Siren Head: Awakening

Siren Head: Awakening

Released Oct 2020

Siren Head: Awakening is a first-person horror game based on Trevor Henderson's artwork. You're stuck with your car in the middle of a dark forest with nothing but your flashlight. Seek escape by finding items necessary to survive while a terrifying monster lurks the shadows.

72% positive · 968 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Evaluation

Siren Head: Awakening launched on October 30, 2020 as a free-to-play first-person horror game. After launch, the developer shipped one major content update — version 1.3 on December 16, 2020 — which added new endings, game modes, Steam achievements, and other features. A rework update (version 1.4) followed on March 19, 2021, overhauling the creature's behavior. The developer's most recent game update, on May 4, 2022, made older beta versions of the game accessible through Steam's beta branch — a minor archival release rather than new content. On October 30, 2021, the developer posted a first-anniversary message explicitly acknowledging they were unable to release new content for that Halloween and stated only that they "hope to be able to continue further development" — cautious and non-committal language that did not announce any specific upcoming content. After that, no further updates to Siren Head: Awakening were communicated beyond the May 2022 beta branch post. By June 2023, the developer had moved on to announcing an entirely new game (Paper Can't Fly), with no mention of future Siren Head: Awakening development. No unreleased DLC is listed on the store, no roadmap or future content has been announced, and there has been no developer communication about this game since May 4, 2022. The game appears to have reached its final state, having launched as a complete product with a small number of post-launch updates now concluded.
Evidence
On the game's first anniversary, the developer acknowledged they could not release new content and expressed only a hope to continue further development — no specific content announced.
news post · Oct 30, 2021 source ambiguous
high
Version 1.3 shipped with two new secret endings, new game modes, Steam achievements, snow map, and numerous fixes — the most substantial post-launch content update.
news post · Dec 16, 2020 source content shipped
high

Media

Details

Publisher
Prisma Games L.L.C.
Achievements
15
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

Siren Head returns to Steam with its best game yet, Siren Head: Awakening.

Siren Head: Awakening is a first-person horror game based on Trevor Henderson's artwork.

As I lead into the darkness of the woods in search of missing parts to fix my broken car, surrounded by the eerie sound of the susurration of the leaves in the gusty wind, my eyes meet the unknown; taller than the trees, a siren head - this decaying creature that paralyzes my existence.

Sweat dripping to the bottom of my spine, vast darkness ahead, fallen bodies of those before me with the same wretched fate, dusted letters I find along the way that guide me.

Will my world crumble beneath my feet or will I make it into the light?
Last evaluated Jun 24, 2026
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