[STEAM] Netflix Horror Game Starring Sadie Sink and Zoë Kravitz from Oxenfree Developer Night School Studio

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is dipping its toe back into narrative adventure with the upcoming launch of

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, a first-person horror game from Oxenfree developer Night School Studio.

Unlike the teen drama of Oxenfree, Unhinged looks to be a more mature, blood-spattered affair. The game's story centers on two young women in neighbouring houses, as one attempts to escape a home invasion.

Unhinged also features bonafide acting talent, in the shape of Stranger Things and Spider-Man: Brand New Day star Sadie Sink, plus The Batman and Divergent's Zoë Kravitz. Video game veteran Troy Baker rounds out the cast list, meanwhile.

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Rather than

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's previous experiments with interactive live-action experiences (such as in ****** Mirror's Bandersnatch), this is very much a video game that you control with your phone, streamed to your TV via the

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platform.

Gameplay makes use of your phone to receive phone calls and text messages, or to look around its world with a virtual flashlight. As you'd expect, the story features multiple avenues to explore — and yes, you can die.

While the overall experience is timed to feel like an episode of a

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series — lasting just under an hour — it's designed to be replayable to explore different narrative branches.

"We looked deeply at the Wii [and] the Nintendo DS," Night School game director Sam Warner told

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. "I grew up with those, and I think that focus on novel innovative play was something that we really started this game with. If you've got

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and you have a phone, then this is for you."

Unhinged launches on June 30, and will be available to all

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subscribers.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at [email protected] or find him on Bluesky

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