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PULSE//DEADLINE

Deadlight Interactive · Published by Deadlight Interactive · Official site ↗

Content notice: This is a horror game. There will be mature content provided throughout the gameplay.

Last updated 28 Sept 2026

A 30-minute narrative horror experience set in an abandoned carnival that slowly comes back to life around you. Survive your night shift as the grounds awaken, with optional heart-rate integration that reacts to your fear.

Free to PlayComing SoonDJCTQ 14

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Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG · 2027 · More free games

Embark on a tense 30-minute journey through an abandoned carnival that reawakens around you. Navigate the grounds during your night shift, with your heart rate influencing the fear factor, all brought to life by Deadlight Interactive.

About this game

PULSE//DEADLINE

The carnival was shut down.
It never closed.

From Deadlight Interactive, PULSE//DEADLINE is a 30-minute narrative horror experience set inside an abandoned carnival that slowly, deliberately begins to wake up around you.

You play as a newly assigned night security guard. Your job is simple: monitor the grounds and report anything unusual.

At first, it’s just wind against loose metal.
Then the lights flicker on.
A carousel begins to turn.
Music plays from nowhere.

And something starts moving between the attractions.

A CARNIVAL THAT COMES BACK TO LIFE

Explore a decaying fairground where each ride tells part of a larger story — one of obsession, disappearance, and something that never left when the gates were locked.

The longer you stay, the more the environment changes. What begins as routine surveillance becomes a fight to understand what is happening — and how to escape it.

OPTIONAL BIO-REACTIVE HORROR

PULSE//DEADLINE features optional heart-rate integration.

With a compatible device, the game can:

  • React to spikes in your pulse

  • Intensify atmosphere and sound design

  • Subtly shift environmental behaviour

  • Adjust tension pacing in real time

No monitor required.
The full 30-minute experience is completely playable without biofeedback — integration simply deepens immersion for those who want it.

FEATURES

  • 30-minute focused horror experience

  • First-person immersive exploration

  • Reactive environmental systems

  • Optional heart-rate integration

  • Psychological tension over cheap jumpscares

  • Streamer-friendly short-form format

The rides are running.
The lights are on.
The gates are locked.

Your shift ends at dawn.

If you make it that far...

System Requirements

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Minimum

Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel Core i5 3200
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1050
  • DirectX: Version 12

Recommended

Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 11
  • Processor: Intel Core i5 10400
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1660 Super
  • DirectX: Version 12

Supported Languages

English*
*languages with full audio support

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