Hachi: Eight Feet Tall

Hachi: Eight Feet Tall is a psychological horror game set in a rural town haunted by a towering supernatural entity. You must evade her pursuit, uncover her origin, and survive an environment warped by fear and illusion. The game rewards silence, memory, and intuition.

The Entity and the Rules

The game centers around Hachi, an eight-foot-tall woman in white, who stalks you based on sound and hesitation. She can appear behind doors, mirrors, or in reflections. You’re safe only if you’re moving with purpose or hiding in silence. The rules are unclear at first—but learning them becomes key to survival.

• Rule 1: Never speak while she’s near. Even breathing into your mic can trigger her.
• Rule 2: Reflections are never safe zones.
• Rule 3: You only see her clearly in snapshots or film.

Exploration and Puzzle Threads

The town has fragmented into overlapping timelines. You explore old schools, sunken shrines, and forgotten roads to collect remnants of Hachi’s past. Environmental storytelling reveals family secrets and folktales that hint at her motives. Puzzles require interpreting symbols, sound patterns, or realigning the world to reveal hidden doors.

1. School Hallway: Rearrange paintings to form a silent prayer.
2. Forest Trail: Follow rhythmic wind chimes to avoid a trap zone.
3. Burnt Temple: Align statues based on shadow positions at dusk.

Sanity Mechanics and One-Life Mode

Hachi: Eight Feet Tall uses a sanity meter that distorts the environment. The more you see her, the more your controls shift unpredictably. In One-Life Mode, death is permanent and visual glitches intensify over time, making repeated playthroughs more nerve-wracking and unpredictable.

• Camera Flash: Temporarily reveals her true position.
• Sound Dampener: Reduces your audio profile when active.
• Red Tags: Act as ritual wards, but only three exist per game.

Hachi: Eight Feet Tall delivers slow-burn tension with real-time reaction mechanics and unpredictable scare logic. It’s a game of restraint, pattern recognition, and the fear of what might be watching from behind you.