Cambridge, United Kingdom - May 1, 2025 - Nullpointer Games is today thrilled to announce that the tabletop-inspired, occult card-crafting narrative RPG, The Horror at Highrook, is now available digitally for PC via Steam, priced £15.49 / $19.99 / €18.49. An additional 10% discount is available to those who purchase the game during the first two weeks of launch. The game has also been selected to participate in the prestigious LudoNarraCon festival, which begins today and concludes on May 5.
A stunningly atmospheric new Launch Trailer invites players to pierce the silence of the forsaken Highrook manor; introducing the varied cast of occult investigators whose sanity will begin to crumble the moment their feet cross the threshold, coming face-to-face with demons most foul. Only by tightly clutching to tattered shreds of reason will they hope to endure the horrors therein.
The Horror at Highrook - Launch Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drjG1Pj8HGE
A haunting puzzlebox that refuses to conform to genre conventions, The Horror at Highrook draws inspiration from chilling gothic literature, pulpy cosmic horror tales, enrapturing tabletop titles and cunning card games - resulting in a unique experience which feels like a digital adaptation of a lost, unreleased and cursed board game.
Players will lead a team of occult investigators into the dark, yawning maw of the titular Highrook Manor in search of the Ackerons - a noble family, who following rumours of dark pacts and shadowy rituals, have now vanished without a trace. As they explore the haunted estate grounds they will summon dark entities and craft powerful protections in a bid to uncover the fate of the missing family.
The Horror at Highrook offers deeply rewarding, puzzling and satisfying gameplay, tactile card manipulation, and an engrossing, enigmatic gothic-horror narrative that slowly unfurls before the player. As the cursed manor begins to unravel its secrets, its dark heart is brought to life with bold, eye-catching illustrations and deeply atmospheric animations - drawing the intrepid investigators further into the shadows of the grounds and realms beyond…
The Horror at Highrook - Narrated Gameplay Guide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJr4orNBlgY
The Horror at Highrook - Key Features
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Explore an atmospheric setting on the edge of nightmare - Guide a team of occult investigators to investigate the disappearance of a noble family. Keep your team well equipped and safe from hunger, injury, madness and disease. Each member of this motley crew offers their own unique skills to aid with your quest. But they also harbour their own secret ambitions…
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Master the dark arts - Combine characters, items and locations to craft tools, potions and occult rites. Master a deep, nonlinear crafting system as you progress through the story. Explore eight chapters of cosmic horror. Each one presenting new challenges, events and characters.. all woven into this tragic twisted tale.
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Uncover secrets and defeat demons - Track the lost family with your team. Complete challenges to access new areas, items and characters. Build an arsenal of relics and rites to summon and banish ancient horrors. Withstand earthquakes, abhorrent incursions and face your innermost fears.
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Delve into lore and mystery - If your desire for hidden knowledge runs deep you can collect and peruse an extensive library of notes and letters. Revealing the dark history of Highrook, a gothic world inspired by HP Lovecraft, Edgar Allen Poe and Bram Stoker.
The Horror at Highrook is now available to purchase for PC via Steam, where a demo is also available to download.
For more information on Nullpointer Games and The Horror at Highrook, please visit the official website, or follow on Bluesky and X.
A press kit is available to download here.
Note to Editors - Steam Keys Available
Review keys are now available, so please get in touch via tom@strangesignals.co.uk to request access to The Horror at Highrook.
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About Nullpointer Games
Nullpointer Games is a tiny indie studio based in the UK. It's run by Tom Betts, who has previously worked on games such as Sir, You Are Being Hunted, The Signal from Tolva, and ‘Into the Pit’. He has just launched The Horror at Highrook - an occult, card-crafting narrative RPG - which is in part funded by Outersloth and now available for PC. He is obsessed with horror films, procedural generation and has a Phd in videogames & philosophy.