Hope Deferred
Hope Deferred is a first-person psychological horror RPG. Explore nightmare worlds and search for understanding in this PSX inspired dungeon crawler.
Hope Deferred is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Tell All, released 8 April 2025 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Hope Deferred is
Hope Deferred is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Tell All and released in 2025. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Sword of Moonlight.
The premise, in the publisher's words
You wake up in a locked prison cell. Everything is red. On the wall of the cell is a mirror, and when you look into it, you see the truth. Your cell unlocks, but you're far from free. Explore a non-linear world with interconnected level design, each space more dream-like than the last. Talk to NPCs or slay them. Read the signs or ignore them. Take the path set for you or find another. Read a bunch of scripture against your will. Interpret it's lack of meaning. Worry about the mental health of another. Accept there's nothing you can do for them.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are fantasy and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Hope Deferred launched on 8 April 2025, within three weeks of Inzoi, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Blue Prince.
Released around the same time: Inzoi, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Blue Prince.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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