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DarkStone Digital and DreadXP Release Playable Archive for Free on Steam
DarkStone Digital and publisher DreadXP have released Playable Archive, a short horror game available free on Steam.
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Why it matters
A cancelled multi-year project has been partly salvaged and put out at no cost, which gives Clarke's unfinished work a public release rather than leaving it shelved.
Key Facts
- DarkStone Digital developed Playable Archive and DreadXP published it.
- Playable Archive is available free on Steam.
- The game reconstructs part of a cancelled project Brian Clarke worked on for several years.
- Play time is about 30 to 60 minutes and there is no save function.
- The Steam store page lists English as the only supported language.
The game is a reconstruction of part of a project Brian Clarke of DarkStone Digital worked on for several years before it was cancelled. Players relive an archive of recorded unexplained occurrences: a New England couple find a strange object while renovating their home and become involved in demonic rituals, communication with the dead, and timeline shifts. Play time is about 30 to 60 minutes, with no save function, and the store page lists English as the only supported language.
Playable Archive runs 30 to 60 minutes and has no save function, so it has to be finished in one sitting. The store page lists English as the only supported language.
The frame is an archive of recorded unexplained occurrences. A couple in New England find a strange object while renovating their home, and the story moves into demonic rituals, communication with the dead, and timeline shifts. DarkStone Digital developed the game and DreadXP published it.
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