilian country house. He goes inside to ask for help.

The chacara

The house is more mysterious than it first appears. You find evidence of what happened to the family who lived there, while the chacara’s apparent owner stalks you: a veteran military man who is mentally ill and apparently a war criminal from Brazil’s former military dictatorship. Your objective is to escape alive.

Explore and survive

You can roam a large map and explore it freely, with a non-linear path through the game. The environment is interactive, and video and sound effects help create its atmosphere. The story is partly based on true events, and your decisions and skill determine which of the four endings you reach. A playthrough takes 1–3 hours, depending on your pace and skill.