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The Séance of Blake Manor Launches on PC to Strong Early Praise

Early reviews praise a graphic-novel aesthetic, a ticking-clock detective design, and Irish folk-horror depth.

Overview

  • Spooky Doorway and Raw Fury released the first-person supernatural detective game on Steam with a limited 10% launch discount running through November 10.
  • Set in late October 1897, players control private investigator Declan Ward as he probes the disappearance of Evelyn Deane at a remote Irish hotel preparing for a Grand Séance.
  • Investigative play centers on first-person exploration, timed interrogations and events, an evolving mind-map of clues, and hypothesis-building deduction that advances an in-game clock.
  • The Guardian lauds the game’s tightly constructed mystery and its engagement with colonialism, class divides, diaspora, and spiritualism woven through an Irish folk-horror narrative.
  • A hand-drawn, comic-influenced look draws on artists like Mike Mignola, Eduardo Risso, and Tim Sale, complemented by a period soundtrack that adapts to location and player choices.