About Slay Bells
Slay Bells is Blake McKinnon's Christmas survival-horror game about making your way home while an axe-wielding Santa stalks the streets. The route passes through city streets, back alleys and an abandoned subway station, with tools and weapons appearing along the way. The seasonal setting does not make it a festive collection game: reaching home is the objective, and every detour has to be weighed against the danger of the pursuit.
How to Play Slay Bells
Getting Started
- Explore the route home and identify what prevents you from moving farther.
- Search for useful tools or weapons while keeping a way out of the area in mind.
- Avoid Santa and continue through the streets and underground sections as new routes become available.
Practical tips
- Inspect the way out of an alley before committing to a search at its far end.
- Treat a useful find as part of the journey home rather than a reason to remain in a dangerous location.
Frequently asked question
Does Slay Bells play like a cheerful Christmas game?
Its creator describes a survival-horror game inspired by 1980s slashers and PS1 horror.