Demo Now Available for Upcoming Isometric Survival Horror Title ‘Scarlet Lake’ [Trailer]

We’ve already had Resident Evil 4 reimagined as a 2D Run n’ Gun, but how about an isometric shooter “with a sprinkle of body horror” thrown in? That’s what you’re getting with
Nocturnal Interactive’s Scarlet Lake, which just had a demo release on Steam.

Scarlet Lake centres around Ben Murphy, whose missing wife sends him a message to come to the town of Scarlet Lake, a small mining town of about 200 people. Ben suspects that something sinister is going on, particularly when the small town is known by the locals for being under restrictions by the government. Nevertheless, Ben heads out to investigate.

Hearkening back to Origins’ cult action-shooter Crusader series, Scarlet Lake features combat akin to over the shoulder survival horror, but from an isometric perspective, and featuring classic Survival Horror tropes. That means you’ll be dealing with limited inventory space, and have to be smart about what you choose to keep and what’s necessary to keep pushing forward. You can also upgrade your arsenal and purchase the necessary equipment to survive the horrors that await.

And indeed, you’ll run into horrors. The town’s folk have, for lack of a better term, gone mad, mutating into horrific creatures and leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. It seems that they’ve been infected with a strange parasite that has taken over their bodies. While not quite on the terms of The Thing, you’ll still be having to be smart about confronting these horrors. Do you try and outsmart them while avoiding confrontation, or do you go in guns blazing?