Science fiction is one of the less sung subgenres of horror, at least when compared to the plethora of zombie-infested titles. However, these numbers will increase in 2023, when little gray people will come to the city.
Refugium Games’ trailer for the upcoming survival horror game, Greyhill Incident, shows America in the early 1990s in the throes of an alien invasion, removing “extra” extraterrestrials, setting the stage here on earth.
He will have to compete with reboots of some of them best horror moviesfrom Resident Evil 4 intended for release in March 2023. But if the trailer for Greyhill Incident is going to pull anything, we should prepare for a completely unique experience in Refugium’s debut title.
Light me up
You play as Ryan Baker and according to the Greyhill Incident Steam page (opens in a new tab), is an ordinary guy in the early 90s in the USA. While others delve into the conspiracy theories propagated by the panic-stricken post-Cold War media, Ryan soon realizes that he and his Greyhill neighbors are at the center of a much bigger, deadlier lie than anyone imagined.
“Equipped with a baseball bat and several bullets in a revolver, the story takes you through the atmospheric neighborhood of Greyhill – invaded by UFOs and Gray Aliens,” reads the synopsis.
Greyhill Incident, which will hit both PC and console players, seems to contain many logical puzzles. You’ll need to search for items and solve them if you want to reunite with your neighbors to fight for survival amid the alien invasion of your once peaceful city.
The aliens in question are curious little gray people. There is little operative word here; combine their small stature with those stereotypical almond-shaped eyes and nostril slits, and one looks rather comical on its own. When they start to come in droves, the fear really sets in.
The trailer doesn’t show as many instances of fighting as overpowering and then running away from these grey-skinned guys. It is possible that the Greyhill Incident has an element of vulnerability, using stealth mechanics rather than all-out gunplay as seen in the Amnesia games (although this may change in Amnesia: The Bunker where the main character will be armed with a pistol).
2023 is a year that already seems stacked when it comes to survival horror, so Greyhill Incident won’t be alone. With Dead Space Remake and Killer Klows From Outer Space also tick the sci-fi boxes, we can’t wait to see how Refugium’s maiden voyage compares to items already on our wishlists.