After Lights Out
After Lights Out is a first person psychological horror game. Players will explore a terrifying house that keeps changing in the dark. Use the lights to solve the puzzles and uncover the hidden truth in the room.
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10 itemsAbout the Game
If you ever felt a chill down your spine at the moment the lights went out in your childhood, in After Lights Out, you will experience that mix of fun and horror once again.
After Lights Out is a first person psychological horror game where light takes on an extraordinary significance. Players must overcome their inner fears and bravely step into the darkness, while skillfully using lights to solve a series of intricate puzzles. As you investigate every horror and mystery that takes place in this house, you gradually uncover the rules and truth behind the story.
Storyline
You wake up in an unfamiliar room with fragmented memories, even forgetting your own identity. You seem to be a journalist investigating a missing persons case. A throbbing headache weighs on you. Everything in the room feels both alien and eerily familiar—marked doors, flickering lights, even a corpse lying on the floor...
...Daughters? Yes, I'm investigating the disappearance of the twin daughters in this house!
Gameplay
The environment shifts dynamically with changes in lighting. Use light strategically to reveal hidden secrets, but beware—danger may lurk the moment the lights go out...
Collect clues in-game using a camera, uncovering stories behind each room and character.
Connect clues on an evidence board to piece together the full narrative.
