The long-awaited first-person horror-adventure video game Go Home Annie has been released to the global market. The game is available on the Steam, GOG and Epic Games Store services. It was developed by Croatian startup company Misfit Village, which operates within the framework of the PISMO entrepreneurial incubator, with the support of Lithuanian publisher Nordcurrent Labs and the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC).

The plot is set in the Žumberak Hills on the Croatian-Slovenian border, where the player assumes the role of the titular protagonist who explores an abandoned house, facing paranormal entities and uncovering the secrets harboured by the building. The game is rich in riddles and mysteries that the player has to solve in order to move forward and find out the truth about the bizarre experiments that were conducted in the house.

Although the game is part of the wider, fictional SCP universe, its story is completely original and standalone, with special attention paid to the details of its characters, atmosphere, puzzles and voice acting. It promises exactly what horror fans are after: mysterious entities, paranormal phenomena as well as shocks and surprises to keep players on the edge of their seats.

“We did our best to create a unique world with plenty of puzzles, plot twists and levels to be scoured. It started off as a modest horror project, but the ambitions, as well as the possibilities, grew over time,” said Mladen Bošnjak, the director of Misfit Village and the game’s creator. “That is the reason why players will see realistic graphics, hear a number of musical themes and encounter characters voiced by actors,” he added.

Go Home Annie was in development for five years. Misfit Village secured the funds for the development through the Croatian Audiovisual Centre’s first public call for video-game development in 2021. Two years later, Nordcurrent Lab, known for developing and publishing video games of different genres, macabre horror included, for various platforms, decided to come on board.