Steelkrill Studio is a solo independent game development studio specializing in psychological horror games for PC and consoles. Founded in 2021, the studio has built a distinctive library of immersive, atmospheric titles, all conceived and developed by a single developer, with contributions from select artists.
Creator of the NYX Award-winning The Backrooms 1998, Trenches, and more, Steelkrill Studio combines technical creativity with a deep passion for the horror genre, consistently delivering fresh mechanics and unsettling experiences across platforms including PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch, and VR.
Games
- The 18th Attic (2026) — A psychological horror game where you hunt paranormal anomalies with a camera, uncovering buried memories with every photograph.
- Trenches VR (2025) — A VR psychological horror experience where your microphone becomes part of the terror — enemies can hear your real breathing and whispers.
- The Backrooms 1998 (2025) — NYX Award winner. A first-person found footage survival horror game set in the infinite liminal spaces of The Backrooms. Don't scream.
- Baby Blues Nightmares (2024) — A survival horror stealth game where you play as a toddler. Paddle, hide, and survive — but try not to cry.
- The Stairway 7 (2024) — An endless loop anomaly hunt where you must spot differences in a recursive stairway nightmare before the anomalies find you.
- Rotten Flesh (2024) — A cosmic horror survival game where you shout your lost dog's name into your microphone — and something else in the sewers hears you too.
- The Voidness (2023) — Sci-fi psychological horror set in total darkness, where survival depends entirely on scanning your surroundings with a LiDAR device.
- Trenches (2023) — A WWI survival horror game available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch. Escape the trenches — and your own unraveling sanity.