You awaken in the dark; your skin cold; your mind blank. You have nothing but your fear; a flickering candle; and a question: How long will your light last?
Trapped and crawling your way through a pitch-black labyrinth; equipped with nothing but dim candles; you must work together to explore the maze and escape. Unfortunately; your weak candlelight illuminates only your immediate surroundings. Worse still; horrifying Wax Eaters — monsters who despise the light — lurk in the suffocating darkness for their opportunity to strike.
The Night Cage is a fully co-operative; horror-themed tile-placement game that traps 1–5 lost souls within an unnatural labyrinth of eternal darkness. To win; players must each collect a key; find a gate; and escape as a group.
Escape won't be easy as each player's visibility is limited by the weak light of their candle. They illuminate only tiles directly connected to their own; and when players move; tiles that fall into darkness are removed from the game. Doubling back the way you came only opens new paths; the old ones being lost forever with critical keys and gates vanishing if your light move away from them…
