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Scarlet Hollow — Episode 1

2020

Should you play it?

The free-to-play first episode of a horror-mystery game with dark humor and hand-drawn art by Black Tabby Games. Note — we are retiring this store page. While the build here is still up-to-date, please download the DEMO from the main Scarlet Hollow store page. Thank you and have fun!

What works

  • Beautiful hand-drawn art and atmospheric music
  • Engaging and branching narrative with meaningful choices
  • Character customization with traits and pronouns
  • Free first episode with high replayability
  • Strong horror and suspense elements balanced with humor

Things to keep in mind

  • Short length of first episode
  • Some minor dialogue or text glitches reported
  • Limited interactivity typical of visual novels
  • No multiplayer or cooperative features
  • Some players found the horror elements intense or unsettling

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Vampires' Melody

  • Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll

  • Tails Noir Preludes

  • Zeliria Sanctuary

  • Cemetery Mary

  • Psychedelica of the Ashen Hawk

Less expressive

Games that feels like Scarlet Hollow — Episode 1 but with less self-expression and customization

  • Far Away

  • 子归 - Blossom

  • An Octave Higher

  • Bear With Me - Episode One

  • The Posthumous Investigation

  • Sanator: Scarlet Scarf

Less survival-focused

Games that feels like Scarlet Hollow — Episode 1 but with less survival pressure

  • The Crown of Leaves

  • Elisa: The Innkeeper - Prequel

  • Starlight Vega

  • Along the Edge

  • Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical

  • Yesterday Origins

More violent

Games that feels like Scarlet Hollow — Episode 1 but with more combat and destruction

  • Corpse Party (2021)

  • Cooking Companions

  • Demonheart

  • 七人杀阵 - Seven Sacrifices

  • Magical Girl Witch Trials

  • Sorry We're Closed

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

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Similarity map

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Scarlet Hollow — Episode 1: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival, Thrill, Expression.

Last update: 03/08/2026