Factsheet
Developer:
à la mode games
Based in Bournemouth, UK
Publisher:
Akupara Games
Based in Los Angeles, USA
Release date:
November 14th, 2024 (PC)
March 6th, 2025 (Console)
Platforms:
Windows
Nintendo Switch
PS4 & PS5
Xbox One & Series S|X
Storefronts:
Steam
Website:
https://alamode.games
Languages:
English
French
Spanish (Spain)
Japanese
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Description
Sorry We're Closed is an eccentric story-driven survival horror game about demons, angels and what happens when both sides collide. A mix of classic fixed-camera exploration and arcade-style shooting where Michelle must use her Third Eye to see between worlds, uncover secrets and solve puzzles.
History
Sorry We’re Closed began production in November 2020 as a pandemic side-project. It is C.B. and Tom’s debut indie game. In 2022 they formed their company, à la mode games, and signed with publisher Akupara Games.
Features
- Follow the final days of Michelle as she battles to break the curse placed on her by a powerful demon looking for love.
- Help (or hinder!) the lives of curious residents in Michelle’s bustling London borough as you pursue freedom from your own untimely demise.
- With multiple endings to discover, influence your fate as the choices you make will open new opportunities to avoid or embrace the antagonist’s allure.
- Explore with nostalgic fixed camera angles as you delve deeper into the perilous demon world.
- Defend with arcade-style combat in first person using demonic weapons.
- Use your Third Eye to stun enemies, uncover secrets and solve puzzles.
Videos
Launch Trailer YouTube
Release Date Trailer YouTube
Gameplay Trailer YouTube
Reveal Trailer YouTube
GIFs
Images
Logos
Selected Coverage
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"Punky, trashy, sexy […] like Silent Hill by way of Persona and Paradise Killer. God it looks great. It's fun, too."
- Alice O'Connor, ‘Our 75 most anticipated PC games of 2024’, Rock Paper Shotgun
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"Killer7 meeting Silent Hill, via a neon filter, to create a sort of sexy, fixed camera survival horror game full of clever ideas and that just absolutely serves… style."
- Leon Hurley, GamesRadar
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"It’s basically an incredibly gay Silent Hill […] Tight controls and a really nice combat system […] Some really nice dialogue as well, like really well written."
- James Stephanie Sterling, Podquisition 461
About à la mode games
An indie team of two, Tom and C.B. met playing Phantasy Star Online in 2006, and have been a duo ever since. During the pandemic they delved into game development in their spare time, starting work on what would become Sorry We’re Closed and exploring their creative passions by entering several game jams.
More information
More information on à la mode games is available here.
Team
Creative Director
C.Bedford
Technical Director
Tom Bedford
Sound Design
Catton Arthur
Ariel Merritt
Soundtrack
C.Bedford
Catton Arthur
Okumura Music Group
Devix
Publishing Team
Akupara Games
Contact
Inquiries
hello@alamode.games
Bluesky
alamodegames.bsky.social
Twitter
twitter.com/alamodegames
presskit() by Rami Ismail (Vlambeer)