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The Payphone

You are an investigator working in a near-bankrupt agency, however a case no-one would take landed on your desk. Disappearances of Ashfield Plains, each case is hauntingly similar, all their final phone calls were traced back to that specific payphone. Short on cash, you took the case.

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Developer
Kosumic Interactive Studio
Publisher
Kosumic Interactive Studio
Release
October 17, 2025
289 days ago
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Mostly Positive14 reviews71.4%

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About the Game

The Payphone is a short bite-sized experimental horror game from Kosumic Interactive Studio

Features

  • VHS-Style aesthetic.

  • Low-Poly & Low-Res inspired horror.

  • Lonely and Oppressive atmosphere.

  • Payphone.

  • Collect and use items.

Story

You are an investigator working in a near-bankrupt agency, however a case no-one would take landed on your desk. Disappearances of Ashfield Plains, each case is hauntingly similar, all their final phone calls were traced back to that specific payphone. Short on cash, you took the case.

The Payphone is a bite-sized, first person horror experience inspired by low-poly retro aesthetic. Explore a forgotten stretch of road, swallowed by utter darkness and loneliness while slowly piecing together what might have happened, or rather, what caused the disappearance.

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