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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.
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
Will my PC run this? →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
- 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
*languages with full audio support






