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The Missing Rune

A psychological horror sim where you play a low-level researcher, who has to banish demonic entities back to where they came from. While having to keep the entitles in your peripheral vision, you must use the…

4 August 2026

The Missing Rune is an indie, released 4 August 2026 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Missing Rune is

The Missing Rune was released in 2026. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unity 6.

The premise, in the publisher's words

C. 1971, the O.B.J. foundation, an organization dedicated to studying unexplained, unearthed an ancient church yard called “The Church of the Missing Rune”. Taking the necessary precautions they constructed a facility around the consecrated grounds. Among the ruins were fragments of a book titled “The Grimoire of Runes”. Inside the pieced-together book were detailed instructions on how to begin the second coming. The foundation has always renounced religion, a higher being was far too simple of an explanation for what they have seen. However there was something about this book, this Grimoire, that made them reconsider. Inside the book were writings from other foundation members who have…
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

The Missing Rune launched on 4 August 2026, within three weeks of Mortal Shell II, Beast of Reincarnation, Halo: Campaign Evolved and Big Walk.

Released around the same time: Mortal Shell II, Beast of Reincarnation, Halo: Campaign Evolved, Big Walk.

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When did The Missing Rune come out?
The Missing Rune was released on 4 August 2026 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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