El Paso, Elsewhere is inspired by Max Payne. In El Paso, Nightmare players can “experience the motel from hell right as the pandemonium first breaks loose”, in preparation for playing Elsewhere, and it also features several tracks from Elsewhere’s hip-hop soundtrack. If you’re unfamiliar with Strange Scaffold, they have quite the repertoire of unconventional indie games under their belt. The team was behind Witch Strandings and Space Warlord Trading Simulator, one of my favourite games from 2021. El Paso, Nightmare is available on Steam for a regular price of £4/€4/$5, but it’s on offer as part of Steam’s Scream Fest. Disclosure: Strange Scaffold is the dev label of Xalavier Nelson Jr., who used to write articles on RPS once upon a time.
