Summary
- Homicipher, a new game showcased at Tokyo Game Show 2023, combines horror and romance genres, offering players a genuinely scary experience with a charming twist.
- The game involves language decoding, horror elements, and escaping, where players must be cautious with their communication with mysterious characters to avoid death.
- Homicipher's free demo version, Homicipher: Prologue, received a 99% approval rating on Steam.
Makingd an appearance at the Tokyo Games Show 2023, Homicipher is a new game that combines aspects of both the horror and romance genres. During Gamera Games Now's TGS 2023 special program on September 21, Homicipher showed off its premise along with certain gameplay elements.
Tokyo Game Show 2023 showcased a variety of titles, mainly revolving around Japan and Japan-inspired games. Xbox Game Pass even confirmed two big Sega games coming to the service later in 2023 druing the event. Companies such as Capcom and Koei Tecmo also made an appearance at TGS 2023, highlighting the games that players can look forward to playing in the future. Indie game companies like Gamera Games were present as well to give the community a taste of what they have to offer. In this case, Gamera Games' Homicipher.
Homicipher aims to be a genuinely scary game while simultaneously tying in a charming aspect. The horror title is a romance puzzle game that combines elements of language decoding, horror, and escaping. Adding to the challenge, players will meet mysterious men who speak a different language, so communicating with them is a difficult task. Saying the wrong thing to them can result in death. However, if successful, a bond can be formed, or maybe even something more.
This isn’t the first time the public has seen Homicipher as the title has a free demo version that was released on Steam back in June 2023 called Homicipher: Prologue. The prologue itself has received a 99% approval rating on Steam highlighting how successful the horror game has been among its playerbase. Because of the positive reception, the game's Episode 1 has already been updated to be included within the free demo version free of charge for players. With this update, more content regarding certain characters such as scenes and dialogue has been added allowing players to connect with them more. Changes to the game’s UI and mechanics have been made as well.
Homicipher isn’t the only game that has created an experience combining the horror and romance genre. One of the more notable horror games that execute this concept well is Doki Doki Literature Club. Not every game creates a perfect balance between these two groups, but when it works it pays off.
The full version of Homicipher is currently under development and a release date hasn’t been announced yet.
Homicipher is currently in development for PC