Liminal Horror
A downloadable game
There’s a strange comfort to ambiguity. To stand at the threshold between states of what was and what’s next, to inhabit the places of transition. But you’re never truly alone here. There are things that hunger within the dark places. Strange creatures and mysteries lie in wait and tumbling into the wrong place at the wrong time may put you on the path towards doom.
Grab your flashlights and blood splattered jackets as you try to make it through the night. Beware, snapping bone and rending flesh are often the simplest outcome. While there may be great power within these places… not all mysteries can be solved and not everyone can be saved. Above all, there are fates far worse than death.
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LIMINAL HORROR is a rules-lite, adaptable Survival-Horror roleplaying game about normal characters and their struggles against the things that go bump in the night. The game focuses on surviving the weird and Investigating horrors while blending simple, old-school inspired rules with modern, narrative first principles. Survival is not guaranteed and those that do make it through the night are often forever changed.
The Investigator edition has everything you need to bring modern horror to your ttrpg table. It acts as a players guide and Facilitator rules reference enabling you to run your own adventures, any of the official modules, or the hundreds of third party content available.
Liminal Horror is not a game about solving mysteries, but rather surviving them.
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The Investigators Edition (the core rules ready to bring to the table for players and facilitators) is available:
- The Print version is available at Space Penguin Ink
- The PDF version is available for free at itch.io & DrivetThruRPG.
- The core rules can be found for free, hosted online in a fully searchable website at https://liminalhorrorrpg.com/
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LIMINAL HORROR: INVESTIGATORS
- Writing, Layout & Design: Goblin Archives © 2023
- Editing: Jarrett Crader
- LIMINAL HORROR Development Partner: Joshua Domanski
- Title Font Design: Ira Rat of Filthy Loot Publishing
- Legacy Core Rules: Some text ported from Legacy Edition (CC-BY-SA 4.0)
- Cover: Zach Hazard Vaupen © 2021
- Lineage: Yochai Gal, Chris McDowall, Ben Milton
There is a Third Party License for creating adventures compatible with Liminal Horror.
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Official Modules
- The Mall What if The Thing were set in a 1990s mall? PDF or in print
- The Bureau It’s Gradient Descent meets Control PDF or in print
- The Bloom What if Twin Peaks had a The Last of Us arc? PDF or in print
- One Night At The Shelterwood Inn Crossover: A Liminal Horror & Triangle Agency Crossover Reality PDF or in print
- The Parthenogenesis of Hungry Hollow A modern reimagining of N1 Against the Cult of the Reptile God, but with flesh bees PDF, print copies coming soon to Space Penguin Ink
LIMINAL HORROR merch available at Space Penguin Ink
Status | Released |
Category | Physical game |
Rating | Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars (325 total ratings) |
Authors | Goblin Archives, Zach Hazard Vaupen // Emo Sludge, Unenthuser |
Genre | Role Playing |
Tags | Horror, Monsters, Mystery, OSR, Tabletop role-playing game |
Links | Homepage, Community, Blog, Twitter/X |
Mentions | The itch.io Winter Sale and Tabletop itc... |
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Development log
- The Horrors of the Flesh HiveJun 24, 2024
- Sneak Peak: The Parthenogenesis of Hungry Hollow (it's almost fully funded)!Jun 06, 2024
- The Parthenogenesis of Hungry Hollow is live on BackerKitJun 05, 2024
- Adapting a Mystery ResourcesMay 28, 2024
- Hungry Hollow Cover Reveal and BackerKitApr 08, 2024
- Liminal Horror RoadmapMar 26, 2024
- New LIMINAL HORROR Discord ServerJan 06, 2024
- Web-Based Rules UpdatedDec 10, 2023