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Ella explores monster-haunted modern locations, solving puzzles and building her combat loadout to uncover the mystery of her past.
Released 23 Jan 2026
Dodge, Parry, Counter
Exploit Monster Weaknesses
Stagger Enemies, Finish
A modern-day horror RPG with tactical combat and survival horror roots. Customize your loadout, manage limited resources, and exploit enemy weaknesses in tense, strategic encounters.
Developed by Dead Right Games · Published by Dead Right Games
Play as Ella as she explores modern-day locations filled with monsters while investigating the mystery of her past. Search for supplies, gear, notes, hidden paths, and optional puzzles as you move through areas such as foggy forests, tunnels, and an evacuated city.
Combat blends free movement and real-time defense with command-based attacks, skills, and items. Time slows while you choose actions, which use stamina that regenerates during battle; dodging, blocking, and parrying help you avoid attacks while positioning and enemy weaknesses can create chances to stagger foes.
Gain experience from battles, puzzles, and discoveries, then improve Ella’s stats and customize weapons and armor with upgrades and parts. Bestiary discoveries and challenges can grant lasting bonuses or unlock rewards, while higher difficulties, New Game Plus, and a built-in randomizer offer alternate runs.
Players who enjoyed the game often praised its mix of real-time positioning and command-based combat, especially the tactical choices around timing, staggering, and enemy weaknesses. Exploration rewards, equipment customization, challenges, and unlockable costumes also give players reasons to search thoroughly and return for more runs. Some reviewers additionally liked the horror atmosphere, while others found the presentation rough or the story less compelling.
Wicked Seed is a modern-day horror RPG with tactical combat and survival horror roots.
Hybrid Combat System: Combine real-time actions like dodging and parrying with strategic turn-based attacks.
Rewarding Exploration: Discover hidden paths, solve optional puzzles, and find unique items that enhance your abilities.
Customization: Over 60 unlockable costumes and a variety of weapons and accessories to tailor your play style.
Move, block, parry and dodge enemy attacks in real time as you read and learn the enemy's patterns. Master positioning to flank enemies for increased damage or disable them entirely, and exploit precision timing to land powerful counter hits against enemies mid-attack.
Venture off the beaten path to uncover hidden upgrades, side stories, and powerful gear.
Gain experience by killing monsters, solving puzzles, and uncovering new locations. Level up to grow stronger, then shape your build with weapons, armor, and accessories that match your strategy and play style.
Survive in style with over 60 unlockable costumes! All earned through exploration, challenges, and achievements.
Explore dark, foggy forests, forgotten underground tunnels, the alleys of an evacuated city, and more as you work to uncover the mystery of Ella's past and the appearance of monsters.
Tackle tougher difficulties, reshuffle the world with a built-in randomizer, and chase down what you missed in New Game Plus. In-game challenges and their rewards persist across all playthroughs, giving every run lasting impact.
A unique blend of action and turn-based combat with high skill expression
Solve puzzles and uncover hidden areas
Exploration rewards you with new gear, permanent stat boosts, and hidden surprises
Over 150 optional challenges that award points to spend on permanent unlockable content such as accessories, equipment parts, and costumes
Every weapon is viable and can be upgraded and customized to suit your play style
Over 60 unlockable costumes, from casual to classy, and everywhere in between
Unlock new difficulties with remixed enemies and item placement
Built-in randomizer for endless replayability
New Game Plus offers unique areas, enemies, items, costumes, and more
Fully playable with controller and playable on Steam Deck
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 81 |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Demo | View demo on Steam |
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