Scarlet Hollow

Scarlet Hollow is a horror mystery set in a rural mountain town in North Carolina. You arrive for a quiet visit to meet your long-lost cousin and comfort her after her mother’s funeral, but the town is beset by horrors: coal mines sealed after a deadly collapse, creatures attacking livestock and houses haunted by vengeful spirits. You have a week to investigate the mysteries haunting Scarlet Hollow and survive.

Investigate Scarlet Hollow

You explore haunted houses, investigate strange sightings in the woods and look into a deteriorating mine as you piece together what happened in town. The paranormal mystery draws on original monster designs inspired by Appalachian myths and cryptids. Its horror comes from dread, tension and disturbing imagery, without jumpscares.

Shape your story

The narrative branches around your decisions, which alter your journey and relationships. A trait-based dialogue system lets you choose how to role-play, with 21 character builds that change how you interact with the world and how the story unfolds. Traits include being quiet and observant, hot and clueless, or able to talk to animals.

Relationships respond to your choices: you can become friendly rivals, bitter adversaries, best friends or mild acquaintances with the people in town. Romance is optional, and avoiding it does not make your story any less complete.

Hand-drawn art

The game has hundreds of hand-drawn, traditionally inked backgrounds. Major characters have dozens, and often hundreds, of hand-drawn sprites that interact with the backgrounds and reflect changes in lighting, emotion, environment and outfits.