Death Frame

Death Frame is a first-person psychological horror game about an estranged child of a notorious serial killer who returns to the inherited mansion after years of silence. You explore its decaying halls, searching for clues to the killer’s past and what happened to the mansion’s owner. The protagonist reflects aloud on the feelings that brought him there, while something still lingers in the house.

The mansion

Paintings in the mansion reveal fragments of a scared child, a cruel father and the trauma that shaped him. You find three disturbing diaries: a cold list of victims, the terrified final words of a captive and the spiraling thoughts of a mind consumed by madness. Collecting clues, diaries and other lore helps you piece together the story.

A large locked door on the second floor stands beside a row of unsettling paintings. In a forgotten wing, a huge painting pulls you into a broken memory of the killer’s childhood. When you return to the mansion, you find a rusted key beside the painting; keys open further areas, shortcuts and secret passages.

Explore the memories

The game contains six abstract worlds representing the killer’s mind. In one, you move through an underwater labyrinth of flooded chambers and currents, jumping, falling and finding glowing shards. Touching a shard reveals the killer’s thoughts and feelings, including his fear and confusion and the time his own father nearly drowned him. As you go deeper, eyes blink from the walls and teeth grow out of them.

Collect mind shards to assemble the story of the killer and uncover the scattered thoughts of the antagonist. Each abstract world has its own environmental puzzle and gameplay twist: some focus on platforming, others on environmental riddles, and some are on-rail levels that call for quick decisions.