Static Hour | Barkbyte Interactive

The Steam page for Static Hour is now live! Work the night shift in a 1980s radio newsroom during a mysterious lockdown. Listen to reports, decide what the town hears, and uncover a story you can't see, but only hear. #indiegames #gamedev

People are panicking and you’re stuck inside the newsroom trying to figure out what’s happening and if you should leave to save yourself. Bigger mystery is though, what is out there? Is it safer? Should you leave or stay inside? #indiegames #StaticHour #gamedev

@convergence-gs.bsky.social

Your first night working as a newsroom editor when suddenly the whole town went on lockdown. What would you do? Come check out the new gameplay teaser trailer for Static Hour! #indiegames #StaticHour #gaming

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Convergence

In Static Hour, you decide what goes on air in your newsroom during a mysterious lockdown. 📣 Push the public closer to truth or deeper into panic while uncovering a plot you can only hear. @barkbyte.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSw7...

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Hey everyone! Static Hour will be participating in the Convergence showcase! Tune in on Oct. 8th for an exclusive new trailer for Static Hour! #indiegames #ConvergenceGamesShowcase #StaticHour

One minute, you’re working a quiet night shift. The next, an emergency alert tells the whole town to stay indoors and you're alone in the newsroom, panicking while trying to decide to stay or go home. #indiegames #StaticHour #gamedev

When the whole town is in lockdown and you have to keep working in the newsroom so you sneak into your boss' office to see what they know. #indiegames #StaticHour #gaming

19 Sept

Been busy lately with the development + day job but I promise to post more including updates in the coming weeks! In the meantime, please enjoy a snippet of one of the calls that you’ll get if you do night shift at WDRP in Static Hour! #indiegames #StaticHour #gaming

16 Sept

When you work night shift during a town wide lockdown and all you have is a Rolodex and a rotary phone. A bunch of numbers that you can call for more information, or just to prank call someone 🤣 #indiegame #StaticHour #gaming

12 Sept

In Static Hour, you get access to the break room, a much needed escape when the town is in lockdown and you’re trying to keep everyone calm by deciding what they hear. What would you do inside the breakroom? #indiegames #StaticHour #gamedev

8 Sept

This next post is thanking everyone for supporting Static Hour! Few days ago, we've officially hit 20,000 wishlists on Steam!! HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who wishlisted and to those who are eagerly waiting for the release. I promise there are more updates coming. #indiegames #StaticHour #gamedev

5 Sept

Run a newsroom by yourself during a mysterious lockdown. You got scanner, Rolodex, a CRT monitor to jot down your notes and a whole town panicking and reacting to every broadcast decision you make. How would you run the newsroom? #indiegames #StaticHour #gamedevelopment

31 Aug

You're in the middle of your night shift, listening to scanners, answering phone, figuring out what's happening when you suddenly hear this [SOUND ON]. Would you stay or take the night off? #indiegames #StaticHour #gamedev

28 Aug

Working alone at night inside the newsroom while the whole town descends to chaos. How long will you last? #indiegames #StaticHout #gamedev

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27 Aug

Hey everyone! Come join us tonight on #FragmentsonSilicon where we will be talking about Static Hour! #indiegames #StaticHour #gamedevelopment

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Today on #FragmentsofSilicon we welcome @barkbyte.bsky.social to the program to talk about #StaticHour live beginning at 9:30 PM ET! As always be sure to sub to the channel today! www.twitch.tv/fragmentsofs... #Gamedev #Indiedev #Indiegamedev #Indiedevhour

24 Aug

You’re all alone in the newsroom, trying to figure out what’s happening outside without ever leaving. #indiegames #StaticHour #gamedev

19 Aug

You’re in the middle of your night shift when this siren suddenly starts going off. What would you do? [Sound on] #indiegames #StaticHour #GameDevs

17 Aug

You work as a night shift newsroom editor and you get this call. What would you do? #indiegames #StaticHour #gamedev

15 Aug

In this game, you work in a newsroom during a mysterious lockdown. But instead of going outside to see what’s happening, you have to figure it out from inside the newsroom. Alone in one newsroom with some 80s analog tools, will you survive the night? #indiegames #StaticHour #gamedev

