Close To The Sun

About Close To The Sun

Close To The Sun is a story-driven horror game by Storm in a Teacup, published by Wired Productions. It came to PC in 2019 and to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch later that year.

It is 1897, in a world where Nikola Tesla's inventions have shaped the century. Deep in international waters stands the Helios, a gilded ship built as a haven for the greatest scientific minds, free from governments and from the eyes of society, where they can push the boundaries of matter and time.

Journalist Rose Archer comes aboard looking for her sister Ada. The grand halls are empty, the air stinks of rotting flesh, and a single word is painted across the entrance: QUARANTINE. You explore the ship's art deco halls, theatres and laboratories, solve puzzles to open the way, and find documents that tell the history of Wardenclyffe and its workers.

The ship is beautiful and wrong at once, and the fear builds from the silence and from what Rose finds in it. It suits players who liked the drowned grandeur of BioShock and want a slower, combat-free story of a utopia gone bad.

How to play Close To The Sun

1. Buy it for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One or Nintendo Switch.
2. Explore the Helios in first person as Rose and follow the trail of your sister Ada.
3. Solve the ship's puzzles to open new areas and secret rooms.
4. Read the documents you find to learn what happened aboard, and run when you must.

Tips

• Search every corner: collectables tell the ship's history.
• Take note of codes and clues as you find them; puzzles rely on them.
• Play with sound on; the ship's silence is part of the fear.

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