Death 1879

A village that has forgotten death
The year is 1879. You arrive as Death in a village where no one has died for more than a century. Behind its familiar streets and daily routines lies a mystery that should not exist.

Death 1879 is a first-person supernatural mystery in development, with a focus on exploration, investigation and horror.Look beyond the ordinary
Explore the village, observe its inhabitants and question them through contextual dialogue choices. Gather information from encounters and conversations, and decide what to investigate next.Consult the Book
Use your Book to keep track of people and review the information you have gathered. Consider what you have learned, where it came from and what remains unanswered.Our vision: a village with a life of its own
Our development goal is to connect supernatural investigations with village life: work, relationships, resources and the consequences of your actions. We want observation, physical clues and competing explanations to shape an investigation, rather than prescribe every step.

In that vision, Death may help, protect, deceive or become part of the danger. The Book, ravens and supernatural companions are intended as tools with limits and consequences, not guaranteed answers.Planned development
The following plans are not currently available as a complete feature set.
Our longer-term plans include deeper village livelihoods and economic relationships; evolving inhabitants, visitors and mysteries; expanded investigative tools; and progression and reputation shaped by investigations.

We also plan multiplayer visits between players' separate worlds, with opportunities to cooperate or pursue different goals. Multiplayer is not currently available.

These are development goals, not guarantees of future features or completion dates. Systems are at different stages of design and development.Current development status
The current development build is single-player. Death 1879 is still in development, and we intend to launch in Early Access. The exact content of that playable release has not yet been finalized. Before launch, we will describe what it includes separately from our plans for further development.