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The Catacombs

The "Catacombs" is a found footage game that plays through the perspective of a VHS camera showing a person venturing deep into the Catacombs of Paris. After exploring far into the maze that lives under Paris…

15 July 2022

The Catacombs is an adventure developed by Pinworm Interactive, released 15 July 2022 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Catacombs is

The Catacombs is an adventure game developed by Pinworm Interactive and released in 2022. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Adobe Photoshop.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The "Catacombs" is a found footage game that plays through the perspective of a VHS camera showing a person venturing deep into the Catacombs of Paris. After exploring far into the maze that lives under Paris the player begins to feel they're being followed.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Catacombs launched on 15 July 2022, within three weeks of Stray, As Dusk Falls, Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course and Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

Released around the same time: Stray, As Dusk Falls, Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course, Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

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When did The Catacombs come out?
The Catacombs was released on 15 July 2022 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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