Slender: The Arrival

Slender: The Arrival is a 2013 survival horror game developed by Blue Isle Studios and Parsec Productions. It is based on the Slender Man, a creepypasta character created by Eric Knudsen, and is a sequel to Parsec Productions's Slender: The Eight Pages (2012). The game revolves around a young woman who ventures into the woods to investigate the disappearance of her childhood best friend. Equipped only with a flashlight, the player explores abandoned locations and completes objectives while avoiding the Slender Man and his proxies. Alex Tintor and Brenden Frank of Blue Isle Studios and Mark J. Hadley of Parsec Productions worked with Knudsen as the producer and the creators of the Marble Hornets web series—Joseph DeLage, Tim Sutton, and Troy Wagner—as the writers. The Arrival was announced in September 2012 and released for OS X and Windows in March 2013, followed by ports to various video game consoles, Android, and iOS. Slender: The Arrival received mixed reviews from video game journalists, who praised its soundtrack, atmosphere, and jump scares, but criticized its short length and repetitive gameplay. A tenth-anniversary remaster was released for macOS and Windows, the PlayStation 5, and the Xbox Series X/S in October 2023. A virtual reality version and a sequel, S: Lost Chapters, are in development.