Carnival Horror

Step right up... if you dare. Carnival Horror is a first-person survival horror roguelite set inside an abandoned carnival where nothing is what it seems. Enter through the mouth of a giant clown and descend into procedurally generated haunted rooms filled with twisted creatures, dark secrets, and the trapped soul of a child waiting to be freed.

Survive the carnival — Every run begins at the gaping jaws of a massive clown face, your entry and exit. Inside, modular rooms rearrange themselves each time, ensuring no two runs are ever the same. Explore carefully, loot what you can, and get out alive.

Hide, don’t fight — The horrors lurking in the carnival can’t be killed. They drain your sanity and health, warping your perception with terrifying hallucinations as you weaken. Use stealth, distractions, and clever item management to avoid them. Drop your radio to lure enemies away while you search drawers and lockers for precious supplies.

Craft to survive — Scavenge ingredients scattered throughout the carnival and craft potions to restore health, recover sanity, or turn invisible for a desperate escape. Find batteries for your flashlight, keys for locked doors, disguises to fool enemies, and incense to keep the darkness at bay.

Risk vs. reward — Tickets are your lifeline. Collect them during runs and spend them at the carnival shop to buy permanent upgrades between attempts. But every extra room you explore is another chance to lose everything. How far will you push your luck?

A dark history — Sunset Carnival operated from 1965 to 1989 as a family amusement park by day—and something far darker by night. Hidden casinos, secret bars, and after-hours shows concealed a sinister truth. A child disappeared during one of those secret events, and their soul remains trapped within the carnival’s walls. Your mission: set them free.

Key features

• Procedurally Generated Rooms — Every run is different. Rooms rearrange, items relocate, and threats shift.
• Stealth-Based Horror — No weapons. Hide, distract, and outsmart your enemies to survive.
• Sanity System — Lose your mind before you lose your life. Hallucinations blur the line between real and imagined.
• Crafting System — Combine scavenged ingredients into health potions, sanity restorers, and invisibility elixirs.
• Roguelite Progression — Spend tickets on permanent upgrades between runs. Every death makes you smarter.
• Atmospheric Carnival Setting — Colorful tents and cheerful decorations hide something deeply wrong.
• Multiple Environments — From haunted house dungeons to the carnival grounds, each area brings new terrors.

Early Access — Carnival Horror is launching in Early Access with the core survival horror roguelite experience. The team plans to expand with new episodes, enemies, areas, items, and story content based on community feedback. Your input will directly shape the final game.

Prepare to descend again and again into the carnival’s whispering lights, where fear, deception, and a child's plea for freedom await.