Gone Man

Gone Man is a first-person detective game set in England in 1893. After receiving a mysterious letter, you investigate an abandoned mansion and an unsolved case from ten years earlier, searching its rooms for clues and uncovering the story behind a series of disappearing portraits.

The mansion’s past

A wealthy businessman lived in the mansion with his wife and two daughters until he was diagnosed with cancer. After seeking treatment without success, he turned to a local cult that claimed to have a cure. Its supposed medicine was incense containing hallucinogens. The businessman’s wife became increasingly unwell from using it and died by suicide; the businessman also lost his sanity.

The cult had turned the mansion’s basement into a psychedelic mushroom farm and planned a ritual sacrifice. It promised the businessman eternal life if he agreed to be the sacrifice, and used the flesh and blood of his loved ones in a ceremony to summon Satan. The ritual appeared to succeed, though each person saw their own version of Satan.

Investigate the house

When you enter the mansion, psychedelic gas from the spreading mushrooms affects what you see. You encounter apparent supernatural phenomena, including ghosts, undead figures and the businessman, now transformed into a lump of flesh. Police who investigated earlier also went insane from the gas, and the case was abandoned.

You explore the house, interact with objects, collect clues and solve mysteries. Locked closets, mysterious symbols and rustling radios are among the details you encounter as you piece together what happened.