Nature of Dread is a first-person action-horror game set in Hellhole

Nature of Dread is an upcoming single-player first-person action-horror game for Windows on Steam, from the indie Nature of Dread Team. You wake up trapped in Hellhole, a cursed, sealed settlement deep in the northern wilderness, and have to fight your way out while uncovering what it has hidden for centuries. Steam lists the release date as To be announced.

Written and reviewed by Nature of Dread Wiki Editorial Team · Updated 20 October 2026

Nature of Dread Steam header: the title in distressed white capitals on black. — Official Steam header for Nature of Dread.

Store facts

Steam app: 4022950
Developer: Nature of Dread Team
Publisher: Not yet announced
Release: To be announced
Price: Not listed
Platform: Windows (64-bit, DirectX 12)
Genres: Action, Adventure
Website: natureofdread.com

Nature of Dread screenshot of a domed, onion-spired building among bare trees in grey fog. — Official screenshot: a domed building in a dead forest.

Four pillars

The Steam page is built on four headings: deep atmospheric storytelling, threats that evolve and strike back, a realistic weaponry system, and "eternal dread reborn", a promise of soul-freezing survival horror drawn from classic dark fiction. Each has its own page here: story, enemies and weapons.

First look

On 19 October 2026 the team posted a Gameplay First Look trailer, and Russian outlet PlayGround.ru described it as five minutes of gameplay. Steam had no user reviews yet on 20 October 2026.