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Daymare: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game and the first installment in the Daymare trilogy. Inspired by the Resident Evil franchise, as well as by many other horror classics, the game was made with the intention of bringing the survival horror genre back to its root focusing on classic survival mechanics, tough enemies, challenging puzzles and exporation.

The game takes place in August, 1998, in the fictional town of Keen Sight during the chemical outbreak that turned its residents into horrific bloodthirsty creatures. The player takes control of three characters throughout the story: special agent Liev, helicopter pilot Raven, and forest ranger Samuel.

Official description[1]

DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror with hardcore survival mechanics and hard to kill enemies. It requires a strategical approach to combat and puzzles and offers a multi-character point of view on the story, revealing a deep and obscure lore. The scene is set with a secret research facility, a deadly chemical weapon and a special security team to investigate this incident with the potential to become much more than just a security breach. Follow the steps of an elite soldier, a helicopter pilot and a forest ranger, as they play out their roles in an event that transforms one peaceful small town into a deadly zone and its citizens into bloodthirsty monsters. Take the creatures down first, before looking for any clues and evidence to bring more sense to the mess. Keep track of your itinerary, as resources are scarce in a situation like this! Anything can happen when your daymares become real…

Fans of the iconic cinematographic brands and classical gloomy survival horror games of the '90s will be thrilled, seeing how DAYMARE: 1998 recreates the atmosphere of the most beloved works from the end of the millennium and places a typical yet fresh story in the middle of it. The plot unfolds through the eyes of various characters, putting players in the shoes of different personalities that will guide them through their theories and doubts about the situation. Backtracking, managing ammo, collecting lore items, solving environmental puzzles and the overall difficulty will help players jump a couple decades back and get chilled to the bone in their first real daymare.

Main features

  • Multi-character POV – see the story from different angles and discover the truth
  • Dreadful enemies – rendered in detail with lifelike animations and dismemberment
  • Realistic HUD – check inventory, health and position on a special piece of gear
  • Environmental puzzles – finding your way is not always easy, look for clues
  • Classic mechanics - limited ammo and save points, backtracking, collectibles, tough enemies and more
  • Modern graphics and effects – not all is classic thanks to Unreal Engine 4
  • Experience 90s – homage to the era with tons of references

Synopsis

It all begun on August 19th, 1998, following the devastating accident that took place inside the Aegis Laboratories located on the North Blue Two Island (Northfall Islands, Washington State). So Tte US Government arranges an urgent air transport of chemical and viral material to the nearby Hexacore Biogenetics facility located in Keen Sight, a small town in Idaho, North-West of the USA. During the return flight, however, something goes wrong and the lethal load is spread on Keen Sight town, hitting the unsuspecting population.

The tranquility and gladness of a festive summer evening is abruptly interrupted by a terrifying and unexpected event: the huge cylinders of toxic gas loads crashing to the ground, spreading deadly fumes into houses and around the streets, and infecting the inhabitants of the town in Idaho. From that moment, every single person has breathed the chemical agent vapors is a victim of an inhuman mutation into horrible creatures, wounded by an acid produced by the body itself and twisted in its tissues, now dissolved and liquefied. An ironic fate is the one that belongs to Keen Sight town, that after the as mysterious as disturbing events that have affected over decades. Well, Keen Sight is now faced with a new last waking nightmare which has turned it into a ghost town.

So, from a hellis theater which the few survivors of the chemical agent dissemination try to escape, avoiding being torn apart by the deformed creatures that have turned those people with whom we shared the daily life. Here begins the bloody struggle for survival of the three protagonists of Daymare: 1998. Liev (the special agent H.A.D.E.S. – Hexacore Advanced Division for Extraction and Search-), Raven (the pilot of H.A.F. – Hexacore Air Force -) and Samuel (the U.S.F.S. Forest Guard agent). Their paths will intertwine with each other up to find out what lurks in the dark past of Keen Sight and, above all, who is responsible for the tragic accident that destroyed thousands of lives in a single night.[2]

Release history

Date Event
early 2016 Game is teased as "Project A"[3]
late 2016 Game is officially announced. First gameplay footage is shown.[4]
February 15, 2017 Kickstarter campaign is launched[5]
February 25, 2017 Game is added to Steam Greenlight[6]
March, 2017 Kickstarter campaign is cancelled. The game is successfully greenlit on Steam.
April 5, 2018 Daymare: 1998 is added to Steam
June, 2019 Gameplay demo is released
September 17, 2019 Daymare: 1998 is fully released on Steam
November 22, 2019 H.A.D.E.S Dead End game mode is added
February 20, 2020 Japanese release for Playstation 4
April 28, 2020 Worldwide console release.

Black Edition limited physical release.

July 2, 2020 "Modern take" mode is added
May 25, 2021 Prequel is announced[7]

System requirements

From Steam
Minimum
OS WINDOWS 7, 8, 8.1, 10 (64-BIT Required)
Processor Intel®Core i5-4460, 2.70GHz or AMD FX-6300 or better
Memory 8 GB RAM
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or AMD Radeon R7 260x with 2 GB Video RAM
DirectX Version 11
Storage 15 GB available space
Recommended
OS WINDOWS 7, 8, 8.1, 10 (64-BIT Required)
Processor Intel®Core i7-3770 or AMD FX-9590 or better
Memory 8 GB RAM
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 480 with 3GB VRAM
DirectX Version 11
Storage 15 GB available space

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Trailer

Game support

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Sequels

According to Invader Studios co-founder Michele Giannone, Daymare was envisioned as a trilogy with Daymare: 1998 being its first installment.[8]

A prequel set four years before the events of the game, titled Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle, was announced in May 2021[9].

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