Psychological Horror Game About Liminal Dreams and a Missing Family Reveals First Details and Steam Page

Deep One Games has announced Empty Heaven: Liminal Dream, a narrative-driven psychological horror experience set in unsettling liminal spaces, where familiar environments become distorted, empty, and deeply uncanny. Alongside the announcement, the game’s official Steam page is now live:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4591130/Empty_Heaven_Liminal_Dream/

Built around the concept of “horror without cheap tricks,” the game removes traditional genre elements such as jumpscares, enemies, and chase sequences. Instead, it creates tension through atmosphere, presence, and the quiet discomfort of spaces that feel almost  (but not quite)real.

In Empty Heaven, players take on the role of a parent searching for their missing children. A single house acts as the only stable point in reality, while each door leads to fragmented dreams shaped by memory, loss, and subconscious fears.

The structure follows a core concept:

One house. Seven dreams. A descent into fractured memory.

Each dream presents environments inspired by childhood recollections, such as dining rooms, playgrounds, and open fields, reinterpreted through a dreamlike and disturbing lens.

• Psychological Horror Without Jumpscares
  
  No monsters, no combat, no chases, only tension, unease, and the constant feeling of being watched.
• Liminal Space Exploration
  
  Navigate empty, familiar environments suspended in time, inspired by dreamcore aesthetics and uncanny valley sensations.
• Narrative Through Discovery
  
  Storytelling emerges through interaction, observation, and interpretation. Players collect, inspect, and combine fragments to uncover meaning.
• A Memory-Based Progression System
  
  What the player learns persists across dreams, reinforcing a narrative built on perception and personal interpretation.
• Dreamlike Entities and Symbolism
  
  Encounter strange figures and cryptic dialogues that guide, or mislead, the player’s understanding of the world.

The game draws inspiration from atmospheric and narrative-focused horror experiences, aiming to deliver a short but deeply memorable journey of approximately 3.5 hours.

Rather than relying on direct exposition, Empty Heaven encourages players to build their own interpretation of the story through subtle changes in the environment, recurring symbols, and fragmented memories.

“We wanted to create a horror experience where the fear doesn’t come from being chased, but from realizing something is deeply wrong — even when nothing is happening,” said the team at Deep One Games.

• Psychological and atmospheric horror
• Environmental storytelling
• Liminal spaces / backrooms aesthetics
• Interpretative and symbolic narratives

Steam Page

Trailer

Press Kit

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Deep One Games is an independent studio focused on creating immersive experiences with strong artistic identity and atmospheric storytelling. Working with a network of collaborators, the studio develops both original IPs and external projects, always aiming for meaningful and memorable player experiences.

Gabriel Luis

PR/Marketing
Deep One Games