Uncanny Tales: Cold Road

Horror· Psychological Horror· Atmospheric· Psychological

Released Apr 2025

Uncanny Tales is an episodic horror series where the real terror comes not from monsters or the supernatural, but from people. Each episode is a new unsettling story inspired by real fears and eerie situations from everyday life.

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Steam Updated 12 Oct 2026 $2.99

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Evaluation

Uncanny Tales: Cold Road is the first episode of an episodic horror series by VYASTUDIO. It launched on April 16, 2025 and received a major anniversary update (version 2.0) on April 16, 2026, which added a new story scene, a reworked finale, rewritten dialogue, overhauled gameplay systems, Russian voice acting, and Steam Achievements — the most substantial update the game has received. The second episode in the series, Uncanny Tales: The Watcher, launched on August 5, 2026 as a fully separate Steam title. This is a standalone release, not a content update to Cold Road itself. The store description for Cold Road explicitly identifies it as "the first episode of the series," and the series has now progressed with The Watcher's release. No further content updates for Cold Road itself have been announced by the developer. The Update 2.0 anniversary release appears to represent the final major content work on this episode, and no roadmap, DLC, or upcoming patches for Cold Road have been communicated since. The episodic series continues, but through separate game releases — Cold Road as a standalone episode appears content-complete as of its anniversary update on April 16, 2026.

Evidence

Uncanny Tales: The Watcher launched on August 5, 2026 as a separate Steam title — the second episode in the series.

news post · Aug 5, 2026 source content shipped

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Update 2.0 released on the game's one-year anniversary, overhauling graphics, voice acting, story, gameplay, and the finale. Also announced the Uncanny Tales Bundle. Most substantial update to Cold Road to date.

news post · Apr 16, 2026 source content shipped

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Developer

VYASTUDIO

Publisher

VYASTUDIO

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

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Steam Deck

Not rated

Players

Single-player

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About this game

Uncanny Tales is an episodic horror series where the scariest things aren’t monsters or the supernatural, but people themselves. Each episode tells a new chilling story inspired by real-life fears and unsettling situations.

❄️ Uncanny Tales: Cold Road – The first episode of the series.

A late evening, a snowstorm, the eve of the New Year holidays… The protagonist is traveling to her parents’ home for winter break. To avoid traffic jams, she takes a less popular and more isolated road. But the journey turns dangerous – losing control, she crashes her car.

Regaining consciousness, she realizes that there’s no signal, and the storm is only getting worse. Her only option is to find help. Leaving the car behind, she ventures into the forest and soon stumbles upon an old house. A kind elderly woman welcomes her inside, offering warmth, hot tea, and a place to rest.

But waking up in the middle of the night to strange noises, she soon realizes—she is not alone in this house…