Exploratory horror game Kholat gets a release date

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Kholat, the exploration-based horror game about missing mountaineers, will be released worldwide on 9th June for PC and Mac via Steam.
Our Ian Higton took a look at Kholat back in March, where he likened it to a horror version of Dear Esther, narrated by none other than Ned Stark himself, Sean Bean.
As noted in his Kholat preview, the game will have more mechanics than Dear Esther as there are ghostly foes to avoid, but the vast bulk of the experience is focused on environmental storytelling with enemy encounters few and far between. As such, it sounds a bit like a less linear version of The Chinese Room's spiritual successor to Dear Esther, Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs, the actual sequel to Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Pigs was certainly a divisive game, but I dug it, and unlike The Chinese Room's sequel, Kholat is a fresh tale so there will hopefully be fewer off-kilter expectations going in.
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