Midnight Special
Welcome to 'Midnight Special,' a gripping point-and-click survival horror game that pays homage to 70s and 80s cinema. The game's story draws inspiration from giallo, slashers, and sci-fi classics, while the…
Midnight Special is an indie developed by Scared Stupid Inc, released 21 May 2026 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Midnight Special is
Midnight Special is an indie game developed by Scared Stupid Inc and released in 2026. It was published by Yahaha Games. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Welcome to 'Midnight Special,' a gripping point-and-click survival horror game that pays homage to 70s and 80s cinema. The game's story draws inspiration from giallo, slashers, and sci-fi classics, while the presentation is inspired by 90s 16-bit aesthetics.
How it plays
Its themes are horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Midnight Special launched on 21 May 2026, within three weeks of 007 First Light, Forza Horizon 6, LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight and Directive 8020.
Released around the same time: 007 First Light, Forza Horizon 6, LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, Directive 8020.
Official trailer
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