{"id":1006728,"date":"2026-01-10T14:51:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T14:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yCM7ECAxTh5ZaUCFrSGpSV"},"modified":"2026-01-10T14:51:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T14:51:30","slug":"the-creator-of-dusk-and-iron-lung-is-making-a-gruesome-but-surprisingly-funny-horror-game-about-beating-killer-cultists-with-lead-pipes-and-2x4s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-creator-of-dusk-and-iron-lung-is-making-a-gruesome-but-surprisingly-funny-horror-game-about-beating-killer-cultists-with-lead-pipes-and-2x4s\/","title":{"rendered":"The creator of Dusk and Iron Lung is making a gruesome but surprisingly funny horror game about beating killer cultists with lead pipes and 2x4s"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>I&#8217;m always down for a David Szymanski joint. The Dusk and Iron Lung dev has a real way with making games that <em>feel<\/em> good, no matter the genre\u2060\u2014really tactile weapons and interactions, great sound design, just a general attention to detail\u2060\u2014and his games always have an anarchic sense of humor that I really dig. Szymanski&#8217;s next game, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2512560\/Butchers_Creek\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Butcher&#8217;s Creek<\/a>, feels like another winner. It&#8217;s a melee combat-focused first person horror game where you square off against torture cultists in rural Appalachia.<\/p>\n<p>Like so many indies, it&#8217;s reviving a genre or idea that the big dogs Nintendon&#8217;t anymore. If <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/it-might-be-running-in-the-19-year-old-gzdoom-engine-but-new-cyberpunk-fps-selaco-stands-head-and-shoulders-above-its-boomer-shooter-brethren\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Selaco<\/a> is an indie celebration of Monolith&#8217;s F.E.A.R., Butcher&#8217;s Creek is taking another look at the studio&#8217;s other horror hit, Condemned: Criminal Origins. Condemned is a game where you&#8217;re an FBI agent framed for murder, so you have to fend off hobos with improvised weapons and get menaced by paranormal entities in the hopes of clearing your name.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet >\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"low\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WHYGSdC1x0k\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Butcher&#8217;s Creek trades Condemned&#8217;s platonic ideal, Fox News wet dream of a run down American inner city for some classico rural isolation. You play as some manner of Scum Bag who&#8217;s come out to the boonies in search of VHS snuff films and gory polaroids\u2060\u2014to sell to the highest bidder? For his own edification? Either way, the cannibal cult stuff couldn&#8217;t happen to a nicer guy, and Billy Butcher&#8217;s Creek quickly finds himself squaring off against a gang of nasty boys.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a really great, jarring contrast between the sense of horror and sense of humor here. The atmosphere is thick and oppressive: rustling nighttime forests and stark torture chambers in run-down, repurposed industrial interiors that remind me of Silent Hill 2 or Manhunt. The GoldSrc-Source cusp graphical fidelity is heightened by a fuzzy camcorder screen effect, sort of like how <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/unrecord-announcemen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unrecord<\/a> really impressed us all with its body cam presentation. Maybe the true path to videogame realism is just making your screen worse? Much to consider.<\/p>\n<p>All that sickening ambience just built and built, and then I found some of the cult&#8217;s workplace correspondence: Apparently these guys trade loose leaf notes like interoffice emails, letting you read all about their little squabbles and complaints. A psycho axe murderer named Gary writes, &#8220;Like, why do we all have to wear these same outfits? Surgical gloves and a burlap hood are really uncomfortable when you&#8217;re hacking limbs off and working up a sweat.&#8221; Another note gushes about the opportunity to finally work with &#8220;The Port City Manhood Masher,&#8221; with the Masher in question replying in a curt request that they try to stay professional.<\/p>\n<p>I quite enjoyed the melee combat as well, though I think it needs some refining ahead of the game&#8217;s planned January release. Mostly, I just wish these cult guys were more aggressive: They&#8217;d often hesitate or hang back in a way that left me a little too much breathing room, and I found that doing the old Elder Scrolls shuffle of &#8220;step forward, attack, step back&#8221; was more effective than trying to parry. Comboing a melee attack into a Duke Nukem kick into another melee attack always felt fantastic though, and the intro sequence presented in the demo is likely the easiest part of the game.