Strobophagia | Rave Horror

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A rave in the woods where the ticket costs everyone's life.

Platforms: PC
Price: Paid
Rated: Very Positive on Steam (83% of 110 reviews)
Players: 1
Controls: Mouse and keyboard or controller: move, look, interact, open the in-game phone
Made by: Green Tile Digital
Released: 2020

What frightens You arrive at the Headless Rave Festival in a night forest and learn from its organisers that the price of admission is the life of everyone there; among neon-painted, masked dancers, skull-lined ritual circles and a forest that seems to shift around you, you look for a way out while a sinister presence waits in the darkness.
Content: violence, light gore, alcohol, drug imagery.

Strobophagia | Rave Horror is a first-person psychedelic horror game by Green Tile Digital. You come to an occult forest rave for a night of freedom, then hear the organisers say that every attendee will die. You explore the neon festival, ask the other ravers for help on your phone and solve strange puzzles to escape before the presence in the dark finds you.

About Strobophagia | Rave Horror

Strobophagia | Rave Horror was made by Green Tile Digital and released on Steam in October 2020, published by THQ Nordic Mobile. It is a single-player, first-person game for Windows PC.

You come to the Headless Rave Festival in a forest, drawn by the promise of total freedom. Soon the organisers make an announcement on everyone's phone: welcome all, where love and wine flow free, but all attending this evening will perish. The price of admission is your life.

The game is about getting out. You walk the festival grounds among dancers covered in neon body paint and glowing masks, past stages, bars, a medic tent and ritual circles ringed with skulls in the trees. Your smartphone helps you find points of interest and message the other attendees for help, and the way out runs through macabre puzzles that follow twisted logic.

The fear comes from how wrong the party feels: thumping music, bright neon and smiling masks around a cult that plans to kill everyone, and a forest that seems to work against you. Its makers call it pure psychedelic horror and ask you to keep a grip on reality as logic gives way. It suits players who like cult horror and surreal settings more than combat.

How to play Strobophagia | Rave Horror

Buy it on Steam for Windows PC.
Arrive at the Headless Rave Festival and read the organisers' message on your phone.
Explore the festival grounds and use the phone to find points of interest.
Message and talk to other attendees for clues.
Solve the festival's puzzles to find a way out, and keep away from the presence in the dark.

Screenshots

Ravers in glowing neon body paint and X-eyed masks dance under a One at a time sign, while a phone shows the organisers' message that all attending will perish

A glowing ritual circle among dead trees in a red mist, with bird-like skulls mounted on the walls around it

A crowd of neon-painted dancers in the dark, with a masked raver in the foreground and a phone open on a chat from a user named Da3dalus

Tips

Check your phone often; it points you to places worth looking at.
Ask the other ravers for help; the game is built around consulting them.
Expect puzzles with odd logic: look closely at the strange objects and signs around the festival.

Questions

Is Strobophagia a Halloween game?

No. It came out in late October 2020, but it is set at an occult rave in a forest, not at Halloween.

Is Strobophagia scary?

It is unsettling and surreal rather than fast: a party where everyone is meant to die, cult rituals and something waiting in the dark. Steam notes violence, light gore, alcohol and drug imagery.

What platforms is Strobophagia on?

Windows PC, on Steam.