Something strange is stirring deep underground.

Chieftain Artworks, a mysterious solo dev known within the SCP community, has teamed up with Goonswarm Games to unveil SCP: CONTROL ERROR—a short, first-person psychological horror experience set in a Cold War-era facility cloaked in secrecy. The game’s Steam page is now live and open for wishlisting.

Set in 1985, players step into the role of Barry Gittings, a volunteer in a classified experiment at the enigmatic Vortex Complex. The doors slide open. A voice greets you. The test begins. But what exactly is being tested—and who’s watching? That’s for you to uncover.

As you navigate sterile corridors and unsettling chambers, CONTROL ERROR invites you to piece together forgotten documents and cryptic tasks left by others who’ve walked this path. And here’s the twist: once the experiment ends, the story continues—not through branching paths, but through player decisions made in the game’s official Discord.

The developer isn’t steering this ship. The community is.

Intrigued? I definitely am. Join the experiment here: Steam Wishlist and take part in shaping what happens next.