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REANIMAL (Edward Goreyian Slaughterhouse Horror)
Does the perfect horror game exist? Not with shooting things through the skull, but with searching, what I often refer to as the “seek-and-find” genre? I believe this time has finally arrived, with instant cult hit (to me at least) REANIMAL. First, let me specify what I mean by the earlier reference. The majority […]
first-person horror \ mental horror \ PC \ psychological horror \ Steam \ survival horror \ Youviverse
Cerebral (Narrative Crisis Existential Horror)
I simply adore short horror games like this. Or, rather, short horror games that break with tradition instead of riding the popular theme train. Indie dev horror tends to follow the seek-and-find format, most usually with derivative jumpscares and attempts at trauma bonding the player to the story, ineffectively forcing an identity crisis through […]
Bloober Team \ horror game \ Poland \ post-apocalyptic horror \ post-apocalyptic shooter \ post-Soviet horror \ psychological horror \ survival horror \ survival shooter \ third-person shooter
Cronos: The New Dawn (Soviet Christmas Post-Apocalyptic Monster Shooter)
I was excited when the details of this game were dropped by Polish dev masters Bloober Team, especially since the setting was Poland in the 1980s during the Soviet period, incorporating cultural scars into the landscape of a post-apocalyptic world where time travel is real, future humans are fucked up nonentities that probably don’t […]
behemoth \ giant monster \ kaiju \ Meta Quest \ PC \ Steam \ VR
Behemoth (Hideous Colossal Beast Slaying Dark Fantasy VR)
VR still remains an interesting market that’s largely niche in spite of big pushes by companies like Meta over the past five years. The reason for this currently seems to be the cost, firstly, but also the uncertainty surrounding the experience. Trust me, it’s weird at first until your brain adjusts. As games like […]
brlka \ PC \ platformer \ psychological horror \ Silent Hill \ Steam \ Ysbryd Games
LOVE ETERNAL (Transcendental Psychological Horror Platformer)
Spider dad? Is there anything upstairs? What’s next? Alright, so the first time I gave LOVE ETERNAL a whirl was on an overnight flight (unexpected peak gaming conditions, highly recommend), and I was actually hypnotized. There’s a deception of the way time passes while playing this that I seriously thought was a result of, […]
auto-battler \ Chronocle \ Hooded Horse \ PC \ retro RPG \ roguelike \ roguelite \ RPG \ Steam
He is Coming (Synergistic Auto-Battler RPG)
GeForce Now’s weekly picks rarely steer me off the true path, and this one, He Is Coming, caught my eye. Not just for its bargain-bin price, but also the epically ominous art depicting the looming Demon King who plays a role in the story. As an auto-battler RPG masquerading as a roguelike, or lite, […]
Chreseeba Games \ Edwardian era \ exorcism \ first-person psychological horror \ first-person survival horror \ PC \ Steam
Unpossess (Edwardian First-Person Survival Horror)
Here’s a great example of a game that needs a larger player base, especially for one that’s so creepily unique. Unpossess, subtitled Exorcism Simulator, was released to very little fanfare back in March and has yet to gain significant traction. Compare its current base to that of Ghost Watchers, released in July, four months […]
horror shooter \ Meta Quest \ Meta Quest 3 \ Sci-fi Horror \ sci-fi shooter \ Survios \ VR
Alien: Rogue Incursion (Atmospheric Sci-Fi VR Horror but Yes, There is JANK)
Hot dang, Alien: Rogue Incursion finally gets some of that shit right! Anyone familiar with the Alien franchise knows it’s been a desert since Aliens, with the rare oasis like Kenner’s action figures standing out clearly, but you’re not sure if it’s a mirage until you get closer. The films? Mostly a mirage. But leave it to VR to […]
arcade shooter \ boomer shooter \ Devolver Digital \ first-person shooter \ FPS \ FPS challenge \ Free Lives
Anger Foot (Not an FPS Arcade Killing for Skilling)
As usual I waited awhile before I dropped a review for this, but, also like usual, it deserved the time. Anger Foot is not what it seems at first, in fact it will blow your sensibilities out of your comfort zone with a big kick to the balls up into your brains in a […]
first-person psychological horror \ psychological horror \ simulator \ Team17 Digital Ltd \ Woodland Games
Autopsy Simulator (Work Like a Real Coroner and Hate Yourself Too)
Let me start by saying this is the first time a game disgusted me enough that I had to take breaks from it, and I’ve played a number of horrifying titles, such as Agony Unrated, among others. But there’s something about Autopsy Simulator that does it differently, and the simple answer is aside from […]
