Interior Night

Interior Night is a British independent video game developer founded in 2017 in London by Caroline Marchal, who previously worked at Quantic Dream as lead game designer on Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls. The studio was established specifically to develop narrative games for a broad audience, with an emphasis on stories accessible to people who do not typically play games. As Dusk Falls, published by Xbox Game Studios in July 2022, is the studio’s debut and only released title.

As Dusk Falls

As Dusk Falls released on July 19, 2022 for Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and PC via Game Pass, with a Nintendo Switch port released in December 2022 and a PlayStation release in August 2023. The game is a branching narrative set across two families in the American Southwest across thirty years, beginning with a hostage situation in a motel in 1998 and following the consequences through to 2019. Rather than traditional 3D gameplay, it uses a graphic novel-style presentation with illustrated still images that animate and transition, a visual style designed to be approachable for non-gamers and to support up to eight players playing together through a companion app that lets everyone vote on decisions. It received generally positive reviews for its storytelling and the multiplayer format, with particular praise for its performance capture and voice acting.