The Charnel House Trilogy

Released Apr 2015

Witness The Charnel House Trilogy, the chronicle of one fateful night aboard a train bound for Augur Peak. Three thrilling, horrifying adventure games in one, from the depths of the Sepulchre, starring Madeleine Roux, Peter Willington, Jonathan Grier, Jim Sterling, and Ben Chandler as Grub.

79% positive · 685 reviews

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All announced content has been released

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Evaluation

The Charnel House Trilogy launched on April 16, 2015 as a complete package — three adventure games bundled together. The only DLC released is the original soundtrack, which shipped on the same day as the game itself. There is no post-launch content history: no expansions, no named updates with new gameplay content, and no developer announcements promising future story or gameplay additions. The developer's communications after launch focused on platform additions (a Linux build shortly after release), a Steam Controller configuration added in February 2016, and a Christmas 2015 post addressing a publisher change. That post confirmed Owl Cave lost its publisher Mastertronic, but clarified the situation was resolved — the studio took over publishing rights itself and confirmed the game would remain available. No content plans for the game were mentioned in any post. The last developer communication of any kind was on February 17, 2016. No further posts have appeared since then. Given the game launched as a self-contained trilogy with no announced post-launch content roadmap and no update history beyond platform/controller patches, it is best understood as a game that shipped complete on its release date.

Evidence

Store description markets the game as 'three thrilling, horrifying adventure games in one' — a self-contained bundle with no mention of post-launch content.

store metadata · Apr 16, 2015 source content shipped

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The only DLC is the game's original soundtrack, released on launch day. No additional DLC has been listed or announced.

dlc listing · Apr 16, 2015 source content shipped

high

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

Released

The Charnel House Trilogy - OST

Apr 2015

Media

Details

Developer

Owl Cave

Publisher

Owl Cave

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

—

Steam Deck

Not rated

Players

Single-player

Adventure Horror Point & Click Indie Psychological Horror Pixel Graphics Mystery Noir Short Female Protagonist Story Rich 2D Atmospheric

About this game

A train's whistle sounds in the dead of night. Snow falls on deserted tracks. Somewhere, in the city, a woman prepares to leave on a journey that will change her life. Somewhere, in the country, a man drives to his final destination.

A young woman prepares to depart on a journey that will take her into the very heart of darkness. But before she can leave her apartment, there are just a few loose ends she has to tie up...

Join Doctor Harold Lang on that fateful train journey that started it all. Who is the man in 2-C? What is the conductor hiding? And just what is the secret behind all the huge bags?

Alex Davenport wakes up on the train. Her travelling companion, Harold Lang, is nowhere to be found. Don, the conductor, isn't exactly being forthcoming as to what's going on. Why are Alex's friends here? Who's the ballerina? Is this a nightmare, or is Alex's hope of waking up simply a pipe dream?