Express No. 6 Goes Free On Itch.io Until October 5
A short horror game that already cleared Steam's user-review threshold is being handed out free on itch.io instead of discounted, so the window is really a library-addition deadline rather than a sale.
Reporting from 1 source: Automaton.
ASK GAMES is distributing the first-person horror game Express No. 6 for free on itch.io until about 3:00 PM Japan time on October 5. The game puts the player in the role of Maxim, who wakes in a sleeper train berth near the new year and finds the other passenger gone. Adding it to your library during the period keeps it downloadable afterward. On Steam it costs 580 yen and holds a Very Positive rating from 83% of 128 user reviews.
The free period is not a demo. Express No. 6 is the full release, and adding it to an itch.io library before the cutoff keeps it downloadable after the period ends. The game itself is built around a single clock: a timer at the top of the screen counts down the 30 minutes left until the new year, and Maxim has to solve his way through the train cars to reach the driver's cab and stop it. A camera picked up later lets him look through the Christmas decorations in the cars, including a tree, gift boxes, and hanging stockings, to see inside the presents.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.