Something in the Rows
Released 23 October 2026 · PC · Adventure, Indie

Something is moving through the corn. Explore Halloway Farms alone or with up to three friends online, recover eight wards, mend the broken ones in the Halloway mansion and escape before the Gleaner finds you. It listens for your footsteps and your voice, and it may even look like your friend.
Story
Something is moving through the corn. Find the wards before it finds you. In 1934, with the crops dead and the bank at the door, Thomas Halloway walked into his dying fields and struck a bargain with something tall and thin that came out of the rows. The rain returned. The harvests never failed again. The price was his family. October 2016. You slip into the Halloway Farms corn maze after dark. At 12:13 the light in the mansion's spire goes out, a bell rings three times, and every clock on the farm stops. The last Halloway named in that bargain has just died, and whatever Thomas dealt with is free. The gate has locked behind you. Recover the eight wards For decades, eight wards kept it in the rows. Now they're scattered across the farm: the farmhouse, the grain bins, the windmill's cistern, the caves beneath the old well, the scarecrow field, the bottle tree, a field altar and the family graveyard. Each one is guarded by a puzzle or a ritual, and every ward you take makes the hunt more dangerous. Make them whole Some wards come back broken. The puzzles that mend them wait behind sealed doors in the Halloway mansion: more than seventy rooms of hidden passages, locked studies and...
Gameplay
Something is moving through the corn. Find the wards before it finds you. In 1934, with the crops dead and the bank at the door, Thomas Halloway walked into his dying fields and struck a bargain with something tall and thin that came out of the rows. The rain returned. The harvests never failed again. The price was his family. October 2016. You slip into the Halloway Farms corn maze after dark. At 12:13 the light in the mansion's spire goes out, a bell rings three times, and every clock on the farm stops. The last Halloway named in that bargain has just died, and whatever Thomas dealt with is free. The gate has locked behind you. Recover the eight wards For decades, eight wards kept it in the rows. Now they're scattered across the farm: the farmhouse, the grain bins, the windmill's cistern, the caves beneath the old well, the scarecrow field, the bottle tree, a field altar and the family graveyard. Each one is guarded by a puzzle or a ritual, and every ward you take makes the hunt more dangerous. Make them whole Some wards come back broken. The puzzles that mend them wait behind sealed doors in the Halloway mansion: more than seventy rooms of hidden passages, locked studies and things that hunt between the walls. The gate stays chained until every ward is whole, and when it finally opens, the Gleaner comes for you all the way out. Survive the Gleaner You have no weapons....
Features
- Single-player
- Multi-player
- Co-op
- Online Co-op
- Family Sharing






Release details
Something in the Rows is a Adventure and Indie game by Distorted Games Studio. Something in the Rows came out on Friday, 23 October 2026 on PC. This date comes from Steam and was last checked on 23 October 2026.
Frequently asked questions
When did Something in the Rows come out?
Something in the Rows came out on 23 October 2026.
Which platforms is Something in the Rows on?
Something in the Rows is on PC.
Who makes Something in the Rows?
Something in the Rows is developed by Distorted Games Studio.
What kind of game is Something in the Rows?
Something in the Rows is a game of these genres: Adventure and Indie.