7PM has earned the SEA Game Awards 2020 Grand Jury Award, Best Game Design, and Best Visual Art all for good reason.
7PM is a playable short story game made by Cellar Vault Games that has a unique animation with paper characters. This along with the sound effects makes for an eerie atmosphere. The paper characters were inspired by Southeast Asian paper puppetry. There are three kids in 7PM and they are based in Southeast Asia. These kids meet a new neighbor, and they start to notice how haunted their neighborhood might be. Players can uncover dark secrets and can take on different perspectives.
There are many decisions to be made throughout the game and to get the full story by playing through various times while making different choices. Players must talk with other residents and complete a variety of minigame challenges. The characters start to become frightened and confused as the nightmarish visions keep appearing. 7PM is a mini game that will introduce players to what is coming with Paper Ghost Stories as they plan to launch an entire universe called Paper Ghost Stories: Third Eye Open. This will be the first full-sized game in the series and is projected to launch sometime next year.
The game is authentic to Malaysian culture with inspired artwork and sound effects. The soundscapes have been recorded on-location. 7PM has earned the SEA Game Awards 2020 Grand Jury Award, Best Game Design, and Best Visual Art all for good reason. It is now available worldwide. Find more information as well as look at example videos here. Read more about Paper Ghost Stories: Third Eye Open here. 7PM is already available on Steam, and it looks like they may release Third Eye Open next year on there as well.
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