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survival horror
Blair Witch
By Bloober Team, released 1 Jan 2019
- Microsoft Windows
- Xbox Series X and Series S
What it is
Blair Witch is a single-player psychological survival horror game from Bloober Team, published by Bloober Team NA. Set years after the original film, it follows Ellis, a former police officer searching for a missing boy in the Black Hills Forest. His dog Bullet accompanies him as the woods distort memories and time, and Ellis confronts supernatural dangers as well as parts of his past. Investigation uses tools including a camera, cell phone, and flashlight. The forest shifts around the player, and reactions to danger affect what Ellis learns about himself. The game also makes the way players treat Bullet consequential: they can pet or feed him, or discipline him if he wanders off, and that treatment affects the story. Steam lists it as an Adventure and Indie game for Windows, with Achievements, full controller support, Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on TV, and Family Sharing. Its Steam age rating is 17; the listed release date is August 30, 2019.
What players like, and what they don't
- Investigation tools include a camera and flashlight
- Bullet’s treatment affects the story
- Full controller support
- Remote Play on TV
- Single-player only
- Steam age rating 17
- Steam lists Windows only
Who it suits
It suits players seeking a story-driven horror investigation with supernatural threats and a shifting forest. Players who want their treatment of a canine companion to matter to the story may also find its setup appealing.
Blair Witch puts its search for a missing boy inside a forest that affects memory and time. Its investigation tools, shifting surroundings, and consequential relationship with Bullet shape the experience.
