Indie studio Mowlo Games has released a demo for upcoming 90’s-style mystery adventure game Hollow Mire.
Mixing detective work with psychological horror, Hollow Mire drops you into 1952, post-war England, as a blizzard traps you in the shadow of Breken House — where two seemingly separate investigations begin to spiral into something far darker.
If you grew up on slow-burn interactive mysteries, Hollow Mire is made for you. With hand-painted isometric environments and muted winter lighting, it builds the kind of atmosphere where the house feels present, silence feels loaded, and you keep clicking because you need the next piece of the puzzle.
You play across two intertwined perspectives: WWII veteran journalist John Rowe, searching for his missing family at Breken House, and Detective Gwen Porter, investigating a patient’s disappearance tied to Bordon Down Asylum. As their cases converge, the story digs into trauma, fractured memory, and long-buried secrets… all leading to one of eight possible endings, shaped by your choices.
It looks like Hollow Mire is going to make fans of classic 90s point-and-click adventure games very happy, with an emphasis on atmosphere and narrative. If you love sleuthing through slow-burning mysteries and psychological horror mixed with classic ghost stories then it’s one to watch. Or you could just try the Hollow Mire demo, which is out now on Steam.
Hollow Mire is coming to PC via Steam.