Hope Deferred
Release date: Apr 8, 2025
Developers: Tell All
Publishers: Tell All
Genres: RPG
Categories: Single-player, Full controller support, Camera Comfort, Custom Volume Controls, Keyboard Only Option, Playable without Timed Input, Stereo Sound, Subtitle Options, Surround Sound, Family Sharing
Supported languages: English

Hope Deferred is a first-person psychological horror RPG. Explore nightmare worlds and search for understanding in this PSX inspired dungeon crawler. Influenced by King's Field, Dark Souls, Silent Hill, True Events, and Delusion. Find your way out of a psychedelic nightmare. Get subjected to religious psychosis. Uncover the truth. Break the cycle. You wake up in a locked prison cell. Everything is red. On the wall of the cell is a mirror, and when you look into it, you see the truth. Your cell unlocks, but you're far from free. Explore a non-linear world with interconnected level design, each space more dream-like than the last. Talk to NPCs or slay them. Read the signs or ignore them. Take the path set for you or find another. Read a bunch of scripture against your will. Interpret it's lack of meaning. Worry about the mental health of another. Accept there's nothing you can do for them. Souls-inspired but far from Souls-like. No dodging, no parrying, no blocking, no rolling. You aren't a hardened knight or agile hunter, you are a frail prisoner, and escape is your only hope. Fight monsters, if you want. I know that's what you expect, so go ahead. A mediocre variety of enemies for you to press the attack button at. Experience multiple endings, make choices, do it all differently. Maybe then you'll understand. Learn to love 4:3. Go into the options menu and see that you can change the resolution. Accept that 1024x768 is the way it was meant to be. Come find me. I'm there waiting for you. 

Press reviews: “If you appreciate horror that focuses on human darkness, emotional decay, and the quiet horror of the mind – this one’s a gem.” Gravenox Horror Gaming 

Notes: This game may contain content which is not appropriate for all ages and may not be appropriate for work: Violence, Disturbing Images, Distressing Themes, General Mature Content.