Mari Lwyd
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
You hear a knock at the door. The wind howls outside, carrying a strange and eerie melody.
Spending Christmas night alone, you assume it’s just some late-night carolers. But when you open the door, it’s not people you find—it’s something ancient and cold, staring at you with hollow eyes. The warmth vanishes, the air grows icy, and the haunting carol fills the silence.
They’ve come for something… and they won’t leave empty-handed.
There are two endings.
Play time:
From 10 - 15 minutes.
Controls:
| W/A/S/D | Move |
| Shift | Sprint |
| Left Click | Interact |
| E | Grab Item |
| Number Keys/Mouse Wheel | Equip Item |
Disclaimer:
This game is not intended to make fun of anyone or their traditions. It was created out of a personal interest in the Mari Lwyd tradition, which I found fascinating. I understand that in reality, the Mari Lwyd is a festive and fun part of Welsh culture and does not involve stealing souls or anything sinister. This game is purely a work of fiction, inspired by the eerie atmosphere that the tradition can evoke.
All credits for assets, 3D models, and music are listed in the About menu.
If you happen to find a bug (I'm sorry if it happens by the way), please tell me in the comments so I can fix it.
Install Warning:
If possible, run the game through the itch.io Launcher to avoid antivirus warnings.
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really good game enjoyed it definitely looking forward to play more of your games
This was great ! Thanks for the experience
Amazing, goated, very grate, loved the singing, sadly did shat. The mecanics of singing were so fun and different. loved it, goated, once again
Another Dreadloom banger. Great work, really enjoyed it.
I can actually give away my soul for the fire effect, it was just amazingly beautiful
And of course panic simulator in the end of the game!
Now we know a little bit of Welch ^_^
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That song contest section is more difficult than modern day AAA game bosses.
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muchas gracias por el juego me gusto mucho aqui mi gameplay con ambos finales
cooles spiel
Interesting game for sure. I like the fact that you have to, for lack of better words, sing your way to safety. Nice job over all.
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Very interesting horror game. ALL ENDINGS HERE:
This was a pretty good Christmas horror game! Awesome premise and story. Managed to get all the endings. Made a video on it.
Nice this was very good and I never here about Mari Lwyd before but still like this game anyway well done keep it up!
wicked wassailing
nice