The Harbinger's Head
The Harbinger's Head is a fantastic 46,000 word interactive horror novel by Kim Berkley, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based - without graphics or sound effects - and fueled by the…
The Harbinger's Head is an adventure developed by Hosted Games, released 19 July 2018 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What The Harbinger's Head is
The Harbinger's Head is an adventure game developed by Hosted Games and released in 2018. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on ChoiceScript.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Visit a myth-infested 1820s Ireland. One dark (if not particularly stormy) night, you find yourself face to face with a frightening visage—or lack thereof. Though shaped like a man, the creature you’ve encountered appears to have lost his head. Worse, he seems to think you are the one to blame!
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
The Harbinger's Head launched on 19 July 2018, within three weeks of Dead Cells, Octopath Traveler, Overcooked! 2 and Sonic Mania Plus.
Released around the same time: Dead Cells, Octopath Traveler, Overcooked! 2, Sonic Mania Plus.
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