Silver Pines Game: Survival Horror Metroidvania Coming in 2026

Silver Pines brings nightmare horrors and dark mystery to PC & consoles in 2026

Publisher Team17 and developer Wych Elm are bringing their dark Metroidvania survival horror Silver Pines to PC and console platforms, including Nintendo Switch, in 2026. Visually, the game brings a really cool and interesting animated look and feel in a side-scrolling format similar to Into the Dead. Players are immersed in a detective-noir plot with a macabre, sinister twist: as Private Investigator Red Walker, you’re tasked with tracking down Eddie Velvet, a musician with a dark past who has disappeared. For another dark Metroidvania on our radar, see Well Dweller, or browse our horror games roundup.

Trailer

Trailer via Team17 / Wych Elm

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Silver Pines

Release: 2026

Genre: Survival Horror, Metroidvania, Side-Scroller

Developer / Publisher: Wych Elm / Team17

Platforms: PC — Steam (wishlist)

Solve puzzles, find clues, manage resources

Set in Silver Pines, a derelict and abandoned town in the middle of god-knows-where, you’ll follow up leads, solve puzzles, and decipher various challenges as you investigate Eddie’s mysterious disappearance. In doing so, you’ll also go up against the nightmarish horrors that lurk deep within the town.

Fight or flight — use ammo wisely

Keeping your wits about you is essential for survival, and resources will be scarce — including ammo for different weapons — as you explore locations around town in the search for answers. Filled with locked doors and hidden paths, every turn holds an uncovered clue, a resource, or something waiting in the dark.

Split interior view with Red Walker firing a shotgun through a doorway as debris and blood spray into the adjacent room. — Close-quarters gunplay carries real cost in Silver Pines’ survival-horror encounters. *Image credit: Team17 / Wych Elm.*

Why it stands out

Unique graphical style with a David Lynch dark flavour that gives it a mysterious tone.
Melee and gunplay look smooth; combat appears engaging and dramatic.
Exploration and resource gathering add another gameplay layer to keep players interested.

Dark, horror survival theme in a beautiful, dark side-scroller.

Silver Pines Ferry Office at night in the rain, with Red Walker approaching and a sheriff on the porch under a single lamp. — A rainy arrival at the Silver Pines Ferry Office sets the small-town noir mood. *Image credit: Team17 / Wych Elm.*

Wych Elm have got a great-looking gem here — melee and gun combat combined with resource gathering and a gritty graphic-novel feel that even Bill Sienkiewicz or Frank Miller would be proud of.