The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me (v2023.02.14)

A decaying recreation of H.H. Holmes’ infamous Murder Castle becomes the stage for a grisly interactive horror story where every corridor, hidden mechanism, and bad decision can cost a life. The Devil in Me closes the first season of The Dark Pictures Anthology with a more grounded slasher tone, following a struggling documentary crew offered exclusive access to an isolated hotel built around America’s most notorious serial-killer legend. What begins as a career-saving shoot rapidly turns into a fight to escape a meticulous killer who treats human lives as props in his elaborate attractions. Expect tense cat-and-mouse chases, oppressive hotel interiors, and the constant suspicion that the building itself is working against you.

Players guide five protagonists through cinematic scenes, investigate rooms for clues, make dialogue choices, and react to sudden danger through quick-time events. Exploration matters more than in earlier anthology entries: characters can run, climb, jump gaps, collect items in an inventory, and use tools to solve environmental puzzles or reach otherwise blocked areas. Major choices reshape relationships, determine who finds vital evidence, and decide which members of the crew survive the hotel’s lethal trap rooms. The pacing suits short horror sessions, but careful scavenging rewards players who want to uncover secrets, avoid preventable deaths, and earn a better ending.

Its standout feature is the hotel’s physicality: rather than simply walking between cutscenes, the cast navigates a convincing maze of fake walls, sealed passages, staged rooms, and industrial murder devices. The story leans into Saw-style death traps and classic slasher tension more than supernatural scares, while the branching structure makes a second run genuinely worthwhile. Shared Story supports online co-op with another player, while Movie Night lets up to five local players pass the controller and each take responsibility for a different character. Fans of Until Dawn, Telltale-style choice dramas, and Supermassive’s previous Dark Pictures episodes will feel at home, though newcomers can jump in without playing the earlier games.