Mystery awaits in the Hollow Marsh
Mowlo Games has announced that a demo for the upcoming psychological horror game Hollow Mire will be released on December 9, 2025. Hollow Mire is set in a snowy Britain still recovering from the war. It is a narrative shaped by memory, grief and the fragile line between reality and delusion. The team envisions the game as a choice experience based on two intertwined stories.
Players take on the role of John Rowe, a World War II veteran and journalist whose wife and daughter have disappeared without explanation. A new assignment takes him to the isolated Bracken House, where long-hidden memories begin to surface. This distorts his sense of the world as he confronts his unresolved past.
Parallel to his journey, detective Gwen Porter is investigating a missing patient and the murder of an orderly at the harsh Bordon Down Asylum. Her search reveals a chilling connection that links both characters and forms a larger mystery.
The game features hand-drawn environments inspired by mid-twentieth century England, as well as a dark cello soundtrack that oscillates between sadness, tension and fear. The developers note that the fully voiced cast brings each character to life with strong performances. The studio also confirmed that players will navigate branching decisions, combat memories, relationship management, investigation sequences, and memory reconstruction to reach one of eight endings.
According to the team, “Hollow Mire” borrows from a period when Britain was learning to live with the loss and lingering absences left by war, a theme that lies at the heart of the story. The demo will be available on Steam on December 9, 2025, with the full PC release planned for late 2026.
