Encroaching Shadows

Encroaching Shadows is a first-person survival horror game set in a deserted psychiatric hospital. On your first night shift, you find no staff or patients and no signs of a struggle, but something moves in the dark. You explore the halls, investigate the disappearances and search for a way out.

Search and survive

You look for clues left by staff and patients, solve password and item-finding puzzles, and discover hidden supplies. Ammunition is scarce, and hostile encounters include patients twisted by an unknown presence and a relentless entity that stalks you. The game combines exploration, combat, investigation and psychological tension in an experience that lasts about an hour.

The hospital

The facility’s hallways are silent, with flickering lights, darkness and isolation shaping its oppressive atmosphere. Its environments are unsettling and vaguely liminal. Retro-inspired grainy visuals include an optional VHS filter.