About the game
Riley Adams moves to Ashburg for a new teaching job and rents a house to get settled. She expected silence. She didn’t expect company.
Gameplay
A single-player, narrative-driven walking simulator focused on tension, environmental storytelling, and realistic human horror.
Explore the house, interact with objects, communicate through your devices, and experience a story that unfolds in real time.
Microphone Interaction — your voice may matter.
Text-based NPC interactions through your in-game phone.
Short, focused experience designed to be played in one sitting.
Background
In this episode, you follow Riley Adams , a newly graduated teacher who moves to the quiet town of Ashburg after accepting her first full-time job.
While settling in, she rents a small house to get her life in order…
What begins as a calm, rainy night slowly twists into something far more unsettling — as Riley realizes she is not as alone as she thought.
Complete official description
Riley Adams moves to Ashburg for a new teaching job and rents a house to get settled. She expected silence. She didn’t expect company.
Within of Static is an episodic, first-person psychological horror anthology inspired by grounded, human fear.
Each episode tells a self-contained story based on those who claim to have lived through it.
Episode One: Ashburg Rental
In this episode, you follow Riley Adams , a newly graduated teacher who moves to the quiet town of Ashburg after accepting her first full-time job.
While settling in, she rents a small house to get her life in order…
…but the place was never truly empty.
What begins as a calm, rainy night slowly twists into something far more unsettling — as Riley realizes she is not as alone as she thought.
The Gameplay
A single-player, narrative-driven walking simulator focused on tension, environmental storytelling, and realistic human horror.
Explore the house, interact with objects, communicate through your devices, and experience a story that unfolds in real time.
Key Features
Atmospheric, grounded horror.
VHS-inspired visual style.
Microphone Interaction — your voice may matter.
Text-based NPC interactions through your in-game phone.
Realistic environments built for slow-burn tension.
Short, focused experience designed to be played in one sitting.