The Nature of Dread story: what Hellhole is

In Nature of Dread you are caught in the wrong place at the wrong time and wake inside Hellhole, a classified settlement built as humanity's last bulwark in a war that has lasted more than a thousand years. It was meant to contain an ancient evil. Decades of military experiments buried the truth deeper, and the settlement's borders were sealed.

Written and reviewed by Nature of Dread Wiki Editorial Team · Updated 20 October 2026

The settlement

Hellhole sits deep in the northern wilderness. People there tried to contain the evil, isolate it and study it. Access was forbidden, and what happened inside, and still happens, remains under layers of secrecy. The game asks how far you will go to protect what matters to you.

Locations named or shown

• The silent northern forests.
• Satan's blood-soaked ball, where you are an unwilling guest of honor.
• Concrete corridors and cells, shown in screenshots.

The store also promises beings "worthy of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" and says every location and character carries weight in a layered story. Character names have not been published.