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Dead of the Brain is a horror game about Cole and his fight to survive a zombie outbreak. After Cole’s friend, Dr. Cooger, calls to tell him about a resurrection serum, Cole sees its effects and becomes convinced it works. The serum brings the dead back, but without their former selves: they return hungry for brains. When test subjects escape containment, the dead rise and the town is overrun. Cole and his companions must fight for their lives and try to save the world from the disaster they caused.

How you play

The game combines traditional point-and-click adventure gameplay, visual novel elements and survival quicktime events. If you die, you can restart at the beginning of the current scene rather than returning to your last save. Optional quality-of-life features include hover hints and hit boxes.

Art and presentation

Dead of the Brain uses faithfully upscaled pixel art, with gore and grime in a style that pays homage to 1980s American splatter films and zombie B-movies. Its music uses FM synthesis.

The original experience

First released in 1992, Dead of the Brain was one of Japanese developer Fairytale’s early horror games. This re-release aims to preserve the original, including its user interface and mechanics, while adding optional quality-of-life improvements.