The Seance of Blake Manor News

Hello detectives,

We have just released Patch 1.0.796.64 to address a number of issues reported by the community.

Please note that the following changelog may contain spoilers:

Changelog

• Updated a number of mindmap act node priorities
  
• Adjusted hotspot for carpet in room 7 and doors in stable
  
• Added missing dialogue for presenting cigar burns to some characters
  
• Adjusted some Mind Map connections so they now correctly turn green
  
• Deleting a save via the pause menu will no longer make the time/day UI disappear
  
• Interacting with the Percival Portrait will no longer spoil Deane's Bedroom Mystery
  
• Removed Campbell from church map at 12 day 3
  
• Fixed a typo on the Entertainment Schedule
  
• Addressed some miscellaneous lore issues
  
• Adjusted NPC class info UI
  
• Set FOV to default on certain cutscenes
  
• You are no longer blocked from talking to Varley/Doyle once a meal is over until the next hour
  
• Fixed some door transition sound effects
  
• No longer possible to spoil the Hedge Maze scene before starting the masked ball by ending Day 2 in the hedge maze
  
• Ruairi no longer stays in his room if you trigger the 9PM hour change on Day 2 while in his room with him after he has taken your picture
  
• Ward no longer knows how to lucid dream without learning how.
  
• Hedge Maze evidences is given on completing the Blake residence hypothesis
  
• Gates in Blake Residence are open or closed correctly after loading a save
  
• ]Information (blueprints) about the Strange Device from the atrium can now be found in the Blake Residence
• Action bar now appears on HUD post Séance
  
• Fixed some issues during the D'Arcy and Varley eavesdrop about her key
  
• Quinn mindmap: Learn about family history node should now dim and show on "current focus”
  
• Quinn mystery no longer shows the green "I helped to lift the curse from the Quinn family." connection after confronting her and before doing nothing else
  
• Painting added to Cathal’s room
  
• Now possible to get all of Varley's Evidence
  
• Hazel confront lead should close at the correct time
  
• Updated dialogue and description of wanted poster
  
• Added a new outcome for Mantovani if Ward solves every NPC mystery
  
• Observation text of family photographs now matches updated location of evidences.
  
• Improvements made to Mantovani mind map, including animation and updated connection descriptions.
  
• Some improvements for Ivy, Victoria, and Darragh’s mindmaps
  
• Some improvements for Doyle’s mindmap
  
• Added additional barks to clipboard in the basement
  
• Fixed an issue where teleporting from Varley's office resulted in not being able to enter the Lobby afterwards while Varley is there
  
• Fixed an issue where Ward could sometimes not enter Atrium door on Day 1
  

Thank you for your continued support of The Séance of Blake Manor and for letting us know about these issues so that they could be investigated by the team.

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Hello detectives,

We are delighted to share that The Séance of Blake Manor is included in the Games from Ireland event on Steam. This event celebrates games made in Ireland by Irish developers and games shaped by Irish creative talent and culture.

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Check out the event here: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/GamesfromIreland2026

[h2]Irish Punctuation Guide[/h2]

As you know The Séance of Blake Manor is set in 1897 Ireland, steeped in Irish folklore, history and tradition. With all of this comes many new names that, for players that are not Irish, might appear difficult to say.

With that in mind we thought that a guide of how to pronounce these names might be helpful.

[h3]Character Names[/h3]

• Saoirse Murphy is pronounced Seer-sha Mur-Fee
  
• Seamus Doyle is pronounced Shay-mus Doyl
  
• Cathal O’Meara is pronounced Cah-hull Oh-mar-uh
  
• Ruairi Callaghan is pronounced Ru-ri Cal-a-han
  
• Fiadh Callaghan is pronounced Fee-uh Cal-a-han
  
• Domhnall O’Finn is pronounced Do-nul O-Finn
  
• Darragh Hunter is pronounced Dara Hun-ter
  

[h3]Mythology & Culture [/h3]

• Séance is pronounced say-ons
  
• Tuatha De Danann is pronounced Too-uh-huh dey dah-nhun
  
• Tir na nOg is pronounced Teer nah Nohg (nohg rhymes with Vogue)
  
• Bean Draoi is pronounced Ban Dree
  
• Ogham is pronounced O-em
  
• Bean-night is pronounced Ban-Nee
  
• An Cailleach is pronounced On Kah-Iyakh
  
• Goibniu is pronounced Guiv-new
  
• Brat Bhride is pronounced Brat hreed-juh
  
• Brid is pronounced Breed
  
• Menhir is pronounced men-heer
  
• Samhain is pronounced sown (rhymes with down)
  
• Tobar Siofra is pronounced toh-bur-shee-fra
  
• Milesians is pronounced mill-ee-see-ans
  
• Aos si is pronounced Eas Shee
  
• Nectanebo is pronounced nek-tuh-nee-boh
  
• Draiocht is pronounced dree-uhkt
  
• Cloch fhada is pronounced cloch fad-ha
  
• Laighin is pronounced Lee-in
  
• Tailtiu is pronounced Tal-tee-oo
  
• Dha sheallach is pronounced Dha shall-okh
  
• Oisin of the Fianna is pronounced Un-sheen of the Fee-uh-nuh
  
• Bealtaine is pronounced Byaal tuh nuh
  
• Babd is pronounced bahv
  
• Immram is pronounced Im-rum
  

[h3]Locations [/h3]

• Oweynagat is pronounced Oen-na-gat
  
• Connacht is pronounced Con-ucht
  
• Leinster is pronounced Len-ster
  
• Drogheda is pronounced dro-huh-duh
  
• Slieve Gullion is pronounced sleev-guh-lee-uhn
  

The Séance of Blake Manor is OUT NOW.

