Silent Road is a newly announced Steam horror game centered on a taxi driver operating in Japan's remote forest region infamous for suicides. The setting of the upcoming title, which is currently targeting a 2026 Steam release, shares some similarities with one of the more polarizing Fatal Frame games in recent years.
Silent Road is the latest title from Endflame, an indie studio based out of Catalonia, Spain. Founded in 2019, the company is best known for its debut title, Ikai, a 2022 psychological horror experience set in feudal Japan, starring a priestess struggling with ghosts of her past. While its critical reception was mixed, Ikai has developed a reputation as one of the scariest modern horror games inspired by Japanese folklore, not least because of its focus on vulnerability and varied monster designs.
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Endflame is now taking another stab at a Japanese-style horror game, but this time, it opted for a modern setting. The studio’s newly announced Silent Road casts players as a taxi driver operating in a haunted forest region...
