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Mawgate

Maria Moore is wrongfully imprisoned in the dreaded Mawgate Asylum. To survive she must do things she never thought herself capable of. Fight, hide, solve puzzles, and investigate the illusive dark forces behind the asylum. Maria must escape, or be consumed by the madness of Mawgate…

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purrCheeze Games, Lucas Ljunggren
Publisher
Lucas Ljunggren
Release
April 17, 2026
107 days ago
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About the Game

MAWGATE

Mawgate is a short narrative-driven survival horror game set in the 19th century.

Maria Moore, a young woman deemed “hysterical” under mysterious circumstances, awakens inside Mawgate Asylum, alone, disoriented, and abandoned. Her husband, William, is nowhere to be found.

Something has gone terribly wrong.

The asylum is no longer a place of treatment, but of terror. Twisted creatures roam its halls, and whatever happened the night Maria was taken has turned Mawgate into a waking nightmare.

To survive, Maria must explore the labyrinthine institution, uncover its secrets, and find the enigmatic director, Dr. Hawley, before it’s too late.

Survive Mawgate Asylum

A sprawling, interconnected facility filled with locked doors, hidden compartments, and cryptic puzzles. Every corner hides answers, and danger.

  • Solve environmental puzzles to progress

  • Manage scarce resources and stay alive

  • Fight or outmaneuver the horrors within

  • Uncover the truth behind Mawgate’s fall

Maria Moore

Born into poverty and thrust into aristocratic life through marriage, Maria never belonged in the world she was forced into. Independent, strong-willed, and unwilling to conform, she dreamt of freedom, travel, art, a life beyond expectation.

Those dreams died the night she was taken.

Now imprisoned within Mawgate Asylum, stripped of control and branded insane, Maria must rely on her resolve to survive. Claustrophobic, isolated, and hunted, she is determined to escape and uncover what became of her husband. 

This game was developed as a student project at the University of Skövde.

We are purrCheeze Games:

Anton Björklund

Alma Stenberg

Melvin Nilsson

Lucas Ljunggren

Lucas Bjurler

Viktor Assolari

Måns Hahlbeck

Max Wahlgren

Camilla Johansson

Rickard Öman

Sebastian Falk

Matilda Englund

Anton Wennerström

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