Pryzm

Pryzm is a survival adventure mystery about six friends whose weekend getaway takes them to a mountain with an ancient secret. Presented as a hand-drawn pixel-art comic and visual novel hybrid, it asks you to manage the characters, maintain a special resource and weigh your choices as you try to escape. Not everyone will survive each playthrough.

Choices and survival

Each run includes turn-based combat built around risk and reward, and escape parameters that change between games. Your performance and the secrets you uncover determine which ending you reach and its rank. A normal run usually takes 1 to 2 hours at average reading speed, and the game encourages completing it in one sitting for the best rank.

Mistakes can be recovered from with a good plan, but game overs are likely. After a game over, features let players of all skill levels improve later runs, learn the lore, and work out how to use resources and time to their advantage.

Speedrun leaderboards

Online leaderboards rank the fastest no-continue runs. You can seek out the fastest strategy for each leaderboard and challenge the end game.

Horror themes

Pryzm includes supernatural and horror themes, but has no jump scares or outright disturbing imagery. Its fear comes from having only one autosave and the risk that a decision could send a run toward an unrecoverable game over. The game can be played with just the mouse.