The Ones Beyond

Listen to your patients by day. Search for your sister by night.

You haven’t heard from your sister Emma in three weeks. An anonymous message leads you to Northvale Psychiatric Institute. You begin working there as a temporary doctor, carrying out your daily duties while keeping your real reason for being there to yourself: finding out what happened to Emma.

Surrounded by forest, this old private institution carries on with its daily routine. Patients wait for appointments, staff change shifts, and reports are filed. You become part of that routine.

But what your patients tell you does not always match what appears in their records.

FULFILL YOUR DUTIES AS A DOCTOR

Interview patients, speak with staff, and complete assessment reports on your office computer. Listen carefully. A name mentioned in passing or a sentence left unfinished could take on new meaning as you search for Emma.

As you work, you’ll get to know Northvale’s people and learn your way around its corridors. You’ll have to search at night for answers to the questions you cannot ask openly during the day.

EXPLORE RESTRICTED AREAS AFTER HOURS

Your shift ends, but your search continues. Lights dim, corridors grow quiet, and security patrols carry on.

Watch the patrols, wait for the right moment to move, and search restricted offices and archives for traces of Emma. A corridor you walked freely during the day may become a place you need to cross unseen.

COMPARE WHAT YOU HEAR WITH WHAT IS ON RECORD

Follow discrepancies between patient accounts, institutional records, and the documents you uncover. As you learn more about your sister’s connection to Northvale, new questions emerge.

Anonymous messages on your pager guide your search. But you do not know who is sending them, or why they are helping you.

KEY FEATURES

Single-player, story-driven psychological horror played in first person.

Daily medical duties involving patient interviews and assessment reports completed on your office computer.

Daytime and nighttime exploration of a working psychiatric institution.

Access to restricted areas by slipping past security patrols without getting caught.

A missing-person mystery that unfolds through conversations, documents, and anonymous pager messages.