Return to the Horrors of Scarlet Hollow in Episode 4
Pick up where you left off in this choice-heavy horror series
December 2, 2022, Toronto, Canada - The coal mines are calling; it’s time to return to Scarlet Hollow. Developer Black Tabby Games plans to release the highly anticipated fourth episode of its seven-part multi-award-winning horror series on December 2nd.
While visiting a small sleepy town in North Carolina to attend the funeral of your recently deceased aunt's funeral, things quickly turn for the unsettling as the horrors of Scarlet Hollow emerge. Players choose from 21 different character builds that change how they interact with the world, helping them make impactful choices to change how their story goes. From befriending the locals, learning your family’s history or even going on dates, every choice taken and every relationship you forge directly impacts the unfolding mystery.
Players will have to survive a week in Scarlet Hollow, but making it to the end in one piece won’t come easily. Your arrival marks the beginning of unique events that quickly escalate with each passing day, each episode shifting from humor to horror and back again, as reports of strange creatures preying on local livestock and mysterious sounds deep in the Scarlet Hollow mines begin to ripple through the community.
We’re incredibly excited to be finishing Episode 4 and finally sharing it with the world. Every new episode of Scarlet Hollow is a step-up over the previous installment — the art continues to improve, the gameplay gets tighter, and choices continue to have rippling effects across the narrative and Episode 4 is no exception. It’s sprawling, detailed, and the consequences of our players’ previous choices will be felt. - Tony Howard-Arias, CEO & Co-founder of Black Tabby Games
Episode 4 picks up right where players left off, and fresh nightmares await. Black Tabby Games has expanded the scope of Scarlet Hollow's exploration, offering nearly 800 pages of a new script, greater freedom to roam the town, combined with all-new locations to investigate, and characters to form bonds with.
Episode 4 of Scarlet Hollow will be free for those who already own the game starting December 2nd.. Those arriving to the town for the first time can enjoy this immersive horror mystery for $19.99, which includes all current and future episodes on Steam.
Key Features
- Choice Heavy Game: choose from 21 different character builds that impact the world around you and how this mysterious story unfolds, dramatically altering your experience, relationships, and the fate of the town.
- Terrifying and funny: Get ready for charming characters and snappy dialogue that can shift to chilling dread and horror at a moment’s notice.
- Original Monster Designs: With monsters inspired by Appalachian myths and cryptids, with their own unique twists, expect anything but predictable vampires and zombies.
- No Jump scares: All the horror in Scarlet Hollow comes from building tension and dread, as well as some disturbing imagery.
- Hand-drawn Backgrounds: Every background in the game is drawn by hand and traditionally inked by award winning graphic novelist Abby Howard.
About Black Tabby Studios
Black Tabby Games is an indie studio founded by Real Married Adults Abby Howard and Tony Howard-Arias. Their games tell the kinds of stories that only games can tell and fall at the intersection of horror and humor.
In addition to her work in video games, Abby is the acclaimed cartoonist behind works like The Last Halloween, The Crossroads at Midnight, Junior Scientist Power Hour, The Earth Before Us, and many more.
Before co-founding Black Tabby Games, Tony worked a variety of positions for a variety of publishing and tech companies, including building organizing technology for political campaigns.
Danielle Morgan