Audio-only horror game Vanished out now for iOS

Indie studio Pixel Heart has made an interesting game for iOS devices.  Vanished, is currently free as part of its launch promotion until October 1, but what’s interesting about it is that it will be an audio-only game. While Vanished is very much a survival horror game, it aims to scare gamers by only using sound, rather than brutal graphics or survival-based gameplay.

In the audio-only horror game, players will find themselves in a world without light, with no memories of how they got there and and no clues on why everything has disappeared. Players are haunted by strange memories and surrounded by dark presences.

Vanished is a horror game that aims to scare you with sound

According to Pixel Heart, the idea for the game came from an experiment using the hardware of the iPhone. The developers got a good idea of the typical movements of people in the real world by using the built-in compass and accelerometer. In the game, players just face the direction they want to go and touch the screen to walk. To attack with weapons, players have to simply shake the device.

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To give you an idea of what to expect, the developers use a quote of classic horror writer HP Lovecraft: “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.”

Despite having released it on the App Store, the developers still believe that Vanished is an experiment. Upcoming improvements include making the game more complex and deeper without changing the core gameplay.