I’m a day late on this one, but as someone who grew up playing the original 7th Guest on my IBM PS/2 computer, I couldn’t let it pass without covering it. Vertigo Games announced The 7th Guest Remake yesterday, a full rebuild of the 1993 mystery adventure that helped define the CD-ROM era of PC gaming.
For those who weren’t around for it, The 7th Guest was one of those landmark titles that showed what a CD-ROM drive could actually do. It combined live-action video with pre-rendered 3D environments and puzzle gameplay set inside the haunted mansion of a reclusive toymaker named Henry Stauf. Six guests arrive at the mansion, but something sinister is going on, and the mystery of the seventh guest drives the story forward. It was a huge deal at the time, and it’s one of those games that stuck with me long after I stopped playing it.
The remake is being rebuilt from the ground up with modern technology. The environments have been fully reimagined, puzzles have been redesigned while still paying homage to the originals, and the live-action performances are now captured using volumetric video, meaning the actors appear in full 3D within the game world rather than as flat video overlays. The mansion itself features dynamic environments that shift and transform through visual effects and optical illusions as players explore and unlock new rooms.
The 7th Guest Remake can be wishlisted now on PlayStation 5 via the PlayStation Store and on PC via Steam, GOG, and the Epic Games Store. Xbox Series X|S and Switch wishlists will be available at a later date, though no release date has been announced for any platform yet.
