The Ice Is Watching

The Ice Is Watching is a single-player, first-person psychological horror game about a desperate woman searching for her lover. Following clues from social media, she travels from a city hotel to his last known location, a remote mountain cabin. As rain turns to blinding snow and the road disappears, she realizes she is not alone: a mysterious cowboy known as The Ice has been expecting her.

Trapped at the cabin

The cabin offers no easy escape: its battery is gone and its tires are missing. You must face the stalker watching from the pine-tree shadows and try to break the cycle. The story centers on the Frozen Lover and explores obsession and eternal preservation, with dark secrets hidden in the cabin and a snowy wilderness that contrasts its claustrophobic interior.

Survive the cold

Manage your body heat by scavenging firewood and keeping the hearth burning. As your temperature falls, your vision blurs, your movement falters and the world becomes a lethal hallucination. The Ice observes and hunts dynamically in response to your noise and movement, rather than appearing in scripted jump scares.

Find a way out

Scavenge for vehicle parts to make your escape, navigate psychological traps and decipher audio logs. Three-dimensional sound makes creaking floorboards and whispers of wind potential warnings. The visuals combine rugged dark-Western elements with the cold, sterile look of an arctic grave. The story takes about two hours and is designed to be completed in one sitting.