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Man of Medan (2019)

 * Man of Medan (2019)

Little Hope (2020)

 * Little Hope (2020)

House of Ashes (2021)
Set during the invasion of Iraq, House of Ashes follows an ensemble cast that consists of one Republican Guard soldier and four Americans working with the US Armed Forces. After a holdout Iraqi squad ambushes American troops on the lookout for chemical weapons, an earthquake sends the characters down a buried ancient Mesopotamian temple. In there, they awaken a nest of vampiric creatures that proceed to hunt them throughout the game. With both sides of the ambush facing a common threat, the protagonists must decide whether they should put aside their differences and work together to escape the temple alive.

Drawing influences from Aliens, At the Mountains of Madness, and The Descent, House of Ashes incorporates a new difficulty level system that lets players adjust how hard the QTEs are. The developers implemented the feature after mixed responses towards QTE difficulty from players of the previous games. Moreover, the camera has been updated to be player-controlled and more freely movable, in a departure from Man of Medan or Little Hope. House of Ashes was released on 22 October 2021 for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.

The Devil in Me (2022)
The season finale for The Dark Pictures Anthology 's first season, The Devil in Me is the fourth game in the series, after Man of Medan (2019), Little Hope (2020), and House of Ashes (2021). Jessie Buckley, who portrays an investigative journalist named Kate Wilder, stars as the title's leading actress. The game centres around a documentary filmmaking crew who visit a replica of the H. H. Holmes Murder Castle upon receiving an invitation from an unknown person. When they arrive in the Murder Castle replica, a serial killer traps the protagonists in the building, forcing them to find a way out of danger.

Reception
Receiving generally mixed reviews from critics, House of Ashes drew multiple comparisons to previous instalments in the series. It was regarded as "the best game in the anthology" upon its release and dubbed as a "step on the right direction." Praise was directed towards the story's multiplayer mode and the characters, especially the Iraqi character Salim Othman. Meanwhile, the game faced criticism for technical issues within the gameplay such as bugs and glitches with textures and animation.