Don’t Scream Could Be The Scariest Horror Game of 2023

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A pair of Indie developers have just announced their Unreal Engine 5-powered horror game, Don’t Scream, which could be the scariest horror game of 2023. The game requires a microphone to be plugged in to play and will make you restart the game if you scream, so Don’t Scream.

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An announcement for the game was shared on Instagram by @metav3rse, who asked their followers, “You playing this alone in the middle of the night?” Don’t Scream is an indie, found-camcorder-footage horror game created by two developers in Unreal Engine 5. The game is set in the early 90s, when found footage was the most significant trend in horror, and you are exploring Pinewood Forest.

The game aims to explore Pinewood Forest for 18 minutes without screaming. It seems pretty straightforward, right? The only problem is that “time only ticks when you move,” according to the Steam page, meaning you can’t hope to get out of this one by waiting for the scares to pass you. The devs call it “The perfect game to scare the pants off your friends and family.”

Not only does time only move when you do, but all of the events designed to scare you off are dynamic, meaning that they are triggered randomly. This sounds alright at first, but it really means that you can’t just learn when to predict or expect the scares.

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There are probably a lot of gamers out there who are already trying to find a way to get around the mechanics of the game, like, “Maybe I just won’t plug in my microphone,” or “I’ll just spoof the calibration,” and the devs have thought of that already. The microphone is necessary for you to be able to play the game, and,