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Pixelwave Off

PixelwaveCraft Studios · Published by PixelwaveCraft Studios

9 user reviews — 33% positive (9 reviews)

Last updated 28 Sept 2026

Pixelwave Off is a backrooms-mascot horror game set in the 2000s.You return to search for your friend, who disappeared a few years ago.Find him and uncover the dark secrets hidden within Pixelwave Entertainment.

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Adventure, Indie, Free To Play · 2026 · More free games

Explore Pixelwave Off, where you search for your missing friend and delve into the eerie secrets of a 2000s video game studio. Adventure through indie horror with free-to-play freedom.

About this game

This game includes the demo (Episode 1) and will receive the future episodes as free updates. Episode 1 introduces the core mechanics, atmosphere, and the beginning of the story. This is an episodic project, and each new episode aims to improve upon the previous one in quality, gameplay, and atmosphere.

Features:

First-person exploration of an abandoned studio

Backrooms-style environments

Atmospheric & Uncanny Horror

Interactive Puzzle Mechanics

Collectible notes and environmental storytelling

Gameplay:

The game contains backrooms elements and is filled with strange, inexplicable places that once looked different. Parts of the studio building are protected by a light-corrupting system to prevent the horrors lurking in the shadows from taking over.

Use your flashlight, collect abandoned documents, and gain access to new locations with the help of the Light Corruption System. Find your missing friend and uncover what happened inside Pixelwave Entertainment.

Backstory:

Pixelwave Entertainment officially founded in 1966 by two founders. Pixelwave Entertainment created

programs, video games and published  books. 

In 1983 scientists joined the company and years later, they created one of the most dangerous invention of the century. Later, this invention caused the studio's shutdown....

MORE INVENTIONS:

-Light Corrupter System

Additional data corrupted or missing.

Player's story:

You return to an abandoned studio to search for your missing police officer friend. He disappeared while patrolling the area.

You visited this place once as a child, and it made a big impression on you at the time. Now you must search for your missing friend alone, walking among the dusty shadows of the studio.

System Requirements

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Minimum

Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel Core i3
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2000
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Storage: 5 GB available space

Recommended

Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 11
  • Processor: Intel Core i8/ AMD Ryzen 5 3500
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3000
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Storage: 5 GB available space

Supported Languages

English*, Hungarian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil
*languages with full audio support

Latest news

  • Patch NotesOfficial

    Pixelwave Off Episode 1-2 Hotfix

    Episode 1 & Episode 2 HotfixEpisode 1 Fix:Tutorial widget is more localizedEpisode 2 Fixes:Removed 1 door that may couse a bug when the player kills FRX0011 trigger now do everything once
    Read full article on Community Announcements (FortexParancsnok)
  • Patch NotesOfficial

    Pixelwave Off Performance & Disk Space Requirement Update

    Hello everyone!We encountered some performance issues that could be addressed, so we made an update to fix that!Patch Notes:Unreal Engine 5 Lumen is turned off for better performance2K-4K resolution textures are downscaled to 1K texturesThe lighting in the Storagerooms section is less complicatedLess disk space is required
    Read full article on Community Announcements (FortexParancsnok)

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