Hauntsville is an adventure developed by Michael Janisch, released 10 March 2025 on PlayStation 5 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Hauntsville is
Hauntsville is an adventure game developed by Michael Janisch and released in 2025. It was published by Freedom Games. It is available on PlayStation 5 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 5.
The premise, in the publisher's words
As a traveler without a name, you find yourself stranded in a ghost town on the frontier. Everyone is gone, including the hired hand and the horses supposed to carry you over the mountain. But the howling in the distance means that you won't be alone for soon. Better check your iron, partner, for it's the only thing between you and monsters that lurk everywhere in the Cursed West. Hauntsville is a western horror survival game, set in the heyday of the American West. Stranded with just the clothes on your back (and up to three of your hopefully closest friends), you'll have to work the land to make it through the night. Build a homestead, search the haunted town for supplies or try to…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror, open world and survival. It supports multiplayer for up to 4 players online. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
What it launched against
Hauntsville launched on 10 March 2025, within three weeks of Inzoi, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Avowed and Split Fiction. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Inzoi, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Avowed, Split Fiction.
Official trailer
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