Fact sheet
Developer
Red Thread Games (Oslo, Norway)
Publisher
Red Thread Games
Release date
Windows: 29 May 2019
PS4/Xbox One: 21 February 2020
Platforms
Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Price
USD/EUR 19.99
Website
www.draugen.com
Studio website
www.redthreadgames.com
Press contact
charlie@playertwopr.com
Press kit and review keys
charlie@playertwopr.com
Social media
twitter.com/draugengame
facebook.com/draugengame
youtube.com/redthreadgaming
Game description
From the studio that brought you Dreamfall Chapters, and the creative team behind The Longest Journey and The Secret World, comes a first-person psychological mystery set in 1920s Norway.
The year is 1923. You play Edward Charles Harden, an American traveller who's come to Norway to find his missing sister. But you're never alone: every step of the way, Edward is accompanied by Lissie: a lively and enigmatic young woman with a mind of her own.
Together with Edward and Lissie, you must explore a forgotten coastal community nestled amongst the dark fjords and towering mountains of rural Norway, and unearth the terrible secrets that lie beneath the picturesque surface. And what begins as a quest for a missing woman becomes a journey into a painful past.
Draugen was released on May 29th, 2019 on Steam for Windows and GOG.com for Windows. It was released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on February 21st 2020.
Draugen story trailer on YouTube
Draugen story trailer on Vimeo
Draugen announcement trailer on YouTube (1080/4K)
Draugen announcement trailer on Vimeo (1080/4K)
Download high-quality source files from Dropbox (1080/4K)
Send an email to charlie@playertwopr.com to be added to our press contact mailing list or to request review codes and a press kit.
Key features
"I am not alone": explore 1920s coastal Norway accompanied by a living, breathing, independent companion
Interact with your companion, Lissie, through a realistic and dynamic dialogue system
Experience a thrilling tale through the eyes of an increasingly unreliable narrator
Find your own path through a scenic setting that changes with the weather and Edward's mental state
"A story about what lies beneath": piece together a gripping narrative with unexpected twists and turns
Additional features
A beautiful original musical score from award-winning composer Simon Poole (Dreamfall, The Secret World, The Park, Dreamfall Chapters)
Written by Ragnar Tørnquist (The Longest Journey, Dreamfall, The Secret World, Dreamfall Chapters)
Designed and developed by the team behind Dreamfall Chapters
Fully voiced in English, with motion-captured characters
About Red Thread Games
Red Thread was founded in 2012, with a mission to create games with soul for players who love stories. The studio is located in downtown Oslo, Norway.
In 2014, Red Thread released the first episode of Dreamfall Chapters: a third-person adventure game set in the twin worlds of science and magic, where your choices have real and lasting consequences. The five-part series concluded in 2016, and was followed by PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions, and a ‘Final Cut’ re-release for Windows/Mac, in 2017. Read more about Dreamfall Chapters here.
Red Thread is currently working on narrative survival game Svalbard along with an unannounced project.
