Stuck in the Present
Positive · 20 reviews
80% positive (16 / 20)
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Description
Stuck in the Present is a 3D side-scrolling psychological horror title where two friends relive painful memories within the uncanny depths of twisting subway stations in a large, unfamiliar city.
Released
September 19, 2025
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Platforms
macOS · Windows
Developer
Dusk Wave Arts LLC
Publisher
Embersail Studios
About
Just as Faye and Rich’s painful memories resurface, the two friends are ensnared in the distorted corridors of a decrepit subway station beneath a city still foreign to Faye. To find any path through, they need to decipher all that they have so desperately tried to forget.
Illustration and Reflection
Discover and illustrate meaningful objects and people to decipher Faye’s history.
Living Memories
Explore living memories of Faye and Rich’s past as they manifest around the stations.
Choice and Change
Forge a new relationship between Faye and Rich as they collide with their hidden traumas and recent frictions.
Dissipation of Agency
Navigate Faye’s anxieties as distance between her and Rich propagates greater dangers around the station.
Close-up Clues
Interact with objects and structures more intimately to decipher their connection to Faye’s past, or the distortion of the station.
Face the past—it’s the only way forward.