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Solve mansion puzzles to unlock videotapes, then play 12 varied horror games connected by a hidden story.
Released 21 Aug 2020
Solve Mansion Puzzles
Hunt and Staple Squirrels
Romance an Eldritch Horror
Explore 12 horror games made in 10 days connected by a meta narrative experience you didn't expect. Step into a world of darkness and discover the secrets you didn't know were right beneath the surface. Find the tapes and unlock the mystery inside the Dread X Collection 2.
Developed by DreadXP, David Szymanski, Torple Dook, Lovely Hellplace, Scythe Dev Team, Secret Cow Level, panstasz, Mahelyk, Daniel Mullins Games, Wither Studios, Akabaka, Vidas Salavejus, Wayward Preacher, John Szymanski, Bathysfear Labs, Abbey 'Scruncho' Smith · Published by DreadXP
You awaken in a dim room with sealed cases containing videotapes. Explore the mansion around you, solve puzzles to find keys, and open the cases to access the games. The hub has its own story, and the collection can also be played in free-play mode.
Each tape leads to a short horror experience with its own characters, visual style, and mechanics. Activities range from hunting squirrels and fighting creatures to deciphering an ancient note, performing rituals, and exploring a deep-sea vessel.
The games vary in format and pace: some focus on puzzles or exploration, while others use shooting, survival, or narrative choices. Completing the separate experiences and investigating the hub gradually reveal more of the story linking them.
Players often appreciate the collection’s range of horror styles and the interactive mansion hub, where simple puzzles unlock the games. Several entries are repeatedly singled out, especially Sucker for Love, Squirrel Stapler, Solipsis, and Touched by an Outer God. Opinions on individual games vary substantially, with some players finding the collection uneven, too brief, or frustrating to play.
You find yourself locked in a small room illuminated only by the hazy glow of a single TV. Around you are a collection of tapes, trapped within steel coffins. A strange statue looms in the shadows. An unknown voice breaks the silence. It tells you to check the top of the VCR for a key. You pick it up. You use it to unlock one of the metallic cases. Inside is a tape. You pop the tape into the VCR. Can you survive what happens next?
The Dread X Collection 2 follows in the footsteps of the first Dread X Collection. This time we've gathered 12 incredible indie devs and given them just 10 days to realize all new visions of terror. The inspiration this time around was LOVECRAFTING. Does that mean all Lovecraft monsters? Does that mean a crafting game? Does it mean crafting love in a romantic visual novel? You'll just have to play to find out.
Step into a world of darkness and discover the secrets you didn't know were right beneath the surface. Get ready to explore 12 horror games made in 10 days that lead up to a narrative experience you didn't expect in Dread X Collection 2. Find the tapes and unlock the mystery inside.
Features:
-Explore 12 games all with different graphics, characters, and play styles. There is something for everyone.
-Interactive launcher with it’s own game, or skip it! Your choice
-Bigger than the first collection
Secret Cow Level - Another Late Night: You're up late playing video games and messing around on the internet. Things take a dark turn...
Vidas Games - Arcadletra: Electronics in an arcade and video rental store begin to come to life in startling ways when a mysterious hole leading to an unknown world is discovered.
John Szymanski - Charlotte's Exile: Charlotte has gone missing. The last hope of her embrace lies with an old note written in an ancient language. Perhaps the books in the Great Library can be used to decode it. . . but keep an eye out for that thing crawling around.
Daniel Mullins Games - Solipsis: Two astronauts search for geological features beneath the surface of The Moon. They find one.
David Szymanski - Squirrel Stapler: Hunt squirrels, staple them to a corpse, meet god.
Akabaka - Sucker for Love: Win the heart of an eldritch horror and smooch her... at any cost!
Bathysfear Games - The Diving Bell: Isolation takes its toll on even the strongest of wills. Survive the madness, faulty machinery, and the crushing depths of the ocean, and reach your salvation inside the diving bell.
Panstasz - The Thing in the Lake: Something horrible is hiding in its murky depths...
Mahelyk - The Toy Shop: What do you do when you can't trust what you see, hear, or touch? What reality do you chose to be your own? Do you take your fate in to your own hands, or play on as someone else's toy?
Scythe Dev Team - To the End of Days: The world is ending as a comet looms; can you make it home to your family?
Wither Studios - Touched by an Outer God: The Growth have invaded our world. Kill them. Eat their flesh. Become stronger.
Torple Dook - Undiscovered: A cursed tomb of kings lies hidden deep in the ancient jungle. Explore the tomb, learn it's secrets, and find what lies . . . UNDISCOVERED.
Special Mentions: The launcher this time around comes from the incredible Lovely Hellplace.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 13 |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Website | Official website |
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