PIXELYou watch a news program in the middle of the night featuring an unsettling reporter. As you watch, the world around you begins to warp and become unrecognizabl
Midnight News Report is out on Steam at $6.99. It is a short horror game with a simple premise: you are watching a late-night news broadcast, and the broadcast is watching back.
The reporter is the problem
Lunarbound Games describe an unsettling reporter delivering the programme. That is the whole set-up — no monster to outrun and no weapon, just a presenter who is not quite right and a room that stops behaving.
Analogue horror has become a crowded space since the format took off, and most of it leans on the same handful of tricks — VHS grain, a distorted face, a sudden cut. Midnight News Report at least picks a specific frame to work inside, and a news desk gives it a reason for the camera to stay still.
Whether the execution matches the premise is what reviews will tell you, and there are none yet. Nothing here is a recommendation so much as a description of what is on the store page.
The store page says the world around you begins to warp and become unrecognisable as the broadcast continues. Environmental horror rather than jump scares, which puts the weight on atmosphere holding up for the runtime.
Midnight News Report is tagged Adventure, not Horror
Steam lists it under Adventure alone. That usually signals something closer to a walking sim or an interactive short than a survival horror game, and it fits the premise — you are watching, not fighting.
One broadcast, and that is the frame
Lunarbound close their description by promising one broadcast you will not soon forget. It is a modest claim and a sensible one at this price — they are offering an impression rather than a campaign.
Short horror lives or dies on exactly that. A game with one idea and twenty minutes to land it can be more effective than something five times the length, provided the idea is strong and the developer knows when to stop.
A single developer, self-published
Lunarbound Games are listed as both developer and publisher, which at this scale usually means one person. Worth knowing before you buy — expect focused, personal work rather than production polish.
Seven dollars
Midnight News Report is $6.99 flat, with no launch discount. At that price the open question is length, and Lunarbound have not published a runtime — worth checking reviews if an hour versus three matters to you.
Steam’s refund window is two hours, which is longer than some games in this genre last. That is worth knowing rather than exploiting: if a short game is good, the length is the form rather than a shortfall.
At a glance — verified Steam listing
Developer: Lunarbound Games · Publisher: Lunarbound Games · Released: 16 September 2026 · Price: $6.99 · Genre: Adventure · View on Steam
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