Night Hike is a single-player escape roguelite game creeping onto Linux, Mac, and Windows PC, it gets under your skin. This is possible thanks to the nonstop creativity of developer Michael Neumann. Working to make it's way onto Steam. The first time I heard about Night Hike, I got that weird little chill you only get when a game knows how to mess with your head. Not in a cheap jump-scare way. More like… “Why do I feel watched?” and “Did I already walk past this tree?” kind of way. And I’m already mentally packing snacks for this nightmare hike. Night Hike is a single-player escape roguelite built around one of my favorite horror ideas: the world keeps looping, and you’re stuck inside it. A never-ending wilderness. An endless night. And every time the loop resets, so your progress ends like the forest itself is laughing at you.

A trail that doesn’t want you to leave

Here’s the hook: you’re hiking through the woods, trying to escape, but the wilderness is basically an evil maze with infinite patience. You’re not just picking a direction and walking forward. In Night Hike, you’re constantly deciding what kind of risk you can live with. Do you follow the safer path that feels familiar… or push into a trail that looks wrong in the way dreams look wrong? Do you turn back now or later, when it might be too late? And the best part? Every route isn’t just “left or right.” The gameplay promises branching choices and unpredictable outcomes, meaning no two trips unfold the same way. It’s not just the woods resetting. It’s your whole story getting a reshuffle. That’s peak roguelite energy, except instead of dungeons, it’s dark trees and paranoia.

Night Hike - Announcement Trailer

The compass that plays games with your life

Most releases give you a map.Night Hike gives you a compass… and a problem. You’re lost. Like truly lost. But you’ve got this mysterious compass guiding you forward, and when the woods decides to test you, success or failure comes down to a spin of the needle. It’s fate-as-a-mechanic, and I’m eager already. But it’s not pure RNG cruelty either. You can upgrade and modify the compass to improve your odds. That means the fear isn’t just “what happens next,” it’s “did I prepare enough for what happens next?” That kind of system is so much more evil than randomness. Because when you fail, you’ll know you could’ve played smarter. And that’s the kind of regret that sticks with you in the dark.

Since you’re not alone

If you think the loop is the only thing messing with you, don’t worry, this single-player escape roguelite makes it worse. At nightfall, supernatural encounters start showing up. Faces in the shadows. Shapes that shouldn’t be there. And this title hits you with the question I always love and hate: Are they friend or foe? Your interactions can shape your journey just as much as your trail choices. So it’s not just survival, it’s social survival. Trust, suspicion, desperation. The woods doesn’t just want you lost. It wants you guessing.

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