Kyle Starks and Artyom Toplin's critically acclaimed 2022 horror comic I Hate This Place—once cheekily titled Fuck This Place—is getting a video game adaptation that leans into its nightmarish roots. Revealed during the Future Games Show, the upcoming title reimagines the comic's sinister ranch setting as a neon-soaked, isometric survival horror game launching in Q4 2025 across PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Nintendo Switch.
Developed by Bloober Team (The Medium, Blair Witch) under its new Broken Mirror Games imprint, the project shifts focus to an original prequel story. Players step into the boots of Elena, a new protagonist who awakens a deadly supernatural force while navigating a world blending "retro '80s comic book aesthetics" with relentless survival mechanics. The game promises tense combat, scavenging, and crafting, with a day-night cycle that heightens danger after sunset. Safehouses offer fleeting respite, but survival demands ingenuity over brute strength.
The original comic follows queer couple Gabby and Trudy, whose inherited ranch becomes a hellscape of overlapping horrors: aliens, cults, hauntings, and an inescapable forest entity. Described as "Fast Car meets The Cabin in the Woods," the series balances emotional depth with genre chaos.
While the game diverges from the core duo's story, it retains the comic's dna: a location "where everything wants you dead." Bloober Team emphasized environmental storytelling, with each area revealing its own twisted narrative through visuals that "blur reality and nightmare."
Fans can wishlist I Hate This Place on Steam and the Epic Games Store, and explore the comic that started it all via Amazon, Bookshop, or local retailers. Just don't expect the game to go easy on you—this ranch thrives on fear.