{"id":6264,"date":"2021-11-18T18:53:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T09:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=6264"},"modified":"2022-05-12T17:20:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T08:20:15","slug":"20211118-6264","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20211118-6264\/","title":{"rendered":"Headache, an abandoned museum exploration horror game, is coming to Steam Nov. 19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Publication date of the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20211118-182916\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>: 2021-11-18 18:50 (JST)<br>Translated by. Ryuki Ishii<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Independent Japanese developer MONZEN officially announced their new horror game <em><strong>Headache<\/strong><\/em> (\u982d\u75db). It will come out on November 19 PST for PC (via Steam) as a free download. The game only supports Japanese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u300e\u982d\u75db\u300f\u3010Trailer\u3011\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6oa28Ou0SOc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u300e\u982d\u75db\u300f\u3010prologue\u3011\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LqVwfUKirWo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>Headache<\/em> is a first-person horror game set in an abandoned museum in Japan. Players will explore the building to uncover the mystery behind the infamous museum that was closed more than 20 years ago due to a series of complaints made by visitors who fell ill at the locale. The protagonist is there to look for a missing person, and judging from the trailer, they will encounter a number of supernatural occurrences while searching the place for clues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More details about the game can be found in the trailers above. It looks like the museum was built to archive and preserve historical records of an abandoned village called Fukanemura, which was discovered in the 1960s. The museum displays some interesting materials, including relics of a clinic\/pharmacy that had existed since the Edo period (17<sup>th<\/sup> ~ 19<sup>th<\/sup> century). It is said to have attracted many visitors for its peculiar concept, but its reputation withered after the aforementioned incidents.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211118-6264-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211118-6264-001.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211118-6264-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211118-6264-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211118-6264-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211118-6264-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211118-6264-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211118-6264-001-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211118-6264-001-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211118-6264-001-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211118-6264-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211118-6264-002.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211118-6264-002-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211118-6264-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211118-6264-002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211118-6264-002-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211118-6264-002-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211118-6264-002-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211118-6264-002-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211118-6264-002-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are five endings in total, and you\u2019ll reach a different outcome depending on your actions. Some endings will uncover more details about the museum\u2019s mystery than others. There\u2019s no game over state in this game, and once something bad happens to you, the game transitions to one of the endings. You can skip the beginning portion of the game from the second playthrough onward, so it\u2019s easy to replay and seek other endings.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211118-6264-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211118-6264-003.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211118-6264-003-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211118-6264-003-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211118-6264-003-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211118-6264-003-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211118-6264-003-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211118-6264-003-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211118-6264-003-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211118-6264-003-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The game is being developed by MONZEN, a university student living in Japan. MONZEN previously released a horror adventure game called <em>Singularity World<\/em> in July of this year (<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20210709-1118\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">related article<\/a>). <em>Headache<\/em> will be their second game to release in 2021, and it is set to launch on November 19 (PST) for <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1811480\/_\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>. It is planned to launch on the Japanese free game distribution site Freem! as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Headache, an abandoned museum exploration horror game, is coming to Steam Nov. 19 PST. 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