Witches and glitches are your targets in retro adventure Witchhunter.exe

Witchhunter.exe looks like a lost choose-your-own-adventure trapped in the interface of a Gold Box D&D game. You play a witch hunter right out of Salem, interrogating a group of women to determine which of them is in league with the Devil.

The combat system forces quick thinking: you either type the right word or select it from a list before you’re struck. That mechanic looks like fun, though the Devil elements give me pause; much as I liked Pony Island, I’ve played enough haunted-simulation games that end up requiring you to hack your way out.

Stylistically the game leans into folk horror. For someone who’s watched Witch Hunter General, The Blood on Satan’s Claw, Cry of the Banshee and the Hammer films with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, Witchhunter.exe looks like it could be a fitting cup of hemlock.

You can keep up with its development on Steam, and there’s a beta playtest on the way.

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