The Payphone

The Payphone

Mostly Positive · 16 reviews

75% positive (12 / 16)

Screenshots

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Description

You are an investigator working in a near-bankrupt agency, however a case no-one would take landed on your desk. Disappearances of Ashfield Plains, each case is hauntingly similar, all their final phone calls were traced back to that specific payphone. Short on cash, you took the case.

Single-player

Released

October 17, 2025

Price

$4.99

Platforms

Windows

Developer

Kosumic Interactive Studio

Publisher

Kosumic Interactive Studio

AdventureCasualIndie3DAtmosphericFPSFirst-PersonGoreHorrorInteractive FictionMultiple EndingsSingleplayerSurvival Horror

About

The Payphone is a short bite-sized experimental horror game from Kosumic Interactive Studio

Features

  • VHS-Style aesthetic.
  • Low-Poly & Low-Res inspired horror.
  • Lonely and Oppressive atmosphere.
  • Payphone.
  • Collect and use items.

Story

You are an investigator working in a near-bankrupt agency, however a case no-one would take landed on your desk. Disappearances of Ashfield Plains, each case is hauntingly similar, all their final phone calls were traced back to that specific payphone. Short on cash, you took the case.

The Payphone is a bite-sized, first person horror experience inspired by low-poly retro aesthetic. Explore a forgotten stretch of road, swallowed by utter darkness and loneliness while slowly piecing together what might have happened, or rather, what caused the disappearance.