Midnight Scenes: The HighwayMidnight Scenes: The Highway

Game Details:  Horror, 2020

Steam Achievements:  Completed (4/4)

Links:  Moby Games, Steam

Walkthrough Updated:  8/3/2026

Suggested Listening:  Help Me Out (Ash 25)

Midnight Scenes: The Highway is the first in a series of short horror-themed adventures in the vibe of The Twilight Zone. This game follows the story of Claire Barnes, driving along a lonely road at night. Both the original and remastered versions of the game are covered below. The series continues with Midnight Scenes: The Goodbye Note.

Original Version

Roadside

Press the left button to turn off your radio, and you will pull over. Look at the sign on the fence, then walk right until you reach the gate. Release the latch, then push open the gate and head through.

Yard

Look inside the crashed vehicle and examine the photo on the driver's seat. Look in the back of the vehicle and take the piece of rope. Move the blanket and open the toolbox, then take out the hammer.

Further to the right, look at the small noticeboard and look at both pictures. Continue right and pick up the broken mop. Examine the scarecrow behind the fence here and attach the broken mop, then tie it in place with your piece of rope. Move both arms up, and the gate will open. Head inside.

House

Walk left and enter the house. Look at the paintings on the walls, then enter the bathroom, but the light will go out. Return to the main room and continue through the door to the right to head to the garden.

Go to the base of the tree and pick up the wooden board. Look at the small gravestone to the right - move the horseshoe then pick up the nail. In your inventory, put the nail in the wooden board, then attach this to the tree and you will automatically hammer it in place. Climb the tree and take the gas lamp.

Return left into the house. Enter the bathroom again and you will place the gas lamp on the floor. Look at the man, then take the small key from around his neck. Go back out through the front door and out through the gate again.

The Yard

Approach the back of the vehicle. Use the small key on the padlock, then take the bolt cutters. Now head left to return to the road.

Roadside

Go left past your car and use the bolt cutters on the power cable. Continue left to see another crash scene. Look at the clipboards held by each victim. Try to use the telephone to the far left, then back out again. Reach out to touch the apparition to your right, then pick up the fallen photograph.

Remastered Version

Roadside

Press the left button to turn off your radio, and you will pull over. Look at the sign on the fence, then get back into your car. Open the glove box and take out the sandwich and batteries, then exit the car again. Walk right until you reach the gate. Release the latch, then push open the gate and head through.

Yard

Look inside the crashed vehicle and examine the photo on the driver's seat. Look in the back of the vehicle. Move the blanket and open the toolbox, then take out the hammer. Further to the right, look at the birdhouse. Continue right and pick up the broken mop.

Go further to the right - when you approach the wolf, the humanoid creature will back away and climb the tree. Throw your sandwich to the wolf and it will walk further away. Examine what it was eating, then pick up the small key. Return left and use the key in the birdhouse to open it. Take out the torch and look at the drawing.

Head right past the wolf and put the batteries into the torch, then use the torch on the owl to scare it away. Take the rope from between the trees. Return to the yard and examine the scarecrow behind the fence. Attach the broken mop, then tie it in place with your piece of rope. Move the arms as shown in the drawing in the birdhouse, then press down on the head and the gate will open Gears rock!. Head inside.

House

Walk left and enter the house. Look at the paintings on the walls, then enter the bathroom, but the light will go out. Return to the main room and continue through the door to the right to head to the garden.

Go to the base of the tree and pick up the wooden board. Look at the small gravestone to the right - move the horseshoe then pick up the nail. In your inventory, put the nail in the wooden board, then attach this to the tree and you will automatically hammer it in place. Climb the tree and take the gas lamp Goodbye Darkness.

Return left into the house. Enter the bathroom again and you will place the gas lamp on the floor. Look at the man, then take the small key from around his neck. Go back out through the front door and out through the gate again.

The Yard

Approach the back of the vehicle. Use the small key on the padlock, then take the bolt cutters. Now head left to return to the road.

Roadside

Go left past your car and use the bolt cutters on the power cable Power outage. Continue left to see another crash scene. Look at the clipboards held by each victim.

Enter the tunnel to the far left. Pick up the coins from the ground, then go back outside. Examine the telephone - pick up the receiver and insert your coins, then back out again. Reach out to touch the apparition to your right, then pick up the fallen photograph The Eye.