For the duration of the festival, get a first look at Ikai’s spine-tingling journey into Japanese folklore…
PM Studios and Endflame are going to haunt your dreams with the Steam Next Fest demo of Ikai, now available as part of Valve’s Autumn festival. The entirely too creepy and dark Japanese folklore of Ikai comes to life in this taste of the psychological horror game where your only defense against the abominable demons is your ability to ward them off with mystical kanji. Players are invited to head over to Steam and play Ikai’s demo, and add the game to their wishlist if they’re not too scared when it’s all said and done.
Ikai embodies the spirit of the classic first-person psychological horror genre with a defenseless main character incapable of attacking evil creatures through traditional means. No guns, swords, or howitzers here. Instead, it explores a new sense of horror by making the player face the threats directly by neither fleeing nor attacking.
Don’t faint now, embrace your weaknesses and pray for surviving in the mayhem you’ve just unleashed.
- FEAR: Experience the horror in first-person by the hand of Japanese spirits, monsters, and yokai.
- EXPLORATION: Wander around a feudal Shinto shrine and explore to unveil the story behind Naoko, the main character.
- DRAWING: Concentrate on drawing protective seals over the strange sounds and events happening around.
- PUZZLES: Pit your wits against the several puzzles that will try to stop you
- STEALTH & RUN: Be silent, do not disturb the evil… Or just run, run away from it all, if you can…
