Daniel Mullins' Next Game: Inscryption Creator's New Horror Project

Daniel Mullins Games has announced a new project. If you've played Pony Island, The Hex, or Inscryption, you know that's all the information you should want. Anything more would spoil the experience. But we'll tell you what little we know.

The Teaser

The announcement came through an ARG that started on Inscryption's anniversary. Players discovered corrupted save files that led to a hidden website. The website displayed a single phrase: "What if you could see the game seeing you?"

Classic Mullins. Nothing is straightforward. Everything is intentional.

Mullins' Legacy

Few developers have mastered the meta-game like Daniel Mullins:

• Pony Island (2016): A game about being trapped in a satanic arcade game
• The Hex (2018): Six game characters investigate a murder
• Inscryption (2021): A deck-building horror game that's also a found footage story that's also something else entirely

Each game subverts expectations in increasingly sophisticated ways. Each uses the medium of games to tell stories that couldn't exist in any other form.

What to Expect

We expect nothing. And we expect to be completely blindsided. Mullins' games reward players who go in fresh, who resist the urge to look things up, who trust the journey. His new project will almost certainly:

• Not be what it first appears
• Break the fourth wall in unexpected ways
• Feature hidden layers that require community collaboration to uncover
• Leave you thinking about games differently

The Verdict

Stop reading. Stop researching. When this game releases, play it blind. That's the only way to experience a Daniel Mullins game.