Onward: Asylum

About

Onward: Asylum is a 2D horror platformer where you play as Grace, a girl who wakes up in a mysterious underground lab after an alarm disrupts her sleep. You navigate the facility’s dark corridors, solving puzzles and avoiding a lurking monster as you search for a way out and answers about your past. The gameplay blends stealth, platforming, and environmental exploration, with tension rising every time the monster closes in. The game’s strength is its atmospheric tension and the constant threat of being caught. Early feedback from indie gaming communities highlights the clever use of sound and lighting to keep players on edge. While it’s a smaller title from Pahiyom Pahilom Studios, the focus on tight gameplay and a creepy setting makes it a memorable horror experience. The mix of quick reflexes and puzzle-solving keeps the escape from feeling repetitive.

Storyline

An alarm broke and woke up a girl from her sleep filled with fragments of memories of her past. Grace is alone in a secret underground laboratory where they do experiments illegally with humans. She is on a quest to find her mom and leave this place. Unbeknownst to her, something is lurking within the shadows, a monster waiting for their cue. Will grace be able to escape from the prison she was held captive? Will Hope guide her the way?