This game is now available on Steam!

Thanks for your help in getting this game selected for distribution via Steam. More information including a link to the Steam store page can be found below.

Greenlight is being retired. For more information on how to submit games to steam, refer to this blog post.
The Empty Inn
Award
Favorite
Favorited
Unfavorite
 
Genre: Adventure, Puzzle
Platforms: PC
Languages: English
Players: Single-player
Posted
Updated
May 31, 2015 @ 6:43am
Jan 26, 2016 @ 7:48pm

View The Empty Inn in the store

Store page
Recent Announcements View All (2)
The Empty Inn - Live on STEAM!
Our Steam Greenlight is finally live!
Description
Release date: OUT NOW!
Want to be ahead of the curve? The Empty Inn is available to play right now! Just click here![candlelight-studios.com]



The Empty Inn is a 2D, horror game with 8-bit, NES-style, pixel art and puzzle-exploration gameplay. With only a small lamp in hand, the player is required to solve puzzles and explore the vacant inn, ensuring they keep their lamp lit along the way. If your light goes out then the monster will show its face… and I’m not just talking about the monster who’s watching you.


  • A thrilling horror game which provides the player with nothing more than a lamp and darkness to explore. Relying less on jump scares, and more on atmospheric and environmental tension, The Empty Inn is an unnerving experience.

  • Solve fiendish puzzles whilst ensuring you keep your lamp lit. You’ll be forced to scavenge the once populated inn to survive and to get to the bottom of its current existence.

  • Experience a shocking story as you play under a watchful eye which constantly judges and belittles you as you uncover more of the mysteries which haunt The Empty Inn.

  • Made by one developer, The Empty Inn is an untainted vision which experiments with the elements that define horror gaming by creating an experience which is attempts scare the player in a more meaningful way.



"Something about The Empty Inn's presentation makes it look very uncomfortable... The sound of the rain, the dim glow of your candle, and the quiet inn build a powerful dread, even just from the trailer." - Joel Couture, IndieGames

"The Empty Inn provides brief shelter from the high-res multiplayer madness that most of us subscribe to. It's an overnight stay in the haunted halls of your childhood nostalgia. It doesn't last long, so try to enjoy each spooky minute." - Chris Saltel, Eat-Pray-Game

"[The Empty Inn] feels very Lovecraftian in its nature and captures an uneasy setting perfectly." - Dan Hartnack, IndieJuice
< >
43 Comments
alt-0 Jun 30, 2015 @ 7:24pm 
This does look promising. I hope this gets greenlit. :8bitheart:
Shifuza Jun 15, 2015 @ 9:08am 
Upvote! Very good concept! Nice man. Good Job. Good Luck!
shafy Jun 11, 2015 @ 2:12pm 
Looks good, voted! :acduck:
Prison Mike Jun 10, 2015 @ 10:17am 
Wow. This is brilliantly done. The NES, retro-y-style graphics are amazing. The game feels uneasy and spooky, despite the graphics. Very well done, and I hope this game becomes available to the public!
primoaurelius Jun 7, 2015 @ 8:58pm 
man, i just cant get enough of that nes look
Princess Anna Jun 2, 2015 @ 11:19am 
Nice! :)
Tuna Jun 2, 2015 @ 8:24am 
GOOD
Torwald Jun 2, 2015 @ 8:01am 
Voted!Nice game!
Gamer Gengar Jun 2, 2015 @ 6:03am 
Looks good, if it comes to linux I'll definitely buy and review it
ssshhhiiixxx! Jun 2, 2015 @ 2:20am 
хз_)