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Chasmal Fear Review (PC)

There’s something uniquely terrifying about isolation beneath the sea. The pressure, the darkness, the sense that you’re somewhere you were never meant to be. Chasmal Fear, developed by MystiveDev and published by Wandering Wizard, taps into that primal unease and delivers a survival horror experience that’s as atmospheric as it is ambitious. Built in Unreal Engine 5 and presented through a gritty bodycam perspective, the game invites players into the submerged city of Magnus—a place that once thrived, now overrun…

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Captured Review

Capture is a psychological horror game that immerses players in a dizzying and creepy experience. Here’s an in-depth review based on its gameplay and features: The Captured game is all about attention to detail and finding anomalies. The players are trapped in a never-ending corridor in their own home, where minor variations in the environment—such as objects vanishing, water leakage, or distortion of the rooms—need to be found and clicked using a camera. Players need to accurately identify and record…

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Unholy Review

Unholy on PS5 is a captivating blend of horror, adventure, and psychological suspense. Set in a sinister underworld, the game immerses players in a haunting atmosphere filled with grotesque creatures and unsettling environments. Open the doors between your everyday reality and a dark unholy world to unveil the mystery of the disappearance of your child. Explore both worlds to find clues, solve puzzles, decide whether you infiltrate or fight brutal enemies and stand up to an aberrant establishment. Two parallel…

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Kevin’s Halloween Hitlist: Plastomorphosis

Plastomorphosis takes place in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by a mysterious plague that has transformed humans into grotesque, monstrous creatures. The player takes on the role of a lone survivor who must navigate this desolate landscape, uncovering the truth behind the plague and searching for a way to restore humanity. The game’s narrative unfolds through a series of interconnected puzzles and encounters with the mutated creatures. Players must explore abandoned cities, solve environmental puzzles, and gather information to piece together…

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Still Wakes The Deep Review

Still Wakes the Deep dives headfirst into the chilling depths of the North Atlantic, inviting players to explore a desolate oil rig consumed by an unsettling mystery. Developed by The Chinese Room, the minds behind atmospheric adventures like Dear Esther and Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, Still Wakes the Deep is a horror experience that relies heavily on environmental storytelling and dread-filled atmosphere. But does this unique title deliver a satisfying plunge, or leave you gasping for more? The game’s…

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Project 13 Impressions

Project 13 on Xbox One and Series X/S is an unconventional experience that blends psychological horror with walking simulator elements. Here’s a more detailed look at what the game offers: A Descent into Unease: Endless Corridors: The entire game takes place within a single, sterile psychiatric ward corridor. This monotonous setting is broken only by subtle changes in lighting, decoration, or even the occasional ominous message scrawled on the wall. As you progress, a sense of unease builds with each…

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Gylt is out now!

Gylt is a very personal game that comes from the close experience of one relative of a studio member. Her little cousin was suffering from bullying at school. And what’s more terrifying than what’s more realistic and closer to our daily lives. We developed this original idea into a delicate horror game in which our young protagonist, Sally, is looking for her missing cousin, Emily. In her journey she will start running away from bullies and will be taken into…

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MADiSON Review

What would you do if you woke up locked in a dark room, with your hands covered in blood? Play as Luca, and endure the brute torture of MADiSON, a demon that has forced him to continue a gory ritual started decades ago, making him commit abominable acts. Will you be able to finish this sinister ceremony? MADiSON is a psychological horror game in similar vein to something like Outlast or what we got a glimpse of in P.T. The…

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Corpse Party Review

What do you get when you mix teenagers with complicated relationships, terrible earthquakes, and a strange 'friendship' spell ritual? If you're thinking this sounds like the plot of a bad teen horror movie, you are not wrong. However, Corpse Party - a top down survival horror game - has taken that exact idea and made it truly, truly terrifying.

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Layers of Fear Review

ayers of Fear (a perfect pun of a title) invites players to see the world through the mind of a talented but tormented painter as he navigates his abandoned house and his own guilty conscience. The game, published by Aspyr and developed by Bloober Team SA, has been listed on Steam as an early access game for some time, but in February was fully released to the public both on PC and console. So far the game has received very positive reviews, something games in the horror genre usually have to work a little harder to receive since they so often are accused of ...

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