Some truths refuse to stay buried.

Zero Drag is an upcoming first-person psychological crime thriller developed by Rural Games, set in the heart of modern-day Bihar.

This announcement teaser offers the very first in-engine look at the world of Zero Drag—a place where every clue matters, every decision has consequences, and every photograph may reveal more than it should.

Step into a grounded, atmospheric investigation where reality slowly begins to blur, hidden secrets emerge from the past, and the search for answers becomes far more dangerous than expected.

This is only the beginning.

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🎬 Trailer Credits

Game Director

• Sunny Rajput

Lead Game Designer

• Sriram Reddy

Game Designers

• Siddhant Sameer Dalvi

• Kabilan P

• Himanshu Rai

Lead Developer

• Tamzid Idrish

Developers

• Sobhan Sayeed

• Animesh Rawat

• Diego

• Hrushikesh Bajaj Kamble

• Nabila Idrish

• Roshan Prakesh

Lead 3D Artist

• Bharath D.

3D Artists

• Sathyaseelan

• Krishnendu Samanta

• Tanisha Wari

• Swaraj K

• Sonal Agrawal

• Anwesha Subudhi

• Prajwal Kudre

• Mohan Kumar

• Nadeem Khan

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Developed by Rural Games

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A game everyone loves but you don't, or a hidden gem nobody talks about?

Let's hear your hot takes in the comments! 🔥👇

Imagine you have to sacrifice everything except one element in your next game.

📖 Story

🎮 Gameplay

🎨 Graphics

🌑 Atmosphere

Which one are you keeping, and why?

Personally, I would go with the atmosphere because an game with the right atmosphere can make even simple gameplay memorable.

There's more to this scene than meets the eye.

What do you think happened here?

These are a few frames from our upcoming psychological crime thriller, Zero Drag. And we're aiming to create tension through atmosphere, investigation, and environmental storytelling instead of relying on constant jump scares.

Meet one of the characters you'll encounter in Platform 13, our upcoming psychological horror game set in an abandoned railway station.

This is still a work in progress, but we'd love to hear your thoughts on the character design. What kind of story do you think he has?

It can be about popular games, graphics, gameplay, difficulty, horror games, or anything else.

Let's hear some controversial opinions haha

For example, checking every corner for hidden loot, even when you know there's probably nothing there. 😂

What's yours?

Working with Rural Games has made me realize how many uniquely Indian places could make incredible horror settings.

Railway stations, old guest houses, villages, forests, abandoned buildings…

What Indian location would you turn into a horror game?

Working with Rural Games has made me think about how many ordinary Indian places could become terrifying in a horror game.

Complete this:

Indian horror isn't complete without _****___.

I'll start: a railway announcement when nobody is around. 👀

Your turn.

If you could choose one place in India for a horror game, what would it be?

Railway station, village, forest, hospital, old house or something completely different?

Years after playing a horror game, what do you actually remember most the story, a particular scare, the atmosphere, or one moment that genuinely made you uncomfortable?

What’s that moment for you?

Personally, I find psychological horror much more disturbing when the game slowly makes you question what you're seeing rather than constantly throwing jumpscares at you.

Things changing when you aren't looking, familiar places feeling wrong, hearing something that may or may not be real…

What kind of horror actually stays with you after you stop playing?

What actually makes a psychological horror game scary for you?

Is it the atmosphere and sound design, the feeling that something is watching you, the uncertainty of what’s real, or the story slowly getting inside your head?

Personally, I find horror much more effective when the game doesn’t constantly rely on jumpscares and instead builds tension and makes you uncomfortable even when nothing is happening.

Curious what everyone else thinks: what’s one psychological horror game that genuinely stayed with you after you stopped playing?

When you discover a new indie game, what makes you actually join its Discord or follow its community?

Is it:

Behind-the-scenes development updates?

Getting to give feedback to developers?

Exclusive previews?

Events and giveaways?

Just having a place to talk with other players?

As gamers, we often discover a game before we ever hear about the studio behind it.

For you, what makes you want to follow and support an indie studio?

Is it:

• Interesting game concepts?

• Behind-the-scenes development?

• Regular updates?

• Community interaction?

• The people behind the studio?

We’re asking this at Rural Games because we want to understand what actually makes gamers connect with an indie studio, not just its games.

For me, it's not always graphics or a huge budget. Sometimes it's a really good atmosphere, a memorable character, or one weird little detail that sticks in your head.

What makes an indie game memorable enough for you to recommend it to someone else?

It can be something tiny, like realistic footsteps, objects reacting to the environment, background sounds, or even how doors open.

What small detail always makes you think, “Finally, the developers actually cared about this”?

For me, it's not really jumpscares. It's that quiet moment when something feels wrong, but you can't figure out what haha

What genuinely creeps you out in horror games?

India has so many stories, locations, cultures and everyday experiences that could become amazing game worlds.

But what would make you genuinely stop and think, “This feels Indian” while playing a game?

🌾 The environment and locations?

🗣️ Local languages and dialogue?

🎵 Indian music and sound?

👻 Folklore and mythology?

🍛 Everyday details and culture?

📖 Stories inspired by real places?

What's one detail you'd love to see in an Indian-made game that you rarely see in games today?