The Dark Pictures Anthology House of Ashes

House of Ashes is the third standalone entry in Supermassive's Dark Pictures Anthology, set during the closing days of the 2003 Iraq War. A US special forces team searching for weapons of mass destruction collapses into a buried Sumerian temple and finds an Akkadian-era nest of subterranean creatures that have been waiting for fresh prey for thousands of years.

The twist: the squad is trapped underground alongside an Iraqi soldier from the unit they were just fighting. Survival means setting aside the war above and forming an uneasy brotherhood, with every player choice nudging trust levels, who lives, who turns, and which characters reach the exit. Multiple endings branch from those decisions.

Two multiplayer modes return from earlier anthology entries: Shared Story for two players online, and Movie Night for up to five locally passing a controller between characters. The Curator's Cut unlocks after first completion and offers new scenes from alternate character perspectives, often with decisions the original story didn't give the player a chance to make.