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[PC][2015–2018] First-person horror game where you're a police officer investigating a clown serial killer's house, then get transported to a carnival
I'm looking for a first-person horror game I watched on YouTube around 2016–2018. It had semi-realistic graphics (similar to Visage or Layers of Fear) and was about 1–2 hours long.
What I remember with high confidence:
You play as a police officer/detective investigating a missing persons case connected to a circus clown/serial killer.
The game starts at night. Your police car is parked outside a short wooden fence with its red and blue lights flashing. You start already standing next to the car with a flashlight.
You enter the property through a small gate.
Inside the property is:
- a small log cabin
- a white RV (I don't think you can enter it)
- a movable ladder lying near the RV
The house is ordinary at first, not covered in blood or torture equipment.
Inside I remember:
- lit fireplace
- armchair
- kitchen visible immediately after entering (very small house)
- lots of pizza boxes on a table
- newspapers about missing people and a circus clown
While picking up one of the newspapers, the character automatically notices a torn piece of clown costume underneath the armchair and comments on it.
The front door is initially locked before it mysteriously becomes accessible.
Attic
You have to carry the ladder from outside into the house so you can reach the attic.
I remember boxes in the attic and possibly seeing a child or doll silhouette before it disappeared.
Mannequins
As you investigate, mannequins begin changing positions whenever you aren't looking at them.
I also vaguely remember one crawling behind me while I walked toward the pier.
Outside
A dirt path leads away from the property.
Along the path is a storm cellar door with chains wrapped around both handles and a padlock.
Further ahead is a small wooden pier.
On the pier is a demonic/occult book sitting on something like a wooden stand/table.
Interacting with the book triggers a scripted event where a small blue rowboat carrying a mannequin slowly drifts away from the pier.
The mannequin is sitting at an angle, almost half lying down while facing the player.
Story structure
The game often faded to black or made the player blackout, then you would wake up in another scene.
There were no loading screens between these transitions.
Eventually you wake up in a nightmare carnival.
Carnival
The carnival is outdoors.
I remember:
- carousel
- circus tents
- funhouse
A large/fat clown (kind of Pennywise-like but much bigger) chases you.
He carries a hammer or carnival mallet.
His running animation looked awkward, almost like running was difficult for him.
There was carnival music and the clown laughed while chasing you.
I think I had to collect gears or fuses to escape.
Other details
- First person
- Flashlight
- No visible inventory
- Little or no HUD
- I don't think you could sprint during the investigation section
- Foggy, moonlit forest
- Psychological horror with repeated blackouts/dream transitions
Games it is NOT
- Death Park
- Clown House
- Murder House
- CASE: Animatronics
- Emily Wants To Play
- Outlast
- Visage
- Layers of Fear
I also drew a rough map from memory (attached).