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Foghorns Drown

You're a ferryman in Birchwood, a remote village isolated beyond a lake veiled in thick fog. Mysteries and folklore haunt your dreams in this narrative-driven psychological horror game.

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Studio Laaya
Publisher
Studio Laaya
Release
July 20, 2026
13 days ago
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Mostly Positive109 reviews76.1%

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About the Game

The chain is stubborn. The fog is restless. The air smells like tar.

The foghorns wake you, violent as ever. Another passenger has come to cross the fog.

In the dream you wander through the pines, and come upon a body. Innocent and young, murdered in cold blood. By your hand or another? Makes no difference now.

Foghorns Drown is a short psychological thriller, inspired by Silent Hill, Twin Peaks, and Mouthwashing. You play as a ferryman, bringing passengers across a foggy lake to a town drenched in mystery and folklore. The old ferryman has disappeared, and a murder has been committed.

How to tell real from dream when the dead speak again?

Features:

  • Physics-based interactions to open doors, drag objects, and operate the crank of the ferry to pull it along a rusty old chain. The foghorns have little patience, the ferry must move.

  • A rich, detailed narrative told through environmental clues, dialogue with the townsfolk, and surreal visions woven into your experience. The fog speaks to those who listen.

  • Psychological horror that escalate as truth begins to blur, and strange old tales begin to reveal themselves to you. Something in the water demands its toll.

  • Who is the killer? Why did the old ferryman disappear? Solve the mystery, before it's too late.

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