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Song of Horror, released July 06, 2025, is a survivor horror game. It follows the story of amelody, played from a mysterious music box,that curses anyone who listens to it.
The game starts with information of amissing writer, Sebastian P. Husher, and his family.
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His editor, Etienne Bertrand, sends in an assistant, Daniel Noyer, to look for him at Husher’s family mansion. Daniel soon goes missing, as well. In Episode 1, other characters end up at the Husher mansion to find him.
Prelude - A Friday Like Any Other
The story starts in Daniel’s apartment. The player can interact and look at different things while walking around and getting used to the controls.White dots indicate observationsfrom the character or items to be picked up and used. Make your way into Daniel’s office, and the phone will ring, beginning a cutscene. We learn that Daniel’s boss, Etienne, is worried about the disappearance of Husher, and Daniel makes his way to Husher’s mansion to see what’s going on.
After Daniel arrives at and enters the mansion, you’ll see two doors to your left. The first door is the bathroom, but nothing interesting is in there. The second door is locked for now.Head to the right doorat the end of the hallway in front of you. Walk into the dining room, and you’ll find documents and the backstory to the music box. While in the dining room, amysterious wooden doorappears. A cutscene shows Daniel getting sucked into the room by the Presence. Daniel then slowly goes crazy in an Edgar Allan Poe kind of way.
The ghoulish creatures that haunt the mansion are called the Presence, which are a programmed A.I. that creates a unique gameplay experience. Each player and even character will have different things happen, meaning almost everyone will have slightly different experiences. But, no matter the character, don’t make hasty decisions – it could cost the character their life.
Episode 1 - Character Select
We see Daniel’s boss again who is now talking with Daniel’s ex-wife,Sophie Van Denend, about Daniel’s disappearance. Both agree to visit the Husher mansion respectively to investigate Daniel’s whereabouts.
We now see a character menu pop up to choose betweenplayable characters:
Sophie Van Denend, Daniel’s ex-wife.Etienne Bertrand, Daniel’s boss.Alexander Laskin, housekeeper at Husher mansion.Alina Ramos, technician for home security.
Whichever character you decide to play with will have different experiences and observations. The game also utilizes permadeath, so if your character dies, you’ll be brought back to the menu to choose a different character. Ifall four characters die, you’ll have tostart at the beginning of the chapter.
Navigating The Entrance
Like in the Prelude, you’ll enter the mansion from the front yard, and the character starts in the main entrance of the house. The second door that was locked for Daniel isnow unlockedand leads to a small room with 3 other doors. The two doors on the right are both locked. Enter the room directly ahead of you to the garage.
Inside the garage and on the work table to the right is ametal boxwith FUSES written on the side that you can grab. You’ll need tofind a screwdriverto open the box.
you’re able to now leave and make your way back to the main entrance in search of a screwdriver.
Entrance Hallway
Pick up thenotein the hallway which explains akey in the library desk. The library is through the living room and on the left, but you’ll need some sort oflubrication to open the desk drawer.
Step into the small hallway that’s in front of the stairs.
Grab thebox of matcheson your left. You’ll need these, and two other items, to light the fireplace later in the episode. Step through the door to your left and into the kitchen.
Kitchen Haunting
In the kitchen, grab theringon the counter. Check theexposed wire and puddle of waterin front of the sink. You’ll have to find something to clean that up. Go to the opposite end of the kitchen and through the door on the left andinto the pantryand grab theoil canyou’ll need for the desk drawer.
When you leave the room, there will be a cutscene.The Presencewill appear, trying to push open the door. The game will give the player instructions on how to keep out the spirits, and once you slam the door closed, anear iconwill now appear in front of most doors, which allows you to listen into the next room.
Listen before walking into a room: If you hear whispering, do not enter the room, or your character will die. If you hear nothing, it is safe to continue.
Library And Dining Room
Return to the Library. you may now get the key out of the desk drawer by using the oil can. Grab thered haiku folderinside the drawer, too.
Go back to the dining room, and you can nowunlock the double doorsthat led Daniel to the mysterious door in the Prelude. On the table in the middle of the room, you’ll find thescrewdriverneeded to open the metal box. Inside the metal box arefusesyou’ll need for a future puzzle. Solving this puzzle will help turn on the electricity to the mansion.
You are now able toventure up to the second floor.
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Second Floor Hallway And Bathroom
Head down the hallway andobserve the photoon the chair. The photo shows Husher’s wife and children. On the back of the photo reads “Do not look at this photo.” Too late. Flip the photo over toreveal a creepy face. Tuck that back in your pocket and continue down the hallway.Open the second doorto the bathroom.
Grab thedirty towelfrom the sink. You’ll use this to clean up the puddle in the kitchen. Go back out into the hallway.
Outside Balcony
Go outside onto the balcony and grab thetongsfound near the grill. Go down further andcheck the floodlightand battery on the character’s left. You’ll need something to jumpstart the floodlight, which will be used to open the door with thestrange black goo.
Second Floor Study
After you come back inside from the balcony, make your way downthe hallway to your right. You’ll round the corner to the study. On the table in front of you, grab theremote controlfor the garage. There’s a door behind the desk, but abroken key is stuck inside the lock, so you may’t get through just yet. Go back down the hall and down the stairs to the kitchen.
Kitchen And Basement
Use thedirty clothto clean up thepuddle of waterin front of the sink. you’re able to now go into the basement.
Unlock the door and make your way down the stairs. You’ll finda safe with a note next to it. The note gives clues on how to open the safe with a code. You’re not supposed to know the answer yet, but if you want to open the safe now,the code is 4798.
After you unlock the safe, you’ll find theGreen Doll.
Moving to the far wall of the basement is afuse puzzle. The fuses are numbered differently and need to correspond with the wires from the box next to it.
Fuse Puzzle Solution:
Left top: 25
Right top: 15
Left bottom: 20
Right bottom: 10
Turn on the electricity and head back into the garage.
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