The Shadow Over Cyberspace
Release date: Jan 10, 2025
Developers: Fiction Factory Games
Publishers: Fiction Factory Games
Genres: Casual, Indie, Free To Play
Categories: Single-player, Steam Achievements, Custom Volume Controls, Keyboard Only Option, Mouse Only Option, Narrated Game Menus, Playable without Timed Input, Save Anytime, Stereo Sound, Subtitle Options, Partial Controller Support, Steam Cloud
Supported languages: English

Dread whispers echo across the Information Superhighway. Y2K is coming, heralding the rise of the Old Ones. With your meatspace mind unraveling, time is running out -- barter with gods, embrace the deathless aeons, or go offline permanently in this modempunk horror story. From Fiction Factory Games Creators of Arcade Spirits , Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers , and Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain comes a new experience in science fiction and horror, with a retro computer aesthetic. Mind-Melting Y2K Horror, For Free Yes, free. Just free. Not a 'free prologue,' not free to play, no battlepass, no microtransactions. It's just free thanks to the support of our community. The only currency you'll need to spend is your own sanity (and maybe a 90-hour free trial floppy disk for Carcosa Online). The Throne of R'lyeh is Calling Create your own character, choosing name and pronouns and more. Full text-to-speech support with a special visual impairment mode. (Tap the 'V' key to activate.) Navigate the tangled web of eldritch beings that control the Internet of the year 1999. Search the web, hack protected databases, unravel conspiracies and solve mysteries. Watch weird TV shows which are likely but probably not haunted. Struggle to retain your Humanity against the forces of Chaos and Order after witnessing the Yellow Sign. Check your phone answering machine now and then. They're worried about you. Play kingmaker and decide what horrible entity will dominate the 21st century and beyond. WE HAVE SUCH WEBSITES TO SHOW YOU. 


Notes: This is a psychological horror game. It may optionally include obscene language and deal with triggering subjects such as mental illness, delusions, violence, and self-harm. For full content warning, see fictionfactorygames.com/cw