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Chasing Static
A psychological horror short story. Explore the untouched wilderness of rural Wales as you uncover the forgotten remains of a mysterious facility and find the truth behind the missing villagers of Hearth.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
“I liked. Good one PS1 slowburner sci-fi horror with Silent Hill and Penumbra vibes. Cualitive indie project. Deep Story, creepy scenes. Great visuals and sound. Recomended.”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“Interesting short scifi/horror game, which is all about exploration and atmosphere. You can finish it it one weekend, but it's a good premise, you use a sort of radio to tap into the unknown world around you, and try to figure out what's going on. I think if you can get it on…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“very well made, incredible voice acting. runs great on my steam deck”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Chasing Static follow-up Hollowbody now has a free demo!
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A new game from the creator of Chasing Static - Hollowbody!
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New game announced from the creator of Chasing Static 💀
Hey all, I've been quietly working working away on my next project, a spiritual successor to Chasing Static called Hollowbody . I was blown away by the response to Chasing Static and have been reading
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Horror · Walking Simulator · Psychological Horror · Atmospheric · Narrative · First-Person · Dark · Exploration · Singleplayer · Cinematic · Pixel Graphics · Supernatural (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Japanese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 20 |
| Official site | https://www.headwaregames.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7/8.1/10 64-bit Processor: i5 2300 or AMD FX-6120 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti or AMD Radeon HD 6770 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1 GB available space