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Dead Exposure

Use an instant camera to reveal hidden realities and shape the house itself. Not everything stays where it belongs.

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Developer
Rotwired Studios
Publisher
Rotwired Studios
Release
April 24, 2026
100 days ago
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About the Game

About This Game

Dead Exposure is a short-form analog horror experience (1–1.5 hours) set inside a foreclosed home that won’t stay still.

You are sent to document the property after a family tragedy.  Armed with a Polaroid camera and a child’s toy modified to detect anomalies, you begin to notice things that shouldn’t exist.

Some only appear in photographs.
Others emerge when captured on film.
The act of observing changes what is there.

This is a slow-burn, liminal horror experience focused on tension, atmosphere, and uncovering what hides beneath the surface.

The Experience

  • See beyond reality
    Your camera reveals objects and entities invisible to the naked eye.

  • A world altered by observation
    What appears on film doesn’t always match what is right in front of you.

  • Liminal, slow-burn horror
    Tension builds through subtle changes, absence, and unease.

  • Best experienced in one sitting
    A focused 1–1.5 hour experience designed to be played in the dark with headphones.

Features

  • Reveal hidden realities using your camera

  • Entities visible only through photographs

  • Environmental storytelling through fragmented clues

  • EMF toy (“Clever Mouse”) for detecting nearby anomalies

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