The Casting of Frank Stone

A murdered filmmaker’s legacy poisons Cedar Hills across decades, turning an abandoned Oregon steel mill into the focal point of a supernatural horror mystery. The Casting of Frank Stone is a cinematic, choice-driven adventure set within the wider Dead by Daylight mythology, but it trades multiplayer chases for tense character drama and escalating dread. Its story follows several interconnected people whose lives collide with Frank Stone’s crimes, strange film reels, and forces that distort reality itself. The mood is grim, grisly, and deliberately uneasy, balancing slasher imagery with the kind of ominous, reality-bending horror that keeps every reveal suspect.

Players guide the cast through exploration-heavy scenes, inspecting environments for clues, documents, collectibles, and hidden connections between timelines. Dialogue choices, split-second reactions, quick-time events, and moral decisions determine who survives, who fractures under pressure, and which pieces of the truth come to light. Failure does not always mean an immediate ending; mistakes can redirect scenes, remove characters from later chapters, or create entirely different consequences. Supermassive’s familiar movie-like presentation makes it accessible for players who prefer narrative tension over demanding action, while the branching structure encourages repeat runs to uncover missed paths and alternate outcomes.

What separates it from Dark Pictures-style horror is its direct use of Dead by Daylight’s lore, including the fog, sinister rituals, and the larger cosmic forces behind the series’ killers and survivors. The shifting eras and multiple perspectives give Cedar Hills a broader sense of history than a single-night survival story, while the Cutting Room Floor feature helps players review pivotal choices and revisit story branches. Fans of Until Dawn, The Quarry, and Dead by Daylight’s darker mythology get the most from its references and layered connections, though newcomers can still follow the central mystery without prior knowledge. It is best suited to players who enjoy slow-burn horror, difficult decisions, and replaying a narrative to see how many lives they can save.