Left to Rot is a new first-person psychological horror game with heavy PT energy launching in š2023.
The upcoming indie horror stars a playable character who causes a fšøatal car crash on the way to work and spends years trying to recover before skipping town and moving into a new house. However, the house is "stained with a terrible past," and you're left to watch cursed VHS tapes to uncover your new home's dark secrets.
Galactic Crows, the Romania-based developer behind Left to Rot,šÆ doesn't list the gaš me's inspirations on its , but some of the screenshots definitely evokes Kojima's 2015 Playable Teaser. Just look at those halls! I keep thinking I'm going to see the half-rotted ghost of Lisa in the distance.
There definitely seems to be, at the very least, visual elements inspired by PT, but the game is definitely doing its own thing. In the latest trailer, embedded at the top o this story, we see some sort of mechanical spider exit aā dimly lit room before a horrifying creature emerges, spasming violently in the doorway. Just that 30-second teaser is enough to give me nightmares.
, has a free demo out, so hopefully Left to ļ潚ļæ½Rot will get one too.Inļ·ŗ the meantime, here are the best horror games you can play over the holidays.
After earning an English degree from ASU, I worked as a corporate copy editor while freelancing for places like SFX Magazine, Screen Rant, Game Revolution, and MMORPG on the side. I got my big break here in 2019 with a freelance news gig, and I was hired on as GamesRadar's west coź¦ast Staff Writer in 2021. That means I'm responsible for managing the site's western regional executive branch, AKA my home office, and writināg about whatever horror game I'm too afraid to finish.
