Sanidhya Kumar
Founder and technical lead. Game design, Unreal Engine, gameplay programming, narrative direction and production.
A first-person psychological mystery horror game. Investigate the abandoned Stewards Automobile Co. and find out what really happened the night of the oil-tank explosion.
Stewards Automobile Co. was once a global name. Then an oil-tank explosion shut the factory down, and the official verdict was an industrial accident. Interpol was not convinced.
You play the detective sent to the empty factory. There is no combat. You explore, read, listen, and put the pieces together at your own pace.

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The Factory in the Shadows: Chapter 1 – The Aftermath is a first-person psychological mystery horror game for PC. Players investigate the abandoned Stewards Automobile Co. factory, closed after an oil-tank explosion that was officially ruled an industrial accident. The demo is available now on itch.io.
Fire Games Interactive is an independent game studio from India focused on creating atmospheric narrative-driven experiences. Founded in 2022, the studio is currently developing The Factory in the Shadows series.
Stewards Automobile Co. built its name on cars and racing. Years ago, an oil-tank explosion tore through its factory, the company closed, and the public accepted the story of an industrial accident. International investigators, including Interpol, never fully did.
You play a detective with a personal reason to care about the case, sent into the abandoned facility to find out what the official record left out. You walk the empty halls, search offices and workshops, read recovered documents, play audio recordings and inspect physical evidence. Nothing here is a fight. The tension comes from not knowing what the next room holds.
The factory is told through its objects and spaces: dim light, industrial machinery, silence broken by distant sounds. The story is never handed to you. It is assembled from what you find, and each answer opens another question.
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Fire Games Interactive is an independent game studio from India focused on creating atmospheric narrative-driven experiences.
Founded in 2022, the studio is currently developing The Factory in the Shadows series.
Founder and technical lead. Game design, Unreal Engine, gameplay programming, narrative direction and production.
Co-founder.