Howling Village: Echoes is an adventure developed by Flame Hearts, released 26 August 2020 on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Howling Village: Echoes is
Howling Village: Echoes is an adventure game developed by Flame Hearts and released in 2020. It was published by Chorus Worldwide. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
“Have you heard of Inunaki village? It's a cursed village that doesn't appear on any map. If you dare to go there, you'll never make it out alive!” Legend has it that on the other side of the real-world location of Inunaki Tunnel in Kyushu lies the most evil haunted spot in Japan—a village where the law doesn't apply, from which no one who enters ever comes back. Is Inunaki village an urban myth? Or... is it real? When her younger brother goes missing, Kaede has no choice but to put her faith in the myth. But while searching for him at the old Inunaki tunnel, she stumbles on a web of terror that defies belief. Six different people each have their own reasons for daring to set foot in…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Howling Village: Echoes launched on 26 August 2020, within three weeks of Marvel's Avengers, Factorio, Risk of Rain 2 and Crusader Kings III. It arrived 3 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Marvel's Avengers, Factorio, Risk of Rain 2, Crusader Kings III.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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