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.
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About
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.
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.
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Stats
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Languages: English
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 78 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
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Reviews
After playing the demo, I waited with bated breath for the next chapters. After playing up to Chapter 5, the need to conclude a story who escapes its bounds as some sinuous, growing, live thing knaws at the recesses of my brain. It pulls at me, destiny waiting to happen. Steps will find their way to their proper places, a play with scripts written long ago. A small town, with secrets within secrets, with paths within paths. A jigsaw of memories who seem ajar but stand together, beautifully. Arm yourself with the best of you. Pry away fervently, or don't. The threads are there regardless. Your blood awaits. Welcome home.
this game is so good no review i write will ever do it justice. go play it RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!
I ADORE this Game. I am always on the search for games in which your choices REALLY matter. And what can I say this game blew me off my socks. I played a few playthroughs to the end and yet still find new endings and choices. I also like the different characteristics you can choose from WHICH ALSO IMPACT YOUR GAMEPLAY, like excuse me?!?! Another thing which this game does amazing is the diversity of achievements. As a achievement enjoyer this is heaven :) Even my boyfriend, who isn´t into visual novels at all found it interesting to watch me. It is an amazing mix of horror and yet kinda comfy. I ADORE Tabhitha and i really want to learn more abour her and her past and all of that!
nobody could top the writing and perfection of Slay the princess with the sole exception of scarlet hollow of course
Extremely well written and your choices hugely alter the game. I will definitely replay with different traits and choices.
Absolutely brilliant game, its one of few choice based games where every choice I make ACTUALLY feels like it matters
我一直很少给游戏评测的 除非是这个游戏很差 但是这个游戏完全相反 我是因为太喜欢这个剧情才玩 喜欢偏美恐的绝对会喜欢 剧情分支太多了 恋爱元素也不少 一二章剧情虽然不新颖但是挺好玩的 第三章以后开始上强度 第一次打看不懂 看了看剧情梳理才懂 其次就是 好喜欢某个覆面阴暗男 我会继续失禁的等待第六章第七章
"Yeah dude my mom is just like super evil and ♥♥♥♥" (Flirt) "You should kiss me" But no yeah, goated game.
This game had me hooked from the very second i started playing, The creepy atmosphere and mystery of the appalachia keeps you wanting more. It is rich in story and throws you into scenes you cant simply predict. Its a virtual book; you create the narrative as you play and every choice matters. As you begin to bond with characters youll have to make harder choices within the game as it throws you through trolley situations for the lesser evil and outcome to keep them alive. story rich and nail bitingly good especially from the prospective of an avid reader and lover of horror and books.
Will probably update this review after I've done a few more runs but it's clear that lots of thought has been put into each trait and how it affects dialogue options and approaches to given situations. The responsiveness and story branching is quite incredible too! As for the story itself, I've been having a blast. Widows Bay if it was a visual novel vibes.
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