Storebound

About Storebound

Storebound is made and published by Embers and its 1.0 release came out on Steam for Windows in July 2026. It is a co-op horror campaign in six episodes, five to seven hours in all.

You and up to two friends are shoppers trapped after closing in a vast megastore, a liminal place between dream and nightmare where the signs still promise bargains and point to the bathroom and the living room displays. Every two chapters the store shifts to a different era and area, with new puzzles and new things living in it.

The play is teamwork. You search the aisles for items and clues, talk over proximity voice chat, and split up with walkie-talkies to call out code sequences from across a department or guide a friend through a maze on the security monitors. When the lights go out, the store sends out its 'assistance' for shoppers who need it: cut your radio and go silent, or be found. Traps and aberrations gnaw at your sanity, and a lost mind may turn on its friends.

The characters are cartoonish, but the store warns of violence, torture, gore and strong flashing lights. It suits groups who liked Escape the Backrooms or Labyrinthine and want more puzzles and a story in their co-op horror.

How to play Storebound

1. Buy Storebound on Steam and start an episode alone or with one or two friends online.
2. Search the store for items and clues, talking over proximity voice chat.
3. Split up and use walkie-talkies to share codes and guide each other through puzzles.
4. Go silent and hide when the lights go out and the store's 'assistance' comes looking.
5. Keep your sanity up, solve each area's puzzles and find the way to the next part of the store.

Tips

• Turn your walkie-talkie off when something is near: the store may be listening.
• Divide the work: one player reads the clue, another works the puzzle.
• Watch for strobe warnings if you are sensitive to flashing lights.

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