Anchorhead is an adventure developed by Michael Gentry, released 22 January 2018 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Anchorhead is
Anchorhead is an adventure game developed by Michael Gentry and released in 2018. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Inform.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Anchorhead is a text adventure game in the style of classic Infocom games from the 1980s. Travel to the haunted coastal town of Anchorhead, Massachusetts and uncover the roots of a horrific conspiracy inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft. Search through musty archives and tomes of esoteric lore; dodge hostile townsfolk; combat a generation-spanning evil that threatens your family and the entire world. To mark the twentieth anniversary of its initial publication, Anchorhead is now available in a special Illustrated Edition with rewritten code, revised prose, additional puzzles, and illustrations by Carlos Cara Àlvarez.
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are horror and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Anchorhead launched on 22 January 2018, within three weeks of Monster Hunter: World, Celeste, Shadow of the Colossus and Shadow of the Colossus (2018).
Released around the same time: Monster Hunter: World, Celeste, Shadow of the Colossus, Shadow of the Colossus (2018).
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When did Anchorhead come out?
Anchorhead was released on 22 January 2018 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
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