Depths of Horror: Mushroom Day

If there’s a bridge between the unbridled horror of Resident Evil Requiem and the somewhat more accessible gateway horror of FNAF Security Breach, Don’t Fret might be it. It’s legitimately terrifying, but the fear I experienced was mostly couched in dread and anticipation. As a humanoid guitar, dying isn’t an exercise in gore and excessive violence, as there is no blood or entrails to be seen. That doesn’t mean I appreciated being ripped to pieces, but it looked cool enough that I couldn't be that mad either.

Glasgow-based developer Screen Burn has been around for over a decade, and Silent Hill: Townfall is the studio's highest-profile game to date. The studio has produced a few cult-classics over the years like Stories Untold and Observation, but with its Silent Hill spin-off, the team has described being handed the keys to Konami's premier survival-horror franchise as a "confidence builder." Silent Hill Townfall was announced during Konami's dedicated 2022 livestream for the series, which also saw the announcement of the games Silent Hill f and Bloober Team's Silent Hill 2 remake. According to Si