Horror ADV 'HR: Human Remains' Forces Work After Humanity's End
The game's premise-mandatory corporate labor after the extinction of humanity-offers a satirical horror take on workplace survival, and its presence at Japan's largest indie show signals growing international interest in the concept.
Key Facts
- Ukrainian solo developer dennisCorner created 'HR: Human Remains'.
- Publisher Black Lantern Collective exhibited the game at BitSummit PUNCH, held May 22-24 at Miyako Messe in Kyoto.
- Players must sign labor contracts with monsters to earn one-year survival tickets.
- The demo on Steam covers the first task: finding a desk on the third floor by navigating a dark parking lot past a giant spider's web using sound.
- The full game is scheduled for a 2026 release.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
Black Lantern Collective exhibited 'HR: Human Remains' at BitSummit PUNCH. The horror adventure, developed by Ukrainian solo developer dennisCorner, tasks players with surviving as the last humans by signing labor contracts with monsters. A demo is available on Steam, and the full game is scheduled for a 2026 release.
At BitSummit PUNCH, held May 22-24 at Miyako Messe in Kyoto, publisher Black Lantern Collective showed 'HR: Human Remains', a horror adventure from Ukrainian solo developer dennisCorner. The game's setting: monsters have destroyed human civilization, and the few survivors must sign labor contracts with monsters to earn one-year survival tickets. Players take the role of a new hire at a monster corporation, where failure to meet harsh orders means death. The demo available on Steam covers the first task-finding a desk on the third floor-which involves navigating a dark parking lot past a giant spider's web by sound alone. The full game is due in 2026.
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