
Hunger Lane
A story-driven horror platformer about a boy uncovering the secrets of a quiet city where monsters hunt humans after dark. Will you discover what lies behind the disappearances before it finds you?
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Hunger Lane is a dark atmospheric horror platformer focused on exploration and puzzles, where a young boy tries to uncover the mystery of a nighttime city. Use improvised tools, light your way through the darkness, interact with the environment, and search for safe routes while avoiding creatures that now roam places that once felt familiar.

Use everything you can find in the city: matches, tools, and everyday objects help light your path, clear obstacles, and overcome environmental challenges.
Lights still glow in apartment buildings and behind windows. Explore your surroundings, search for clues, talk to residents, and interact with city devices: enter codes, unlock doors, and activate mechanisms to open new routes and progress deeper into the city.
Climb building facades, jump across obstacles, and search for alternative paths through multi-layered environments. Use parkour elements, ladders, and ledges to avoid threats, discover hidden routes, and reach places that seem inaccessible at first glance.