AshDown

Your brother worked five shifts at Ashdown. Then he disappeared.

Management says he resigned. You take his job to find out what really happened.

ASHDOWN is a first-person horror game set in November 1998. From a cramped security booth at Ashdown Residences, you inspect passes, compare names with the resident register, question visitors, and decide who gets through the gate.

The paperwork gives you something to trust. The people on the other side of the glass make that difficult.

Between arrivals, search the notes your brother left behind. Listen for the telephone. And when the handle behind you starts to move, remember to check the rear door.

At 03:00 AM, it's time to drive home through the forest. Every night brings another encounter on that road.

Check the pass. Lock the door. Get home.

Inside Ashdown

• Five night shifts with new visitors, documents, and story developments.
• Hands-on security work: inspect credentials, check the register, ask questions, and admit or refuse entry. One wrong decision ends the shift.
• A missing-brother mystery told through conversations, handwritten notes, and the evidence left on your desk.
• Night drives through the forest with a different encounter after each shift.
• Two campaign endings and choices during the drive-home encounters.
• Retro PSX-style visuals, an analogue look, and unsettling sound from both sides of the booth.

Before your first shift

Single-player · Windows 64-bit · Keyboard and mouse · English

Headphones recommended. Progress saves between shifts and drives.

At the booth: click to interact, hold the right mouse button to look around, E to inspect a pass, Q to ask a question, A / D to admit or refuse, and Tab to open or close the pass.

On the road: W to accelerate, S / Space to brake, A / D to steer, and the mouse to look around. Follow the on-screen prompts for other interactions.

Esc opens the pause menu. F11 toggles fullscreen.

Contains sudden scares, loud sounds, flickering lights, and themes of disappearance.

Made by SLODEV

If you play, leave a comment with your experience. Keep story spoilers marked so the next guard can go in blind.

Models and dialogue assets by heyheythere, adapted for ASHDOWN under CC BY 4.0. Full asset credits are included in the game and download.

Trailer music: “Maleficus” by Scott Buckley, released under CC BY 4.0. Edited excerpt with additional sound design.