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The Black Iris

1983. North East Scotland. An engineer is sent to an abandoned, clandestine research facility and is tasked with decommissioning equipment and gathering research material left by scientists. As the engineer…

6 February 2021

The Black Iris is a video game developed by ARBORETA GAMES, released 6 February 2021 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Black Iris is

The Black Iris was developed by ARBORETA GAMES and released in 2021. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

1983. North East Scotland. An engineer is sent to an abandoned, clandestine research facility and is tasked with decommissioning equipment and gathering research material left by scientists. As the engineer travels deeper into the void, they are thrust into an unstable world of phantasmagorical horrors.
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How it plays

Its themes are horror.

What it launched against

The Black Iris launched on 6 February 2021, within three weeks of Little Nightmares II, Hitman 3, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury and The Medium.

Released around the same time: Little Nightmares II, Hitman 3, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, The Medium.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

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Quick answers

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When did The Black Iris come out?
The Black Iris was released on 6 February 2021 for PC (Microsoft Windows).