Freelance Audio Lead — Psychological Horror Game (Unreal Engine 5)

Indie studio. Small team. We're building a psychological horror game in UE5 — puzzle-driven, targeting PC/console/VR/mobile. The world is quiet, deliberate, and unsettling. Sound is not decoration here; it's half the game.

We're looking for a freelance Audio Lead to own the full audio pillar end-to-end.

What you'd own

Sound design (ambiences, creature/character vocalizations, mechanical/environmental SFX, UI)
Original music — adaptive, restrained, tension-forward
VO direction and editing (small cast, performance matters more than volume)
In-engine implementation in MetaSounds
Mix and mastering

You should have

Demonstrable game audio work — shipped credits are great, but unshipped projects, jam games, student work, or strong personal pieces are equally welcome
Hands-on Unreal Engine experience — not just delivering assets, but wiring them in
Solid MetaSounds chops, or strong UE5 audio fundamentals and the appetite to go deep on MetaSounds
A reel or portfolio that shows range across SFX, music, and implementation

Bonus

Horror or atmospheric genre experience
VR audio (spatialization, attenuation tuning)
Adaptive/interactive music systems

Logistics

Freelance, contract-based, project-scoped
Remote, async-friendly
NDA required before we share the title and design docs
Rate: open to discussion — please share your day or project rate when you apply

To apply

Send a reel or portfolio and your rate expectations.

We're a small, technically curious team that cares about audio as a first-class discipline. If that resonates, we'd like to hear from you.