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.
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.
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.
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.
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We’ll be keeping this one firmly on our radar for next year and look forward to more updates.
Written by Aidan Minter, Fix Gaming Channel.
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