01
In development · The station
DEAD AIR
Explore an abandoned television station, operate its VHS equipment, and follow a broadcast as the building turns against you.
VHS events · Reactive station props · Field equipment
Independent horror games · Hampton, Virginia
BLACKLATCH
Rooms that remember you. Machinery that answers back. Stories worth staying for.
From the studio
Work in progress.
Two games about the things waiting in ordinary places. And one tool that helps us listen to the people playing them.
02
Free public playtest · Windows
KEEP IT CLOSED
A short experimental horror game about one simple rule: keep it closed. Play the early Windows build and tell us what works, what drags, and what breaks.
Version 0.2.0 · Early prototype · Feedback wanted
03
Studio tool · Discord
PATCHSIGNAL
Keep player reports close to the work. PatchSignal sorts feedback inside Discord so the studio can see recurring issues and changes between builds.
Issue grouping · Build comparisons · Feedback review
Studio letters
Notes from
the dark.
Request occasional studio and playtest updates directly from Black Latch.
THE STUDIO
MAKE THEM
LEAN CLOSER.
Black Latch Studios makes horror games built to be touched, explored, and remembered.
Our worlds begin with familiar rooms and stubborn machinery. We leave space for the player to notice when something feels wrong.
We listen closely to the people who enter them.
01Atmosphere first
02Machinery with consequences
03Room for curiosity
Press and publishing