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Shadows of Absence

After years of missing out on life, the journeys, the friendships, the experiences, you are prescribed an experimental medication to help you reclaim your life. The side effects were supposed to be minor, but as you drift off to sleep, you wake up in your childhood home.

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Dark Harbor Studio
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Dark Harbor Studio
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About the Game

After decades of missing out on life, you take an experimental medication that's supposed to give your life back. But shortly after going to sleep, you find yourself in your childhood home. Navigate the empty halls of your old school, the echoing rooms of the hospital, and the final destination for us all, the cemetery. In this nightmare, you must face your issues personified. 

Features

  • A condensed two-hour descent into the darkest places in the mind

  • Two endings

  • Four locations exploring anxiety, depression, and the fear of death

  • Focuses on atmospheric horror and tension-building

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