Set The Brightness Higher Than It Suggests
Your screen brightness is a very personal setting. It depends on your own personal preference and even the lighting in the room while you're playing. However, in general, we recommend setting it higher than the game suggests you do.
House of Ashes is a horror game, so it's dark no matter what you do. We don't recommend a higher brightness setting to eliminate the horror factor - in fact, it increases it, because you can actually see the scary stuff. The first scenes of the game are all in especially dark places so you won't be able to see what's going on if your brightness isn't set appropriately.