From the developers of Slay the Princess, Scarlet Hollow is an immersive horror-mystery with sharp writing, impactful choices, and meticulously hand-drawn art.
Coal mines sealed off after a deadly collapse. Strange creatures preying on livestock. Houses infested with vengeful spirits. The sleepy town of Scarlet Hollow has suddenly come alive with horrors, just in time for your arrival. This was supposed to be a quiet getaway in the rural mountains of North Carolina. All you had to do was finally meet your long-lost cousin and comfort her through her mother’s funeral. But now, each new day welcomes new nightmares.
You only have to survive a week. But can you get to the bottom of the horrifying mysteries haunting Scarlet Hollow before they claim your life?
Scarlet Hollow is being released across seven episodes. The first FOUR are available now for you to play, with the remaining episodes to follow as free updates as we finish them.
Features
A heavily branching narrative where your decisions (actually) matter. The relationships you forge and the decisions you make will dramatically alter your journey.
A complex paranormal mystery. Investigate haunted houses, strange sightings in the woods, a deteriorating mine, and more as you try and piece together what happened in Scarlet Hollow.
Trait-based dialogue and role-playing. Scarlet Hollow's dialogue system is driven by role-playing elements that let you choose who you want to be. Are you quiet and observant? Hot and clueless? Can you talk to animals? 21 different character builds change how you interact with the world and how your story unfolds.
A dynamic relationship system that reacts to your every choice and changes how your story unfolds. People won't just like or dislike you. Become friendly rivals, bitter adversaries, best friends, or mild acquaintances with everyone in town based on how you approach the story.
Original monster designs inspired by Appalachian myths and cryptids.
No jumpscares. All of the horror in Scarlet Hollow comes from dread, tension, and a sprinkle of disturbing imagery.
A touch of romance. Whether you're into goths, dads, moms, paranormal investigators, mysterious recluses, or actual monsters, you'll find something waiting for you here. And if you'd rather avoid that entirely, your story won't be any less for it.
Hundreds of meticulously hand-drawn and traditionally inked backgrounds. Every background in the game is hand drawn and inked by Ignatz-winning graphic novelist Abby Howard.
Fully immersive art. Each major character has dozens—and often hundreds—of hand-drawn sprites that interact with backgrounds and capture a full range of lighting, emotion, environment, and outfit changes.
holy moly......................
i would do anything for dustin the dresser oppossum
choices matter game and then you can romance everyone BUT Tabitha 😭
This game is really well done, I only wish the chapters came out a little faster, cant wait to do some more playthroughs
As a Slay the Princess fanatic I fully expected to enjoy Scarlet Hollow. Now that I've completed two playthroughs of what's available as of this review, I'm *also* a huge fan of Scarlet Hollow. It's a much, much slower burn than StP, but it's *so* good at lulling you into a false sense of security only for dread to creep back in and remind you that you are, indeed, playing a horror game. At the same time it's much like StP in that it's hilarious and emotionally touching with gorgeous music to emphasize all of that. There's no voice acting, but the sheer size of the game already would make that near impossible, and it's been really fun to give the characters voices ourselves. So far it handles violence differently than StP. Not better or worse, just different. It's used much more sparingly, making the violent moments that much more impactful. There are some scenes that are especially intense, but some of them can be skipped for those who don't wish to see them. As a bonus, if you are...
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A game with storytelling beyond what I could ever have imagined, it's funny, it's unique, and it is one of if not the most enjoyable games I've ever played. It uses a plethora of symbolism throughout it that adds a really fun level of depth to it. Scarlet Hollow manages to be set in a realistic setting yet also be fantasy, not only that but everything feels grounded to a degree that feels really rewarding when it goes off the rails. Not only am I recommending this game to anyone and everyone I talk to, if I could I would recommend it to anyone who can play it. A masterpiece in all ways from the art to the branching choices and the immaculate storytelling. PLAY THE GAME ALREADY!!!
If you liked Slay The Princess, you should try this game, it's just as good.
The games horror is very lacking most of the time but the incredible writing and the few bits of horror that are fantastic more than makes up for it. it seems a lot less focused than other horror titles but that would be expected with such a large scope. the more gay you are the more you will enjoy this game, I mean that in the best way possible. also shout-out my man Wayne he is the goat.
It's visually stunning and properly spooky, just like Slay the Princess. I'm glad that I bought it in EA.
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Scarlet Hollow costs $24.99.
Minimum: Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 1.8 ghz dual core Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Integrated Graphics Storage: 2 GB available space
Scarlet Hollow is available on Windows PC, macOS, Linux.
Scarlet Hollow has 97% positive reviews from 70 players. Metacritic score: 90/100.
Scarlet Hollow was released on Jun 11, 2021.
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