Tales from Candleforth, folk horror point-and-click adventure game, heading to Switch

Tales from Candleforth is seeing release on Switch this month, publisher Feardemic and developer Under the Bed Games announced today. The launch will be taking place on April 30, 2024.

Tales from Candleforth is a folk horror point-and-click adventure game featuring “a collection of fairy tales that were written on top of a forbidden book many years ago to hide its content.” More information can be found in the following overview:

Tales from Candleforth is a collection of fairy tales that were written on top of a forbidden book many years ago to hide its content. Years later, the dark text is bleeding out and onto the pages of the tales, mixing with them and twisting the stories.

In this first tale, we’ll meet Sarah, a 16-year-old girl left alone to run the family apothecary. Sarah’s grandmother went missing a while ago, but one day, she finds clues that she might still be alive. As Sarah discovers new powers that only the women in her family can inherit, she adventures into a world of occultism, mystery, and horror to uncover the secrets her family is hiding and discover the part she plays in all of it.

Key Features

• Do It By Hand – Discover a 2D world brimming with detail, fully drawn and animated by hand.
• Fearsome Folklore – Visit the land of folk horror where reality mixes the world of nightmares.
• Point-and-Click – Uncover the dark story in a classic adventure game format.
• Brainteaser – Solve creative puzzles and outsmart the intricate escape room mechanics.

Those interested in getting a closer look at Tales from Candleforth can check out the trailer below.

Release Date Trailer