These include 'Crisol: Theater Of Idols' and 'Fear The Spotlight' Horror studio Blumhouse, famous for Paranormal Activity , The Purge , and Whiplash , has announced that it is stepping into the world of video games with six new indie titles. The creators of Immortality will be working on Project C . There’s also a Stardew Valley esque farming sim where one of the townsfolk is a serial killer, Grave Seasons .
Fear The Spotlight is a game made by a husband and wife about two teenage girls and a seance gone wrong. Then there’s Crisol: Theater Of Idols , a game where you’ll fight possessed statues in Spain. There’s also Sleep Awake , a first-person psychedelic game where people disappear in their sleep, so everyone is trying to stay away.
And, finally, The Simulation , a meta murder mystery and a game within a game. Some of the Blumhouse Games team spoke with The Guardian to explain how they’d be running their new venture. “It’s a pretty conservative business model,” said Blumhouse Games president Zach Wood “We don’t need everything to be a hit.
Everybody can make money at a moderate success level, and that’s really important for us, especially given market conditions. We want to make a profit for everybody that we work with. It’s important that our development partners have a sustainable business, and can continue making games.
” Creative lead Lousie Blain added: “We were looking for an innovative approach to horror, something we haven’t seen before .