Pencils Down
Pencils Down is an analog horror roguelike where you take a 44-question exam under the watch of an unseen proctor. Wager confidence chips on answers, risk erasers on red-ink questions, and face questions…
Pencils Down is an adventure developed by Hayden-Fisher Technologies, released 4 September 2026 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Pencils Down is
Pencils Down is an adventure game developed by Hayden-Fisher Technologies and released in 2026. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Pencils Down is an analog horror roguelike where you take a 44-question exam under the watch of an unseen proctor. Wager confidence chips on answers, risk erasers on red-ink questions, and face questions generated from your real-time mistakes. Three exam forms offer escalating dread, while a meta-progression system lets you buy study aids that may help or doom you. Five endings, 400+ period-authentic questions, and a creeping sense of being watched make this a uniquely personal nightmare. Played entirely offline with mouse and keyboard.
How it plays
Its themes are horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Pencils Down launched on 4 September 2026, within three weeks of Marvel's Wolverine, The Blood of Dawnwalker, Control Resonant and Onimusha: Way of the Sword.
Released around the same time: Marvel's Wolverine, The Blood of Dawnwalker, Control Resonant, Onimusha: Way of the Sword.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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