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m pretty much sold: I felt stressed and unnerved playing Butcher&#8217;s Creek&#8217;s demo, a tension the game satisfyingly relieves with its humor and the &#8220;fuck yeah&#8221; feeling of winning a melee brawl. You can check out the Butcher&#8217;s Creek demo and wishlist the game over on <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2512560\/Butchers_Creek\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery inline-layout\">\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-wrap\" style=\"display:flex; flex-flow:row nowrap;\">\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 1 of 5<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:2560px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"vhfUiAkj4BnbQGdAaC2Rgh\" name=\"20241016122627_1\" alt=\"Forest shack at night dimly lit in Butcher's Creek\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/the-creator-of-dusk-and-iron-lung-is-making-a-gruesome-but-surprisingly-funny-horror-game-about-beating-killer-cultists-with-lead-pipes-and-2x4s.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: David Szymanski)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 2 of 5<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:2560px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"2Cj2kbpgLvVZzXZX3eDqth\" name=\"20241016123136_1\" alt=\"storage room interior in Butcher's Creek\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/the-creator-of-dusk-and-iron-lung-is-making-a-gruesome-but-surprisingly-funny-horror-game-about-beating-killer-cultists-with-lead-pipes-and-2x4s-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: David Szymanski)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 3 of 5<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:2560px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"nbtZ54pTxLfJmVqaHmS8th\" name=\"20241016123224_1\" alt=\"Rec room with CRT TV visible in Butcher's Creek\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/the-creator-of-dusk-and-iron-lung-is-making-a-gruesome-but-surprisingly-funny-horror-game-about-beating-killer-cultists-with-lead-pipes-and-2x4s-2.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: David Szymanski)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 4 of 5<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:2560px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"CqYC459DgP6PLmLmjkTmdh\" name=\"20241016124930_1\" alt=\"View through doorway of murder in Butcher's Creek\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/the-creator-of-dusk-and-iron-lung-is-making-a-gruesome-but-surprisingly-funny-horror-game-about-beating-killer-cultists-with-lead-pipes-and-2x4s-3.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: David Szymanski)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 5 of 5<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:2560px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"DXsLzcmRvE2BHPxG6rZvdh\" name=\"20241016125101_1\" alt=\"Dimly lit view of burlap sack hooded killer in Butcher's Creek\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/the-creator-of-dusk-and-iron-lung-is-making-a-gruesome-but-surprisingly-funny-horror-game-about-beating-killer-cultists-with-lead-pipes-and-2x4s-4.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: David Szymanski)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/horror\/the-creator-of-dusk-and-iron-lung-is-making-a-gruesome-but-surprisingly-funny-horror-game-about-beating-killer-cultists-with-lead-pipes-and-2x4s\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m always down for a David Szymanski joint. The Dusk and Iron Lung dev has a real way with making games that feel good, no matter the genre\u2060\u2014really tactile weapons and interactions, great sound design, just a general attention to detail\u2060\u2014and his games always have an anarchic sense of humor that I really dig. Szymanski&#8217;s next game, Butcher&#8217;s Creek, feels like another winner. It&#8217;s a melee combat-focused first person horror game where you square off against torture cultists in rural Appalachia. Like so many indies, it&#8217;s reviving a genre or idea that the big dogs Nintendon&#8217;t anymore. If Selaco is an indie celebration of Monolith&#8217;s F.E.A.R., Butcher&#8217;s Creek is taking another look at the studio&#8217;s other horror hit, Condemned: Criminal Origins. Condemned is a game&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-creator-of-dusk-and-iron-lung-is-making-a-gruesome-but-surprisingly-funny-horror-game-about-beating-killer-cultists-with-lead-pipes-and-2x4s\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1006729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748,1192],"class_list":["post-1006728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games","tag-horror"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The creator of Dusk and Iron Lung is making a gruesome but surprisingly funny horror game about beating killer cultists with lead pipes and 2x4s | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I&#039;m always down for a David Szymanski joint. 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