The Scarlet Harvest

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The Scarlet Harvest is a single player action game with a horror theme. It was developed by @TonyDevGame and was released on October 23, 2025. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

The Scarlet Harvest is a horror survival game set on a remote farm during a Halloween party that quickly turns deadly. Explore eerie locations like gas stations and cornfields while trying to survive a lurking, malevolent presence. Combining classic slasher vibes with action, tension, and immersive atmosphere, it challenges players to balance fun and fear.

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Audience ScoreBased on 24 reviews

story5 positive mentions

grinding4 negative mentions

The game has a great Halloween atmosphere with well-designed graphics and fun decorations, making it perfect for the season.
The story features unexpected twists and humorous dialogue, adding to the overall enjoyment of the gameplay.
Despite its flaws, many players found the game to be a fun experience, especially for fans of campy horror movies.

The game suffers from poor optimization and lighting issues, making it difficult to see in certain areas and frustrating to navigate.
Players reported unclear objectives and controls, leading to tedious item searches and aimless wandering.
Some gameplay mechanics, such as boss fights and enemy interactions, were criticized for being poorly designed and frustrating.

story
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story centers around a Halloween house party at an abandoned farm, featuring campy, over-the-top characters and unexpected twists reminiscent of 80s slasher films. While the initial fun atmosphere and engaging plot draw players in, it eventually devolves into a more generic indie slasher experience with typical gameplay elements. Overall, the narrative is complemented by a vibrant Halloween setting, stealth and action gameplay, and intriguing puzzles, making it a fitting choice for the season.
- “Everything you'd want in a Halloween game, from atmosphere to party scenes with friends' dialogues, haunted attractions, slasher bosses, stealth gameplay, action gameplay, and a few interesting puzzles, all wrapped up in an interesting story.”
- “The game doesn't take itself too seriously; the writing and plot are a bit campy in the way 80s slashers were, featuring overdrawn stereotype characters and over-the-top blood and chainsaw-wielding cult members.”
- “The story involves your character arriving at a Halloween house party on an abandoned farm, where all hell eventually breaks loose.”
- “Instead of main story items being highlighted for easier visibility, I had random candlesticks and ball and chains highlighted instead.”
atmosphere
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
17%
33%
The game's atmosphere is highly praised for its detailed graphics and immersive Halloween-themed elements, creating a vibrant party scene filled with decorations, music, and engaging gameplay. While the atmosphere enhances the overall experience, some players noted that tedious item searches and vague objectives can detract from the enjoyment. Overall, it successfully captures the essence of a Halloween adventure with a mix of stealth, action, and puzzles.
- “The story was fun, the atmosphere was great, and the graphics were pretty good.”
- “Everything you'd want in a Halloween game, from atmosphere to party scenes with friends' dialogues, to haunted attractions, to slasher bosses. You get stealth gameplay, action gameplay, and a few interesting puzzles, all wrapped together with an engaging story.”
- “The place is overflowing with Halloween decorations, creepy props, and atmospheric music.”
- “The game's atmosphere and graphics are well done, especially if you have a high-end computer.”
- “Everything you'd want in a Halloween game, from atmosphere to party scenes with friends' dialogues, to haunted attractions, to slasher bosses. You get stealth gameplay, action gameplay, and a few interesting puzzles, and finally, you get an interesting story wrapping it all together.”
graphics
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's graphics are praised for creating a strong atmosphere, particularly on high-end computers, though it is noted to be demanding on hardware and not well-optimized. While there are various graphics settings available, many players find them ineffective, and the overall quality reflects its indie status, with some technical issues and lower-quality animations.
- “The game's atmosphere and graphics are well done, especially if you have a high-end computer.”
- “The story was fun, the atmosphere was great, and the graphics were pretty good.”
- “There are a decent array of graphics settings to tinker with.”
- “The game is a sort of a graphic card hog, and it is not optimized that well.”
- “There are a decent array of graphics settings to tinker with, but as of the time of this review, almost none of them seem to change anything for me.”
- “From a technical perspective, it is an indie game, so expect lower quality writing, cheaper dialogue animations, indie graphics, and occasional crashes on exiting/loading next maps.”
grinding
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious, citing frustrating enemy hitboxes and controls that complicate navigation. The experience is further marred by extensive item searches in dark environments and unclear objectives, detracting from the otherwise atmospheric visuals.
- “Overall, this feels like a case of the developer not having someone in their ear telling them how tedious a lot of this game is.”
- “Back and forth tedious searching for missed items in the dark.”
- “Visually detailed and atmospheric, but bogged down by tedious item searches and vague objectives.”
music
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
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The music in the game is generally considered decent and atmospheric, effectively complementing the Halloween-themed decorations and props. However, some players express a desire for original compositions instead of copyright music, with a few specific choices feeling out of place.
- “The place is overflowing with Halloween decorations, creepy props, and atmospheric music.”
- “I wish developers would stop using copyrighted music in their games.”
- “The music is decent, though one of the boss choices felt odd to my taste.”
optimization
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game is criticized for being resource-intensive and lacking proper optimization, leading to performance issues on various systems.
- “The game is a bit of a graphics card hog, and it is not optimized very well.”
- “The performance issues are frustrating, and it feels like the game wasn't properly optimized for various hardware.”
- “I constantly experience lag and frame drops, indicating that the optimization needs significant improvement.”
gameplay
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
67%
33%
The gameplay offers a diverse experience, transitioning from thrilling chase sequences to intense combat scenarios, though it ultimately shifts into a more conventional indie slasher format focused on key-hunting. While generally stable with minimal bugs, the latter part of the game may feel less engaging as it adheres to familiar tropes.
- “The gameplay is varied enough to keep it interesting; you go from a defenseless party boy being chased through the cornfields to chainsawing down doors looking for an ancient evil.”
- “That was the only gameplay bug I saw, and the game never crashed.”
- “Once the actual story kicks in, it loses some of that fun and becomes a generic indie slasher game with the typical walking around looking for a key to progress gameplay.”
humor
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game is praised for its lighthearted approach, featuring humorous dialogue and a playful tone that enhances the overall experience. Players appreciate the comedic elements woven into the environment and interactions, rewarding exploration with additional laughs.
- “The game doesn't take itself too seriously, and some of the dialogue is genuinely funny.”
- “The tonality, the environment, and the interactions are all enhanced by the humor, especially if you take the time to explore and engage with the details.”