Atari has announced it is reimagining its golden era classic “Haunted House” for PC and consoles. Arriving later this year, “Haunted House” pays homage to the original survival-horror adventure by seamlessly adopting dynamic roguelite elements while incorporating stealth-based gameplay and haunting boss battles.
In “Haunted House,” players take control of Lyn Graves, the precocious niece of legendary treasure hunter Zachary Graves. Lyn visits her uncle’s mansion with her closest compatriots, only to find the house overrun with ghouls and monsters who quickly grab and spirit away her friends. To free her uncle and her friends and capture all the supernatural foes, Lyn must find the shattered pieces of a magical urn and put them back together.
Through procedurally generated room layouts, shifting walls, unpredictable enemy placements, and unique ghostly encounters, Lyn must creep, sneak, and dash through hordes of ghouls and eerie ectoplasms to locate her friends and uncle. A bone-chilling boss fiercely guards each urn shard — with 3D isometric stealth gameplay, Lyn must think on her feet to conquer each challenge. When she gets knocked out by a shadowy specter, she winds up back at the Haunted House’s entrance and must face an entirely new floor layout and enemy placement, ensuring each run is unique.
As Lyn explores the Haunted House, she’ll free her trapped friends, who become playable characters you can use to dive deeper into the mansion. Each friend possesses different stats, so depending on who you explore the mansion with, it’ll be a totally new experience!
A demo of “Haunted House” will be on display at the Brazilian Independent Games (BIG) Festival in São Paulo, taking place from June 28, 2023, to July 2, 2023, where the first game trailer will be showcased.
“Haunted House” is developed by Orbit Studio and published by Atari. The game will launch on Windows PC, PlayStation 4 and 5, Nintendo Switch, Atari VCS, and Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S later this year. To learn more, visit the official website.
Atari’s original “Haunted House” was released in 1982 for the Atari 2600. The game was a single-player adventure game in which the player’s goal was to recover three pieces of a magic urn that were randomly placed throughout the 24-room mansion and return them to the mansion entrance. In it, players faced off against roaming enemies that included vampire bats, tarantulas, and ghosts.
