Open now · By request
Xoru: The Nightmare Wars playtest
by Castlelore Studios
A dark fantasy horror visual novel where your choices reshape a nightmare‑ridden world. Explore surreal realms, solve narrative puzzles, and face the consequences of every decision.
It's free to ask. The developer chooses who gets in.
- Access
- By request
- On playtest since
- Apr 9, 2026
- Released
- Apr 26, 2025
- Developer
- Castlelore Studios
- Platforms
- Windows
- Players
- Single-player
- Languages
- English
How to join the Xoru: The Nightmare Wars playtest
- Open the game's Steam page with the Request access button. Sign in to Steam if it asks.
- Request access to the Xoru: The Nightmare Wars playtest there. It's free and doesn't commit you to anything.
- The developer lets players in, often in batches, so it can take a while. Steam emails you when you're in, and the playtest appears in your library.
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About Xoru: The Nightmare Wars
The nightmares that haunt your dreams are real, and they are escaping. In this grim-dark horror visual novel with rich narrative choices, psychological tension, and supernatural mystery, the barrier between dreams and reality is breaking, horrors beyond thought are walking into the waking world. As the Dreamweaver’s power wanes, you must navigate a desolate tomb that seems to exist in another world. With branching story-lines, cryptic lore, immersive, atmospheric, Gothic visuals, and haunting ethereal music, explore a world shaped by your decisions. But be warned, every choice you make brings you closer to salvation—or to something worse than death.
From the game's Steam page.