13 Aug

In Static Hour, you don't need weapons to survive the night. You just need a phone, a radio scanner, and a Rolodex. Are you up for the challenge? #indiegames #StaticHour #gamedev

11 Aug

You’re a night-shift news editor while the entire town is under lockdown. Everything unfolds through phone calls, radio scanners, and clues hidden inside the newsroom. Would you take the nighshift? #indiegames #StaticHour #gamedev P.S. Wall occlusion is still a work in progress :)

@gamingodyssee.bsky.social

8 Aug

You’re alone in a newsroom in the 1980s, working the night shift, and you have no clue what’s happening outside beyond what the phone calls and radio scanner are telling you. Would you take this job? #indiegames #StaticHour #gamedev

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6 Aug

'Static Hour' von @barkbyte.bsky.social hat jetzt eine #Steam -Seite! In dem 1980er-Newsroom-Thriller werden wir zum Journalisten mit 'altmodischer' Recherche, Wählscheibentelefonen und co.💡📞 Trailer🎬: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsRY... #GamingNews #GameReveal #IndieGames #HistoryGaming #StaticHour

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GameObserver

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gameobserver.comShape Public Opinion In Newsroom Thriller Static HourControl the flow of information and decide what the public is ready to hear in this 1980s narrative newsroom thriller—a debut from Barkbyte Interactive.

Shape the narrative in Static Shock, anupcoming newsroom thriller from @barkbyte.bsky.social gameobserver.com/shape-public...

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GameSpot

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dlvr.itInform People, Or Scare Them Half To Death? Static Hour Gives You A Very Tough JobJournalism in 2026 is done almost entirely digitally, and information can be at practically anyone's fingertips in just a few seconds and a few taps on a phone screen. It wasn't always that way, however, and in Barkbyte Interactive's Static Hour, you venture to the 1980s to see how the limited technology of the era was used to report the news--and how it can be used to solve a spooky mystery. Static Hour puts you in the shoes of an editor working the night shift at a news broadcaster. As the only one in the office, it's up to you to decide what's fit to broadcast, and it just so happens that a massive outbreak of violence has the public terrified. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CqD3Mnx1n0 To figure out what's going on, you'll make use of old-school journalistic tools like a rolodex, as well as the government's emergency alerts and police-scanner chatter. What information you choose to broadcast will affect how the public acts, and you could potentially plunge the town into further chaos. "With Static Hour I wanted to create a retro psychological thriller about isolation and misinformation, where you're given staggering responsibility and must trust yourself in determining what is accurate, Barkbyte founder and creative director Claire Sarmiento said in the official announcement. "I loved the idea of spooky things happening in a small town just out of sight, where the horrors are driven by audio and left to your imagination." You'll be responsible for verifying stories' truthfulness, as well, and Barkbyte says the entire experience will exist in the newsroom itself. You'll be sending field reporters out to check on stories, or you can choose to ignore them entirely and let everyone panic. Static Hour doesn't have a release date yet, but will be available for PC on Steam.

store.steampowered.comStatic Hour on SteamStatic Hour is a 1980s newsroom thriller where you decide what goes on air during a mysterious lockdown. Uncover a story you can’t see but only hear, and choose which voices make it to air. Every broa...

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27 July

Ever used or heard of a rolodex before? Here’s a quick look at how you’ll use one to uncover stories for broadcast while trying to keep the town from falling deeper into chaos. #StaticHour #indiegames

16 July

Want to know what it feels like working nightshift at a newsroom in the early 1980s? Sound on and comment below. Choose carefully. Every decision matters. #IndieGames #StaticHour

6 July

Another look at Static Hour, a newsroom thriller where decisions you make can send the town closer to the truth, or deeper into panic. #indiegames #gamedev #StaticHour

21 June

Happy Sunday everyone! More Static Hour updates are coming soon, and the Steam page is getting close to going live. Really excited to start sharing more of the game again. #IndieGame #StaticHour

21 Feb

Answer the phone. Decide what goes on air. Live with it. Welcome to Static Hour. An audio-driven newsroom thriller set in 1980s Millbrook. #ScreenshotSaturday #Indiegames