Baptiste launches this fall for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, and PC
Terror through the eyes of a vulnerable teenager.
Psychological horror game Baptiste will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, and PC via Steam this fall, developer Digital Dreams, and publisher and developer Firenut Games announced.
Here is an overview of the game, via Firenut Games:
About
At the center of Baptiste‘s narrative-driven adventure is Tom, a child who frees an eerie doll from its display case and is thrust into a fear-soaked journey. Through his eyes, Baptiste explores how tragedy and loss can fracture a family’s reality, and how a child struggles to cope with the emotional scars of devastating events.
Baptiste draws inspiration from classic horror tales like the allegedly possessed doll Annabelle and R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps story Night of the Living Dummy, as well as fan-favorite psychological horror games such as P.T., Layers of Fear, and the Outlast series. The game combines exploration and environmental storytelling as players explore an ominous mansion, piece together clues, and solve puzzles to uncover its dark secrets and the story behind the game’s titular living doll.
Following a family tragedy, Sara and her son, Tom, seek a fresh start at Jagged Shore Cliff, but it quickly unravels into a new nightmare. In their new and mysterious home, a dusty cabinet holds Baptiste, an unsettling doll accompanied by an ominous warning: “Never release this from its glass prison.” What ought to have been a shelter becomes the scene of a nightmare that defies all logic, putting their sanity and desire to survive to the test.
Rather than rely on jump scares, Baptiste‘s take on the psychological horror genre combines atmospheric tension and emotional depth, exploring how tragedy and loss can fracture a family’s reality, particularly through the lens of a child attempting to cope with intensely traumatic events. It also examines the descent into madness, blurring the lines between what is real and what is a nightmare, reflecting the fragile state of the mind under extreme emotional distress to tell a story of human vulnerability.
Key Features
- Total Immersion – Submerge yourself in a first-hand experience where the line between the game and reality blurs further with each step you take.
- Suffocating Atmosphere – Explore a mansion where horror awaits in every shadow.
- Tormented Protagonist – Play as a young man still suffering from a terrible tragedy. Can you keep control against the siege of his inner demons?
- Bloodthirsty Mysteries – Detangle a gruesome mystery. Each discovery will reveal a story of pain and horror that beggars belief.
Watch a new trailer below.