Pestilence

About

Pestilence casts you as a missing person trapped in a 90s-inspired psychological horror story. Solve puzzles and navigate shifting environments while battling fragmented memories to piece together your captor's sinister plan. The game blends grim aesthetics with a nonlinear narrative that forces you to figure out dark secrets through exploration and environmental clues. What sets Pestilence apart is its disorienting memory-loss mechanic, which obscures key details and forces repeated exploration. The tension builds as you revisit locations with new context, slowly revealing a twisted tale of captivity and psychological manipulation. Sparse dialogue and oppressive atmosphere let the eerie settings do the storytelling, making every creak and shadow feel threatening.

Storyline

Recently, a journalist hoping to make a name for herself has come across a number of recent criminal cases. She has begun taking these cases apart in a bid for fame one at a time. Her first such case involves a missing person. You play as this missing person and get to experience his story. You will experience environmental horror and stories of the many characters involved. As the player solves puzzles and travels between different environments, the struggle of memory loss keeps the player guessing as he uncovers his captor's twisted story.