‘Clock Tower’-Inspired Survival Horror Title ‘Midnight Special’ Launches May 8 on Steam [Trailer]

After last year’s Clock Tower: Rewind, Scared Stupid Inc. and publisher Yahaha Games will have a little more for you later this week with their own Clock Tower-inspired title, Midnight Special. Not to be confused with the Jeff Nichols’ film, Midnight Special launches May 8 on Steam, and looks to revive the golden age of 90s horror gaming, mixing it with “the visceral aesthetics of Italian Giallo cinema, the dread-filled tempo of classic slasher films, and the surreal undertones of 70s and 80s sci-fi horror.”

You play as Sarah, a babysitter hired to care for twins Jon and Ellie at the Boyd Manor. A late-night power outage triggers a series of supernatural events involving mysterious phonecalls, unpleasant odors seeping up from the floorboards, objects moving on their own, and a giant plastic toy dinosaur that seems very much alive.

As a result, you must navigate a tense and twisting narrative through atmospheric environments, solve puzzles under pressure, and evade a relentless killer whose identity is as mysterious as their methods are brutal.

Midnight Special wears its inspirations on its sleeve, sporting gorgeous handcrafted pixel art visuals that capture the eerie, cinematic tone. The graphics are accompanied appropriately by an immersive soundtrack with unnerving audio cues that heighten the tension with every step you take.

And if you can’t wait until May 8, you can check out the demo, which is available now.

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