Crow Country, the indie love letter to classic Resident Evil with 98% positive reviews on Steam, is coming to Switch and PS4 in 2 weeks

Sick of horror, I bring some spooky news: Crow Country is coming to Nintendo Switch and PS4 on October 16, just in time for the Halloween spirit.

If you haven’t heard of Crow Country and are a fan of horror, especially Resident Evil and Silent Hill from the PS1 era, well, you’re missing out, my friend. It’s a survival horror game that wears its inspirations on its cover, with that classic fixed-camera perspective and PS1-style graphics, but it manages to innovate enough in its camera, gameplay, and puzzles that it is not derivative. I also like that it’s short enough that you can finish it in a few long sessions and move on to other scary offerings, perhaps from our list of best horror games?

Don’t take it from me. Crow Country currently has 3,167 Steam reviews and 98% of them are positive, leaving the game with an “overwhelmingly positive” rating. GamesRadar+’s 4/5 star Crow Country review calls it a “fantastic recreation of retro horror” with “great puzzles” and “great atmosphere and world-building.”

The story is set in 1990 and focuses on the mysterious disappearance of Edward Crow and the abrupt closure of his titular theme park, Crow Country. As Special Agent Mara Forest, you’ve been tasked with investigating these cases, and as you’d expect, things get weird pretty quickly after you arrive.

As director Adam Vian revealed on Twitter, the release of Crow Country on Switch and PS4 (it was previously on PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC) comes with new language options, including Italian, Korean, Chinese and Japanese. It is also making its first official launch in Asia.

For the future, here are all the next horror games I can’t wait to play.