Pine Creek
A weekend getaway to Pine Creek in '86 turns into a nightmare when your wife vanishes as strange lights appear in the sky. Solve puzzles, hide from the grays, save Sarah and survive the night in this first-person stealth survival horror. The truth is darker than you think.
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Pine Creek is a story-driven, first-person horror game that blends the tense gameplay of modern stealth horror with the eerie atmosphere of classic survival horror, featuring an authentic ’80s setting, immersive cinematics, and environmental puzzles that change with every playthrough.
Story-driven, first-person survival horror
Tense stealth gameplay with hiding mechanics
Randomized puzzles that shift with every playthrough
Authentic '80s small-town atmosphere
Immersive cinematics & professional voice acting
INSPIRED BY:
Modern Survival Horror: Alien: Isolation, Resident Evil, Outlast
’80s Small-Town Mysteries: Stranger Things, Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Classic UFO Mysteries: The X-Files, Signs
EXPLORE PINE CREEK & MANAGE RESOURCES
Explore the unsettling outskirts of Pine Creek, scavenging for resources and key items while avoiding the extraterrestrial entities that roam the area.
SOLVE PUZZLES & OVERCOME CHALLENGES
The way forward is never easy. Solve authentic 80s-inspired environmental puzzles reminiscent of classic survival horror titles — and look out for hidden documents and environmental clues if you find yourself stuck. Puzzle solutions change with every playthrough.
STAY UNDETECTED & EVADE THE GRAYS
Stay quiet, stay hidden, and remain completely undetected. Any physical contact with the alien entities means an instant, brutal abduction. Use distraction items to slow them down — and run when you have to.
THE STORY
On an autumn weekend in 1986, you and your wife, Sarah, travel to the Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania—home to the small town of Pine Creek, where she grew up. As you approach the town, a radio broadcast reports a series of mysterious disappearances spanning decades.
As night falls, strange things begin to happen. Sarah's uncle arrives, urging you to follow him to his farm. When you return to your cabin, Sarah is gone.
Throughout the night, you follow the faint signal from Sarah’s pager, trying to find her across the outskirts of Pine Creek — from dark forests and abandoned facilities to forgotten mines beneath the mountains. Strange lights in the sky. Gray aliens that stalk and attempt to abduct you. Characters who may help or hinder your search. And as their secrets unravel, the truth behind Pine Creek’s dark past is finally revealed — and it’s darker than anything you imagined.
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