STRANGE ANTIQUITIES is part puzzle game, part escape room, part Gothic horror, set in the Victorian village of Undermere. I played the free demo and had such a good time, I went straight to Steam and bought the full game.
My STRANGE ANTIQUITIES playthrough on YouTube
In this cozy little slice of Dark Academia, you work for Eli White, the proprietor of an occult shop, selling and studying magical jewelry, relics, boxes and other artifacts. Eli has frequent business elsewhere, for various plot-related reasons, and you are left alone to assist the afflicted, cursed and increasingly disturbed and distrurbing residents of Undermere.
The items in the shop remind me a lot of the unique finds and handmade jewelry I sell on my website, JunkWitch.com. I also love a good story and solving puzzles, so this game ticks many of my boxes.
STRANGE ANTIQUITIES is the 2025 sequel to Strange Horticulture, a game I definitely want to play now. Both were developed by Bad Viking, a pair of brothers based in the UK.
Available for PC and Switch.
Rated E10+ for everyone ten and up, due to mild fantasy violence and mild language, but I think it’s more along the lines of PG-13. There are some dark and disturbing themes within the game, including murder, eldritch horror, old gods, human sacrifice, insanity, and animals in peril.
~ J.L. Hilton
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