REMOTE CONTROL looks like Alien: Isolation if it was a retro-styled typing adventure

REMOTE CONTROL has you send human proxies to explore a derelict spaceship, as you type out your commands and explore it all gets a bit weird and spooky.

The press email said it was "Alien: Isolation meets Severance", but it's much more like Alien: Isolation if it was a retro typing exploration adventure horror. Mainly they said that it's drawing on Alien: Isolation for the "sustained dread" and the "dehumanizing psychological horror" of Severance. Either way, this has definitely grabbed my interest as it looks really interesting.

So what's the deal here? A deep-space spacecraft has gone mysteriously silent. With a dead crew and an undocumented incident, it's your job to send in meat for the grinder to figure out what happened. Issuing commands through your terminal interface with a low-res camera you have to direct various people around the ship to investigate. Seems they are not 100% under your control though, as the developer mentioned "Humans have flaws, though, with fear, a desire to live, and being butter-fingers all getting in the way. However, they are unable to completely resist your commands, even if there is sometimes a little pushback…".

Check out their trailer:

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Game Highlights:

• How many people does it take to investigate an infested space ship? 12, apparently: You’ll get 12 attempts to discover the truth. Each vessel (human) has unique qualities and traits which can aid or abet your mission. Just remember, their death is permanent.
• Dark and immersive sci-fi: Step into a classic space horror. Expect a spacecraft drifting through space, a lack of power supply and lighting, and plenty of blood smeared on walls.
• QWERTY your way to the truth: Every input is via your keyboard as you’ll type “move left” or “turn around” to direct vessels around the ship.
• It’s just an office job: All the death and gore getting a little much? Take a break, step away from the desk and go hang out by the water cooler. There’s definitely nothing unnerving going around the office, either... right?
• Psychological and moral tension: Force compliance from unruly vessels, navigate resistance and try not to get too annoyed when Eugene’s crumby fingers struggle to complete an input on the control panel.

It will release sometime this year.