During the PC Gaming Show this week, indie developer Monumental Collab and publisher Critical Reflex revealed a new trailer officially announcing “Drowned Lake,” a story-driven horror fishing game.
“Drowned Lake” follows a non-linear horror story from the perspectives of a firefighter, a journalist, and an elderly fisherman. Players will pilot a boat deep into Brazil’s coastal forest into the heart of Drowned Lake, an area rich with folk tales and legends, where many who enter never return. When Bento, a student in his twenties, goes missing in this sinister place, it sets off a twisted story to discover the truth. Explore your surroundings by boat from a top-down perspective, collecting evidence with a fishing rod while solving puzzles in first-person adventure-like segments. Unravel the mystery and each character’s true motives in an interactive narrative where your choices matter. But try to avoid disturbing these troubled waters too much. Remember: you’re not safe here.
“Drowned Lake” builds on the success of Monumental Collab’s “Our Lady of the Drowned Lake,” an original nautical horror experience created for the 2022 GMTK Game Jam. The development team has a shared passion for weird horror, producing multiple experiences for game jams over the years. The studio most recently released the free found-footage horror game “TELEFORUM,” which launched to “Very Positive” player reviews on Steam earlier this year.
Drowned Lake is available to wishlist now on Steam.
