Narrative thriller meets life sim in Apartment Story – coming to PC in September

New gameplay trailer celebrates the mundanity of modern living

Blue Rider Interactive is thrilled to announce that its feature-length, dramatic third-person thriller Apartment Story will launch for PC via Steam on September 26th. A brand new gameplay trailer sets the tone, showcasing a range of immersive, everyday interactions available within the game, while spotlighting its highly-evocative audiovisual identity.

Apartment Story – Release Date & Gameplay Trailer

Apartment Story is a fast-paced, contemporary and mature single-player narrative experience about three people and a gun, set within a single apartment. It effortlessly juxtaposes the mundanity of modern living with taut and impactful storytelling.

Players assume the role of Arthur, a 27-year-old just trying to keep his head above water, whose life takes a twist when he receives an unexpected visit from his former roommate, Diane. She stays a while and together they party, but soon Blondey enters the picture and the good times turn bad very quickly.

Over a few days, players must navigate escalating real-time narrative events and interpersonal relationships, while maintaining Arthur’s needs and welfare via an immersive, sim-esque management system – which is all brought to life via a highly-detailed, atmospheric, yet grounded PSX-style aesthetic.

Apartment Story gives players the opportunity to express their own personality through gameplay choices made in the downtime between its narrative beats. Will they choose to participate in a dangerous and dramatic narrative? Or will they keep the front door closed, eating and procrastinating until they’ve shut the world out for good?

Whatever they decide, the cold metal of a gun is hidden within the darkness of the apartment somewhere…

Apartment Story Features

Absorb yourself in a fast-paced, dramatic thriller that centres around three distinct personalities which evolve as the gun is introduced and the stakes are raised.

You are invited to take an active role in Arthur’s life and welfare through a deep and immersive needs management system. Eat food, pee, wash your hands, sleep, smoke, write, watch TV, shave, change clothes, nap, shower, take drugs, wash the dishes, turn off the lights, drink beer, listen to music, top up your electric, answer the door and shoot someone with a real gun. Engaging in these activities will keep your Life stats up and Arthur poised for the drama coming his way, if that’s what you’ve chosen.

Tidy and organise the objects within your apartment however you desire by picking up any small object and placing them anywhere within reach.

Real-time night and day cycles.

A feature-length experience, which means you can grab yourself a drink and complete the game within a single night. Playtime: approximately 90-120 minutes.

The game will be playable this coming weekend exclusively at Glasgow Independent Games Festival which takes place on Saturday, July 20th at Civic House, Glasgow.

Apartment Story will launch for PC via Steam on September 26th, 2024, and is available to wishlist now.

About Blue Rider Interactive

Blue Rider Interactive is a video game studio founded by Sean Wenham in 2023. Based in Glasgow, the studio is focused on creating dramatic third-person narrative experiences within realistic, modern day settings. The studio is currently finalising development of its debut title, the single-location thriller Apartment Story, which is set to release in September.