The Casting of Frank Stone

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Make a horror film in Frank Stone's steel mill, and decide who survives it.

Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox
Stores: Steam
Price: Paid
Rated: Mixed on Steam (62% of about 6,000 reviews)
Players: 1
Made by: Supermassive Games
Released: 2024

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What frightens In Cedar Hills, Oregon, a group of young friends making a horror film in a condemned steel mill walk into the legacy of Frank Stone, a sadistic masked killer whose crimes there spawned horrors beyond comprehension; every choice decides who survives him.
Content: violence, gore.

The Casting of Frank Stone is a cinematic horror game by Supermassive Games set in the Dead by Daylight universe. Young friends in the town of Cedar Hills dig into the legacy of Frank Stone, a sadistic killer from an Oregon steel mill, and every decision you make shapes who lives.

About The Casting of Frank Stone

The Casting of Frank Stone is an interactive horror drama from Supermassive Games, the studio behind Until Dawn, The Quarry and The Dark Pictures Anthology, published by Behaviour Interactive in September 2024. It is set in the world of Dead by Daylight, Behaviour's multiplayer horror game, and gives a wider look at that world.

The shadow of Frank Stone hangs over Cedar Hills, a town changed by his violent past. In the depths of an Oregon steel mill, his gruesome crimes spawned horrors beyond comprehension, and an original cast of characters is drawn together into a mystery where nothing is quite as it seems.

As in Supermassive's other games, you control several characters in turn and every decision shapes the story and the fate of the people in it, so a simple choice can turn into a hard dilemma. The Deluxe Edition adds The Cutting Room Floor, which lets you return to key decisions and change their outcome.

Reviews were mixed, but it is the natural next step for fans of Dead by Daylight or of Until Dawn and The Quarry who want a slasher story driven by choices.

How to play The Casting of Frank Stone

Buy it for PC, PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X|S.
Follow the story, switching between the characters you control.
Make choices in conversations and tense moments, and react quickly in action scenes.
Keep characters alive, or not; your decisions decide who reaches the end.

Screenshots

Frank Stone in a welding mask and chains holding a long blade in the orange glow of the steel mill

Two young men silhouetted against the dark tower of a steel mill under a cloudy moon

Three friends with a flashlight and a camera approaching a body lying on the ground at night

A frightened young woman pulled toward a glowing green portal in a doorway

Tips

Look around each scene for collectibles and clues; they add to the mystery.
Take your time on big decisions; small ones can matter later.
Use The Cutting Room Floor in the Deluxe Edition to revisit choices instead of replaying everything.