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Jun 11, 2021·98% positive·Rising·
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Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
Best games like Scarlet Hollow
The best games like Scarlet Hollow are Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut, Cabernet, OXENFREE II: Lost Signals, The Horror at Highrook, and MOOD. GAMESLIKE ranks these alternatives using shared gameplay metadata, Steam review sentiment, and similarity signals. Evidence includes 98% positive across 5k Steam reviews, Steam genre and tag overlap across RPG, Casual, Indie, platform support for Windows, macOS, and Linux, and $24.99 pricing signal.
- Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut - Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut is closely similar to Scarlet Hollow because both games are made by Black Tabby Games, and both are RPG and Indie and Adventure games, and fit the same co-op story and narrative choice intent.
- Cabernet - Cabernet is closely similar to Scarlet Hollow because both are RPG and Indie and Adventure games, and share gameplay elements like Choices Matter, and fit the same co-op story and narrative choice intent.
- OXENFREE II: Lost Signals - OXENFREE II: Lost Signals is closely similar to Scarlet Hollow because both are Indie and Adventure games, and share gameplay elements like Choices Matter, Visual Novel, and fit the same co-op story and narrative choice intent.
- The Horror at Highrook - The Horror at Highrook is closely similar to Scarlet Hollow because both are RPG and Indie games, and share gameplay elements like Horror, Story Rich, and fit the same co-op story and narrative choice intent.
- MOOD - MOOD is closely similar to Scarlet Hollow because both are Casual and Indie and Adventure games, and share gameplay elements like Choices Matter, and fit the same co-op story and narrative choice intent.
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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?
The first five episodes are available now, with one major content update planned before the story reaches its conclusion.
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A heavily branching narrative where your decisions (actually) matter. The relationships you forge and the decisions you make will dramatically alter your journey.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Original monster designs inspired by Appalachian myths and cryptids.
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No jumpscares. All of the horror in Scarlet Hollow comes from dread, tension, and a sprinkle of disturbing imagery.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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