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Pine Hollow

Pine Hollow is an atmospheric anomaly-hunting game set in a 90s US neighborhood. Explore Echo Bubbles, use your Zapper to clear anomalies, and uncover the mystery that brought you here. Can you escape the Deviation?

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Hyper Bizarre
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Hyper Bizarre
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About the Game

Story

July 1996. You are Kevin, an ordinary 13-year-old boy living in a small town in the Northern Lakes region.

You wake up in the middle of the night, a message on your computer tells yout that your are stuck in the Deviation, a strange place where fear and reality collide. Your only way out: a device called the Zapper.

Why are you stuck here? What is happening? Start your journey and find out who's behind the eyes watching you.

Gameplay

Hop on your bike and freely explore the neighborhood and its surroundings.

Find the 7 Echo Bubbles scattered across the map. Each one is a location built around the core anomaly-hunting gameplay loop: enter, look around, spot what is wrong, use your Zapper, then get out. Repeat. Once an Echo Bubble is fully synchronised, move on to the next one.

When all Echo Bubbles are cleared, launch the final procedure to escape the Deviation... and discover what lies on the other side.

Key Features:

  • explore a quiet 90s neighborhood on a mysterious summer night

  • discover 7 unique locations filled with 80+ anomalies

  • uncover an underlying story through events, in-world documents, and environmental clues

  • experience 4 different endings depending on your actions

  • find secrets and easter eggs

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