Red Night

Red Night is a story-driven horror game with puzzle elements, set in the sci-fi USSR of 1987–88. As Perestroika stirs society, people in the closed city of M begin listening to rock music and speaking openly, while unrest raises questions about the classified research at the local scientific research institute. Three characters experience an unclear atmospheric cataclysm from the rooms or buildings where they are trapped when it begins.

Investigate the incident

You solve tasks and puzzles, hide, and explore the surrounding world for clues about the disaster and how to stop it. As you try to survive and uncover the “Red Night” incident, each character’s personal story unfolds alongside the others.

The characters

• Zosya: A 36-year-old biologist and lab assistant at the city of M’s research institute. After more than 15 years in science, she was demoted for negligence, damaging her pride. A skilled professional who adapts quickly to work, she often ignores basic safety protocols. She graduated among the top students from the biology department of NSU and defended a dissertation on genetics and tumor formation. Her later research covered genetics, cytology, gene manipulation and its effects on cellular processes. Accused of deliberately causing cancer in someone, she denied the allegation and was transferred from Novosibirsk to the institute in city M to hush up the scandal.
• Katya: An unemployed 18-year-old radio enthusiast who lives with her mother, Raya. She comes from a family of scientists: Raya is a chemist and senior researcher at the city of M’s institute, while her father, Sergey, was a talented radio physicist who fostered Katya’s interest in radio.
• The third character: A diligent, intelligent person who studied at the F.E. Dzerzhinsky Higher School of the KGB and has served since 1980. In 1982, he took part in a special reconnaissance group during an operation concerning the use of chemical weapons in Afghanistan.