As Dusk Falls

Overview

As Dusk Falls is a cinematic adventure game developed by INTERIOR/NIGHT and digitally published by Xbox Game Studios for the Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC on July 19, 2022.

Similar to games by Quantic Dream, Telltale Games, and Supermassive Games, As Dusk Falls follows a linear story of multiple protagonists, with a branching narrative and gameplay consisting of timed dialogue choices (which can be influenced in multiplayer modes) and quick time events. The game uses a unique cutout animation style where where all characters are actors rendered in static frames (with an art style similar to watercolor paintings), even when the backgrounds are in full 3D and certain actions such as a car moving, or a door opening, are animated normally.

The game's story is a crime drama set in '90s Western United States, following two different protagonists: Jay Holt, the youngest of three brothers who took part in a robbery-gone-wrong, and Vince Walker, the patriarch of a family whose car broke down near a motel. When the Holt brothers hold the Walker family hostage in the motel, the outcomes of both the Holts and the Walkers are put into doubt.