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Hello detectives,

The Séance of Blake Manor is included in the Women’s Day Sale until 15 March 2026 with a 25% discount.

The Women’s Day Sale is a celebration of the incredible work of women and other gender marginalised game developers and features a fantastic selection of games, demos and discounts.



The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery where you play as Detective Declan Ward. Ward is a godly man and steadfast investigator on the case of a missing young woman at a remote and mysterious Irish hotel. Can you discover what became of Evelyn Deane and get to the bottom of what is truly going on at Blake Manor?

The Séance of Blake Manor is OUT NOW.

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Hello detectives,

We have released Patch 1.0.761.219 today.

This patch addresses a couple of issues that were reported to us by the community.

Changelog

• Completing Sinnott's quest should no longer lock you out of his room for the rest of the game (no longer blocking Saoirse's quest)
• Skipping the Mantovani flyer cutscene should no longer stop the correct evidence from showing up (no longer blocking Caitlin and Saoirse's quest)
  

Thank you for your continued support of The Séance of Blake Manor.

The Séance of Blake Manor is OUT NOW.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1395520/The_Sance_of_Blake_Manor/

Hello detectives,

We have released the latest patch for The Séance of Blake Manor, to address a number of issues reported by the community.

Please note that the below changelog may contain spoilers.

Changelog:

• Achievement are now unlocked on platform initialization
  
• A notification should be triggered when a new research topic is unlocked
  
• Talks: Options to Stay or Leave no longer switch places on Day 3
  
• Fixed map cursor pivot
  
• Removed weird signs from the library
  
• Updated character shadow textures
  
• Updated behaviour for luggage
  
• Made drawers free to use in telegram room
  
• Can now analyze Varley in the telegram room
  
• You can no longer take a certain item if Varley is inside the lobby
  
• Talking to Varley after he gives you the sign in book will not cause the thwump animation to replay.
  
• Updated grandfather clock game object (so parts don't turn black and white)
  
• Ó Finn's "Ogham" VO Delivery is now correctly affected by Master Volume.
  
• Fixed an issue where some THINK mindmap nodes would not dim at the correct moment
  
• Culprit Fact notification now fires when Miss Deane's Room's Quest is complete.
  
• Deane’s room quest logic now takes into account learning about Percival from talk
  
• Fixed incorrect mindmap behaviour with “Mary Blake”
  
• Fixed incorrect mindmap behaviour with “Clandestine Meeting”.
  
• What brought Deane to the Manor: Culprit fact information mismatch fixed
  
• Updated the occlusion culling in the ballroom drug sequence.
  
• The catacomb gates sounds now play correctly
  
• Removed lantern-less light from the post ball sequence
  
• Basement staff scene: Camera no longer cuts off bottom half of Saoirse Murphy's fact
  
• Wine cellar lock should not reappear after you win the combination lock minigame
  
• Fixed incorrect mindmap behavior for “staff rota”
  
• The icon for the crib in the Records now matches what the crib looks like in-game
• Added the basement key keyring in the stables area to make it stand out more
  
• Updated the doors in upstairs annex to they match the doors in the outer corridor.
  
• Time will show up in question marks in the pause menu if it's blocked during gameplay
  
• End chamber no longer plays the same dialogue as when you enter the room
  
• Mr. Blake is no longer semi-transparent in the end sequence
  
• Cathal will look at you correctly now If you discuss an item with him when he's not in his room
  
• Updated position of painting in Etienne room to fix clipping issue
  
• Corrected the amount of time the game tells you it'll take for Ruairi to take your picture misleading
  
• Discussion should unlock for the correct items with Arwa
  
• Some improvements to Varley’s mindmap behaviour
  
• Some improvements to Doyle’s mindmap behaviour
  
• Some improvements to Ines’s mindmap behavior
  
• Library unlock notification should no longer fire when you look at Ines's brooch
  
• The connection lines between the mindmap nodes are no longer missing in Ines’ mindmap
  
• Some improvements to D’Arcy’s mindmap behaviour
  
• Zoomed in ticket icon for Dupre case
  
• Saint Brigid's crosses now unlocks when you see the books in Dupre's room.
  
• Planchette in minigame no longer appears or makes sounds when the sentence panel is on screen.
  
• Presenting memento mori to Blake will now drop the correct evidence
  
• Some improvements to Quinn’s mindmap behaviour
  
• Some improvements to Victoria’s mindmap behaviour
  
• Some improvements to Ivy’s mindmap behaviour
  
• Some improvements to Darragh’s mindmap behaviour
  
• Lead is now given silently on day 1 for Varley's safe
  
• Connected Grand Seance to Profile Miss Mantovani
  
• Some improvements to Carmela’s mindmap behaviour
  
• Some improvements to O Finn’s mindmap behaviour
  
• Fixed the weird noise/double take when exiting the lock box view in Skerritt's room (room 18)
  
• Michael Skerritt Fact: Interacting with the will now unlocks the fact that Michael Skerritt can write.
• Some improvements to Skerrit’s mindmap behaviour
  
• Some improvements to Saoirse’s mindmap behaviour
  
• Added Cutscene skip to Mantovani Flyer scene
  
• Added Skip functionality to Skerritt Finale
  
• Added Skip Functionality to Crow Mysterious Figure scene.
  
• Added skip functionality to both Walled Lovers scenes.
  
• Added cutscene skipping to GhostRoom01
  

Following reports from the community Patch 1.0.746.205 was released on 12 February to fix an issue where Steam Deck and Linux players were experiencing a black screen when loading a save or entering areas of the hotel.

Thank you for your continued support for The Séance of Blake Manor.

The Séance of Blake Manor is OUT NOW.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1395520/The_Sance_of_Blake_Manor/