Draugen Download PC

Draugen is a first person horror adventure video game developed by Red Thread Games. Set in the 1920s, the plot entails an American naturalist visiting a Norwegian fishing village to find that the town's population has vanished. The player must explore the town, discover its fate and survive the night. The game emphasizes the more sinister aspects of Norwegian folklore.

Gameplay

Draugen follows Edward Harden and Lissie, searching for Edward's missing sister Betty in Graavik. It is split into six chapters, where each chapter will represent one day. During that time, Edward and Lissie will go further into the mysteries by finding letters, exploring the areas, and putting all the clues together. In its noir-like story narrative, Draugen deals with certain themes, including psychology, isolation, and trauma. There is an interactive component, where besides having dialogue choices, the players are able to engage with the world though objects (drawing in a personal journal, playing on a piano, ringing bells, and others).

Development

The game was developed for Windows, Mac and Linux. It was initially slated for a November 2014 release, the same month that Dreamfall Chapters was set to debut.

Work on Draugen began in earnest once Dreamfall Chapters went gold, and Ragnar Tørnquist suggested production would proceed in parallel with The Longest Journey Home (provided the latter actually happens).

Red Thread received a grant of NOK 850,000 (US$144,000) from the Norwegian Film Institute to produce the game. This made up the lion's share of the game's NOK 1,192,546 (US$200,000).