The year is 1910, and the small fishing port of Illsmouth is a sleepy New England town where time seems to stand still. Beneath its peaceful surface, a horrifying truth lingers.

Questions about the past rise again in a dusty, secluded library, alongside whispers of fear. A link is suggested between the return of Halley’s comet and the resurgence of the Great Ancients, who once dominated the land in a reign of terror.

Legend speaks of an ancient ritual ground hidden deep in the forest, marked by an ornate cross, where terrible rites were once performed. The townspeople are struck by terror and drawn back to the site, as a curse seems to have been released from deep sleep.

You play as John T. Carter, a young astronomer, piecing together the village’s history and its cryptic inhabitants as action and supernatural chaos unfold.