{"id":5932,"date":"2022-08-29T05:15:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T05:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/29\/this-years-eek3-had-survival-horror-fishing-horror-and-a-management-rpg-in-a-haunted-supermarket\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T05:15:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T05:15:26","slug":"this-years-eek3-had-survival-horror-fishing-horror-and-a-management-rpg-in-a-haunted-supermarket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/29\/this-years-eek3-had-survival-horror-fishing-horror-and-a-management-rpg-in-a-haunted-supermarket\/","title":{"rendered":"This year&#8217;s EEK3 had survival horror, fishing horror, and a management RPG in a haunted supermarket"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-video\">\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Indie low-poly horror showcase EEK3 returned this year in the form of an hour-long selection of trailers for upcoming games, hosted as always by a purple skeleton named Skully. While the Nintendo Switch logo appeared multiple times, don&#8217;t worry, every game featured is coming to PC.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s complement of trailers included a few games we&#8217;ve seen before, like GoldenEye homage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/goldeneye-homage-agent-64-has-left-me-shaken-and-stirred\/\">Agent 64: Spies Never Die<\/a>, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/ghostlore-is-diablo-but-with-chinese-hopping-vampires-and-indonesian-boar-demons\/\">Ghostlore<\/a>, which is basically Diablo 2 only with monsters from Southeast Asian folklore, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/signalis-survival-horror\/\">Signalis<\/a>, which reimagines The Thing as a cyberpunk anime with Resident Evil&#8217;s inventory and Silent Hill&#8217;s atmosphere.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But there were plenty more we hadn&#8217;t seen before, many of which are now on my wishlist. Like <a href=\"https:\/\/brainwash-gang.itch.io\/mother-of-many\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mother of Many<\/a>, in which you&#8217;re a mouse farmer who has to grow vegetables, cook food, and fight to end the curse your family suffers under by defeating hordes of enemies with a scythe. Or <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1592540\/Loretta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Loretta<\/a>, a rural noir adventure set in the 1940s that&#8217;s about covering up a murder. Or <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1900390\/Fish_Cymophis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fish Cymophis<\/a>, which starts out like an ordinary fishing game where you explore a lake on a motorboat, then switches to horror once night falls and you become the prey.<\/p>\n<p>A bunch of the games highlighted at EEK3 are available to try right now on the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/hauntedps1.itch.io\/demo-disc-spectral-mall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Haunted PS1 Demo Disc<\/a>, which contains 18 demos in all. You might like to jump into retro FPS <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1396870\/ENCHAIN\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enchain<\/a>, which gives you a hook on a to air-juggle skeletons after you&#8217;ve softened them up, or <a href=\"https:\/\/horror-n-oates.itch.io\/sorry-were-open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sorry, We&#8217;re Open<\/a>, a supermarket management RPG where you hire a party of employees and set out to clean up a haunted retail establishment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Of the ones I tried, my favorite was <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1959390\/Fear_the_Spotlight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fear the Spotlight<\/a>, a stealth-horror game where you&#8217;re trapped in a school after dark with a lamp-headed monster. Solving puzzles while playing my flashlight over the walls for clues was strongly reminiscent of Midwich Elementary School from Silent Hill in the best possible way. It&#8217;s due out this year too.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[#item_image]This year&#8217;s EEK3 had survival horror, fishing horror, and a management RPG in a haunted supermarket<!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\">\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Indie low-poly horror showcase EEK3 returned this year in the form of an hour-long selection of trailers for upcoming games, hosted as always by a purple skeleton named Skully. While the Nintendo Switch logo appeared multiple times, don&#8217;t worry, every game featured is coming to PC.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s complement of trailers included a few games we&#8217;ve seen before, like GoldenEye homage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/goldeneye-homage-agent-64-has-left-me-shaken-and-stirred\/\">Agent 64: Spies Never Die<\/a>, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/ghostlore-is-diablo-but-with-chinese-hopping-vampires-and-indonesian-boar-demons\/\">Ghostlore<\/a>, which is basically Diablo 2 only with monsters from Southeast Asian folklore, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/signalis-survival-horror\/\">Signalis<\/a>, which reimagines The Thing as a cyberpunk anime with Resident Evil&#8217;s inventory and Silent Hill&#8217;s atmosphere.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But there were plenty more we hadn&#8217;t seen before, many of which are now on my wishlist. Like <a href=\"https:\/\/brainwash-gang.itch.io\/mother-of-many\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mother of Many<\/a>, in which you&#8217;re a mouse farmer who has to grow vegetables, cook food, and fight to end the curse your family suffers under by defeating hordes of enemies with a scythe. Or <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1592540\/Loretta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Loretta<\/a>, a rural noir adventure set in the 1940s that&#8217;s about covering up a murder. Or <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1900390\/Fish_Cymophis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fish Cymophis<\/a>, which starts out like an ordinary fishing game where you explore a lake on a motorboat, then switches to horror once night falls and you become the prey.<\/p>\n<p>A bunch of the games highlighted at EEK3 are available to try right now on the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/hauntedps1.itch.io\/demo-disc-spectral-mall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Haunted PS1 Demo Disc<\/a>, which contains 18 demos in all. You might like to jump into retro FPS <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1396870\/ENCHAIN\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enchain<\/a>, which gives you a hook on a to air-juggle skeletons after you&#8217;ve softened them up, or <a href=\"https:\/\/horror-n-oates.itch.io\/sorry-were-open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sorry, We&#8217;re Open<\/a>, a supermarket management RPG where you hire a party of employees and set out to clean up a haunted retail establishment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Of the ones I tried, my favorite was <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1959390\/Fear_the_Spotlight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fear the Spotlight<\/a>, a stealth-horror game where you&#8217;re trapped in a school after dark with a lamp-headed monster. Solving puzzles while playing my flashlight over the walls for clues was strongly reminiscent of Midwich Elementary School from Silent Hill in the best possible way. 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