Ephemeral Night
Ephemeral Night is a challenging, colorful FPS trial game where you travel through extraordinary obstacles to embrace unique, colorful powers and aim to strike down the radiance of fluorescent targets.

Positive · 19 reviews
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Survive a shifting digital labyrinth in this 90s-style horror roguelite. Outrun the relentless "EL EDU", activate exit buttons and master strategic vaulting to escape. With procedural mazes, temporary and persistent upgrades, and intense chases, every run is a new nightmare. Can you reach the truth?
Released
April 13, 2026
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Linux · Windows
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Last sync
September 26, 2026
«Found this CD-R in a trashed PC, "EDU SIMULATOR" written in Sharpie. Now EL EDU is the only thing I see when I close my eyes—PLEASE, reach the end, find the truth, so I can sleep at night again.»
EDU SIMULATOR is a satirical first-person survival horror roguelite. Inspired by the "slender-chase" era of 2012 but filtered through a gritty 90s technical aesthetic, it puts you against a shifting digital labyrinth. Your objective: survive the pursuit. To escape each floor, you must navigate randomly generated corridors, activate the buttons that power the exit doors, and avoid being caught by "EL EDU"—a relentless, two-dimensional entity that slides through the environment to hunt you down.
The core experience is built on a high-stakes roguelite loop. Every run forces you to adapt to new layouts where spatial awareness and strategic window vaulting are your only defenses. Survive a floor to gain temporary advantages, push deeper into the endless maze, and try to uncover what’s at the heart of the system before it’s too late.