Summary
Independent developer Hitori de Productions has announced an upcoming horror game calledSupernormal, which it describes as a “spiritual successor” to the iconic unreleased horror gameAllison Road, and also that game’s chief inspiration,PT. Released in 2014 as a demo for Hideo Kojima’s canceledSilent Hillsproject,PThas since become a cult classic, despite no longer being officially available for download on the PlayStation Store or elsewhere.
During its brief availability on the PS4 back in 2014,PTterrified and fascinated millions of horror fans, and its allure only grew when the project was canceled and the demo disappeared from the PlayStation Store. Countlesshorror games inspired byPThave been created in the nearly ten years since, including a widely anticipated project calledAllison Roadannounced in 2015. Despite generating a lot of excitement during its development process,Allison Roadwas ultimately canceled in 2016.
Heavily inspired by both of these classic unfinished titles,Supernormalis a recently announced psychological horror game from first-time developer Hitori de Productions. According to the game’sSteam page,Supernormalwill see players take on the role of a detective tasked with investigating a young woman’s disappearance, set in a “seemingly ordinary apartment harboring dark secrets.” Likeother detective horror games,Supernormalwill task players with gathering clues to unravel the game’s central mystery while terrifying paranormal events occur around them.
TheSupernormalSteam page is not currently accepting pre-orders, but does allow interested fans to wishlist the game, which is set to release on June 14, 2025. The page does not yet include a trailer, but does display a series of screenshots that offer a taste of the game’s impressive visual style and clearly display itsPT-inspired roots. In terms of length,Supernormalwill be relatively compact, offering “about 2 hours of gameplay,” putting it in the same league asseveral beloved short horror gamesthat offer condensed, terrifying experiences.
Hitori de Productions is setting itself a high bar to clear by associatingSupernormalso closely withPT,given its almost mythical status among horror gaming fans. The fact that fans are stillworking to makePTplayable on modern consolesalmost ten years after the short demo was taken down clearly demonstrates how much love the community still has for it: any game trying to assume the legacy ofPTwill therefore have to work hard to live up to the original cult classic.
