History VideoGame / PineviewDrive

The ''Pineview Drive'' series is a series of low-budget indie horror games by VIS-Games, available for PC on Steam as well as on UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 through the online store's indie game section. The games center around a haunted abandoned mansion at the end of Pineview Drive. Instead of combat or running away from monsters, the games focus on jump scares and simple scripted sequences.

* SlowPacedBeginning: ''Pineview Drive'' takes quite a while to get going; it takes several days for significant supernatural phenomena to begin occurring, until then the game is pretty much a key-hunting simulator. Things do steadily escalate after about 25% through the game.

* UnseenEvil: The hostile presence in ''Passing Pineview Forest'' is never seen, only heard, except as a pair of pale hands that grab you from behind if you get killed.

* UltimateEvil: The hostile presence in ''Passing Pineview Forest'' is never seen, only heard, except as a pair of pale hands that grab you from behind if you get killed.

The ''Pineview Drive'' series is a series of low-budget indie horror games by VIS-Games, available for PC on Steam as well as on PlayStation 4 through the online store's indie game section. The games center around a haunted abandoned mansion at the end of Pineview Drive. Instead of combat or running away from monsters, the games focus on jump scares and simple scripted sequences.

* LetsPlay: LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}} has done let's plays of the ''Pineview Forest'' games. Creator/JimSterling did a quick look at the original ''Pineview Drive'', where he mocked the game heavily for its SlowPacedBeginning, heavy use of key-hunting, and almost pitch black nighttime sequences.

* NothingIsScarier: ''The Secret of Pineview Forest'' employs this heavily, in contrast to ''Passing Pineview Forest'' where you were actively hounded by a malevolent presence.
* ResourcesManagementGameplay: There are a limited number of matchbooks and flashlight batteries found throughout the house; you'll need to use them judiciously because the mansion is ''incredibly'' dark after nightfall. You also only regain a portion of your health at the end of each day, so losing a large amount in one day can make the next day more difficult.

''The Secret of Pineview Forest'', released in 2016, is another short, free game intended as a prequel to ''Pineview Drive - Rising Storm'' (which was cancelled and later replaced by ''Pineview Drive - Homeless''). Similar to ''Passing Pineview Forest'', the unnamed player is traveling through Pineview Forest while creepy occurrences are going on around them. The game is somewhat more complex than ''Passing Pineview Forest'', as it incorporates basic inventory and key items to progress through areas.

''The Secret of Pineview Forest'', released in 2016, is another short, free game intended as a prequel to ''Pineview Drive - Rising Storm'' (which was cancelled and later reworked into ''Pineview Drive - Homeless''). Similar to ''Passing Pineview Forest'', the unnamed player is traveling through Pineview Forest while creepy occurrences are going on around them. The game is somewhat more complex than ''Passing Pineview Forest'', as it incorporates basic inventory and key items to progress through areas.

''Pineview Drive - Homeless'', released in 2019, serves as a sequel to ''Pineview Drive''. The game follows a homeless Army veteran named Miles Roberts who seeks shelter from a thunderstorm inside the abandoned mansion, soon having to find a way to survive and escape. The game uses the same fear system as the original ''Pineview Drive'' game, but is intended to be more non-linear.

* DeadAllAlong: According to WordOfGod, [[spoiler: the protagonist of Pineview Drive is actually a ghost exploring a afterlife version of the mansion, while his wife Linda actually survived and escaped 20 years ago while ''he'' was the one who died to the curse of the house. This explains why there's fresh plants and fresh fruit laying around a house that's been abandoned for 20 years; it's not the real house but rather a ghost version of it. The ending of ''The Secret of Pineview Forest'' shows that the real version of the house is considerably more derelict, as you'd expect for a house that's been abandoned for a couple decades.]]

* CreepyDoll: A child-sized [[MonsterClown clown doll]] can be found in one corridor of the mansion; it will begin jump scaring you in the latter parts of the game.

* DeadAllAlong: According to WordOfGod, [[spoiler: the protagonist of Pineview Drive is actually a ghost exploring a afterlife version of the mansion, while his wife Linda actually survived and escaped 20 years ago while ''he'' was the one who died to the curse of the house. This explains why there's fresh plants and fresh fruit laying around a house that's been abandoned for 20 years; it's not the real house but rather a ghost version of it.]]

* ScaryScarecrows: A scarecrow can be found in the back yard of the house; it starts migrating around the property later in the game, and towards the end will actively pursue you when you're not looking.

* GuideDangIt: Much of the game has progress tied to triggering supernatural events in a specific room, depositing a key you'll need to progress to a new area of the house. There's often no indication that you're supposed to look in the specific room involved, so each new day often has you wandering aimlessly throughout the house, systematically going through each room until you find the jump scare you're supposed to trigger to proceed. To make matters worse, many events won't trigger until after nightfall, so you can miss them completely if you search the right room but do so too early. The devs did add a hint system in which the protagonist gives a short clue as to what he's supposed to be doing if you wander around for too long with no progress.

The ''Pineview Drive'' series is a series of low-budget indie horror games by VIS-Games, available for PC on Steam as well as on PlayStation 4 through the online store's indie game section. The games center around a haunted abandoned mansion at the end of Pineview Drive. Instead of combat or running away from monsters, the games instead focus on jump scares and scripted sequences.

* LetsPlay: Creator/{{Markiplier}} has done let's plays of the ''Pineview Forest'' games. Creator/JimSterling did a quick look at the original ''Pineview Drive'', where he mocked the game heavily for its SlowBeginning, heavy use of key-hunting, and almost pitch black nighttime sequences.

* SlowBeginning: ''Pineview Drive'' takes quite a while to get going; it takes several days for significant supernatural phenomena to begin occurring, until then the game is pretty much a key-hunting simulator. Things do steadily escalate after about 25% through the game.

The ''Pineview Drive'' series is a series of low-budget indie horror games by VIS-Games, available for PC on Steam as well as on PS4 through the online store's indie game section. The games center around a haunted abandoned mansion at the end of Pineview Drive. Instead of combat or running away from monsters, the games instead focus on jump scares and scripted sequences.