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Pixelwave Off

Pixelwave Off is a backrooms-mascot horror game set in the 2000s.You return to search for your friend, who disappeared a few years ago.Find him and uncover the dark secrets hidden within Pixelwave Entertainment.

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Developer
PixelwaveCraft Studios
Publisher
PixelwaveCraft Studios
Release
July 23, 2026
9 days ago
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About the Game

This game includes the demo (Episode 1) and will receive the future episodes as free updates. Episode 1 introduces the core mechanics, atmosphere, and the beginning of the story. This is an episodic project, and each new episode aims to improve upon the previous one in quality, gameplay, and atmosphere.

Features:

First-person exploration of an abandoned studio

Backrooms-style environments

Atmospheric & Uncanny Horror

Interactive Puzzle Mechanics

Collectible notes and environmental storytelling

Gameplay:

The game contains backrooms elements and is filled with strange, inexplicable places that once looked different. Parts of the studio building are protected by a light-corrupting system to prevent the horrors lurking in the shadows from taking over.

Use your flashlight, collect abandoned documents, and gain access to new locations with the help of the Light Corruption System. Find your missing friend and uncover what happened inside Pixelwave Entertainment.

Backstory:

Pixelwave Entertainment officially founded in 1966 by two founders. Pixelwave Entertainment created

programs, video games and published  books. 

In 1983 scientists joined the company and years later, they created one of the most dangerous invention of the century. Later, this invention caused the studio's shutdown....

MORE INVENTIONS:

-Light Corrupter System

Additional data corrupted or missing.

Player's story:

You return to an abandoned studio to search for your missing police officer friend. He disappeared while patrolling the area.

You visited this place once as a child, and it made a big impression on you at the time. Now you must search for your missing friend alone, walking among the dusty shadows of the studio.

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