PNW - January 30th, 2025 - Developer Mike Monroe of the 2-man studio Belief Engine, invites you to experience a voyeuristic technological ghost story in DEAD LETTER DEPT.- launching today on Steam for Windows, Linux, and SteamOS ($14.99 / £12.79 / 14,79€), with a 10% launch discount available for a limited time. Experience a slow burn atmospheric dread like no other, using your actual computer keyboard.
RELEASE DAY TRAILER:
https://youtu.be/uCByepaHNyg
Taking a temp job while you get situated in a new city, you are tasked with data-entry-like work of typing up the words and addresses on mail & letters that were not deliverable- due to bad handwriting or other odd reasons. As the days pass, strange stories begin to emerge from the mail, you can't ever shake this feeling you're being watched.
Working in a dingy warehouse, isolated from anyone and everyone, your only connection to the outside world are glimpses of letters that couldn't reach their destination. As time goes on, working conditions become questionable and dreamlike. Oddities and cracks begin to appear. Making money for rent is important, but at what cost.
- USE YOUR COMPUTER KEYBOARD to type in various prompts, and attempt to decipher damaged images
- MULTIPLE ENDINGS & buried secrets to uncover
- NO TWO PLAYTHROUGHS are exactly the same
- A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF MAIL to voyeur through, and catch glimpses into other lives
- ATMOSPHERIC HORROR MOOD with rich sound designed to crawl under your skin
DEAD LETTER DEPT. has been featured in the DreadXP/The MIX 2024 Indie Horror Showcase, Haunted PS1 Demo Disc (Spectral Mall), & the Haunted PS1 EEK3 showcase.
STEAM PAGE HERE:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1627350/Dead_Letter_Dept/
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About Mike Monroe
A mainstream and indie game development veteran, having worked at Monolith, Undead Labs, & Oculus, Mike Monroe in his own company Belief Engine aims to produce niche independent works with a distinctive look and unusual playstyles.
About Belief Engine
Belief Engine is a micro indie software & game development studio based out of Redmond Washington, founded in 2013 and run by Scott McKie & Mike Monroe as a vessel to release their various works and collaborations together. DEAD LETTER DEPT. is primarily developed by Mike Monroe, and is his newest project to be released under Belief Engine.
PRESS CONTACT
Mike Monroe | Developer, Belief Engine
press-contact@beliefengine.com