Static Dread News

It's finally time to announce: Static Dread will be released on the 7th of August 2025! Face the Lovecraftian cosmic horror, unravel sea tales, and fight for your sanity.

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Check out the trailer and we'll see you this summer!

Don't forget to join the Discord to stay connected and let us know what you think about the new trailer.

Next Fest might be over, but the journey for Static Dread is just beginning!

More than 6,000 players bravely survived the lighthouse, and we dropped 5 patches to make the experience even better and continuing to do so. Thank you to everyone who played, shared feedback, and supported us. You’re the reason we keep going!

Today we’ve also added 6 new languages to demo (automatically translated):
- Simplified Chinese
- Spanish
- Portuguese (Brazilian)
- Japanese
- German
- French

Since these translations are machine-made, we’d love your help proofreading and correcting them! Join us on Discord if you want to contribute to the translation, or offer translation to YOUR language, and message one of the admins for the access.

We will continue improving the game, and we’ll see you on the release 🕯🌊

We’ve prepared a new version of the cinematic specifically for Next Fest. The demo offers five days of gameplay. In the trailer, you can see what happened to the one who failed to last on the lighthouse. What the protagonist learned left him restless.

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Now is the perfect time to try our demo. Come check it out!

We’re celebrating Steam Next Fest with the new update!

The tides are shifting, and the lighthouse calls once more 👁

After the playtest we received a lot of feedback and comments. Thanks to everyone who played and shared their opinion 💚 We've listened to you, and brought new life (and terror) to Static Dread with a major update! From eerie new events to tools that might just keep you sane, the darkness has never been more unpredictable. Will you survive the changes?

Here’s what awaits you:
- Full gamepad and steamdeck support.
- Rebalanced energy and sanity system. Your consciousness and sanity are now more dependent on the light. Keep the beacon burning to stay sane!
- Rebalanced sound volumes + new sounds.
- 11 bonus tracks for cassette player.
- New UI with frame-by-frame animations and improved artwork.
- Rebalanced store prices.
- The lamp, cassette player and coffee pot are now interactive and help you stay sane. The lamp creates an area of safe light where you can hide from the darkness. Cassette player helps you restore energy. Once every 4 minutes you can drink coffee from the coffee pot without spending resources.
- Many new events. Darkness became more inventive. Shadows now apper inside and outside the lighthouse, and doors have a life of their own.
- Several bug fixes.
- Additional text proofreading and correction of mistakes.

The lighthouse stands ready, its beacon cutting through the growing darkness. But the shadows are deeper now, and the whispers louder. Will you keep the light burning, or will the tides claim you too? 🌊

Dive into the update and let us know how you fare! The abyss awaits.

[Play updated demo]

To celebrate the demo launch, we’ve prepared a Cinematic Trailer. It’s inspired by the game’s theme and the works of H. P. Lovecraft. If you’ve read 'Dagon' or 'The Call of Cthulhu', you’ll spot the references.

👁 Enjoy watching!

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Come join our Discord to discuss the trailer and share your thoughts!