Risu
Following the death of her mother, Risu Ishikawa goes to live with her estranged father, but her new home holds a dark, cosmic presence.
In this short-form, atmospheric, survival horror game, players guide Risu with traditional platformer controls to escape an ever-changing liminal space. While hiding from grotesque monsters you must find items and solve puzzles to find your way out of the nightmare befallen you.
Features
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A dark, character-focused narrative
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Old-school survival horror puzzles
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Original soundtrack by KFC Murder Chicks
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High-detail, Japanese-architecture soaked in CRT fuzz
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A mysterious and ever-shifting landscape to unravel
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To the point gameplay and narrative that doesn’t waste your time
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I Can’t Find Me
There was an attempt to kill you. You died, but you didn’t die. You lost your soul, but you didn’t!
You’re in a new Form
See the world from a different perspective and figure out your new you, and what it can do. While what happened to you was not easy, but it allowed you to do things that was not possible before you get killed. You could seem like a weak cursed palm! But every curse comes with a gift, and yours’s came with 5!!
Untangle the Story
Search for your remains, while trying to untangle the story behind your mysterious death. Where you are, Why you are here, Who did that to you, and why you didn’t just go on to the afterlife like anyone else.
Survive the Town
Escape anything tries to kill you (again!). And in this town, there is nobody or nothing wants you alive!
After a successful attempt to kill you, you kinda died, but you really didn’t. Your soul still trapped in a a town that you can’t remember visiting. You’r main and only goal is to find out why you came to this place, and what is this place and where is your body’s remains, and why you didn’t die completely, and who killed you. And above all how to fix all that if it’s not too late. Exploring the town, gathering clues, and connecting the dots, is all what’s going to help you getting the full picture.
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Kukui 2
I really enjoyed this take on a horror game. At least it has a story unlike others that just thrust you in with a flashlight and just run. Not spoiling but I enjoyed the ending as well. Came as a bit of a shock. The bosses were fun as well. Overall, thoroughly pleasant experience!
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
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Kukui
Just finished a playthrough and over all I liked the game. The story was interesting, and it kept me wanting to find more clues to get the full backstory.
The first level was intense. The sense of claustrophobia being in the house with the unknown entity stalking you was real.
The second level was a nice break from that closed in feeling, but still a challenge to remember where you were and what you needed to do next.
The third level I struggled with a bit. It’s very small and I missed a couple clues that would have made it easier on me.
– Real player with 4.8 hrs in game
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
Dread X Collection
I enjoy this “buffet” style of video games where you have a large platter of small things to partake in. Of course, not everything you get in a buffet is tasty, and that is the same case with Dread X Collection. We are presented with 10 small indie horror games made in a short period of time, and I’ve had the pleasure of beating every one of them. So, let’s go over each one, starting clockwise, and see what’s good and not so good.
Oddbreeze Games - The Pay is Nice : It’s unfortunate this was my first experience into Dread X, because it’s rather bad. It’s a 3D game with tank controls, and bucket loads of Dutch-angles, which makes it even harder to navigate. You play as a scientist who is slowly going insane, and for your hard work solving a rather complex and vague puzzle, you get a mediocre ending.
– Real player with 10.1 hrs in game
Not Half Bad
An acceptable collection of games ranging from trash (Rotgut) to good (Summer Night). I will say that most of the games are not particularly thrilling, but they are plentiful, short, and for the most part, unique. You get what you pay for. I highly recommend you play the rest of the Dread X Collection Games. They’re better than this one.
Here’s the TL;DR:
| Game | Review |
| Summer Night |
– Real player with 9.1 hrs in game
Sorry We’re Closed
With only a few days of freedom left, Michelle spends them searching for answers. Why has a dangerous and powerful demon placed a curse on her? And what can she do to save her own precious skin?
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Dive into the local incidents of Michelle’s bustling home turf.
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Get involved in the lives of the curious residents and mysterious demons in the area. Help (or hinder!) them in pursuit of freedom from your untimely demise.
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Go deeper into the demon world and try to survive unwelcoming environments. Michelle might not be scared, but she’s still vulnerable.
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Choose who to talk to and where to visit next. With a range of dialogue options, learn more about the newly revealed world around you and forge your future to come out of multiple endings.
This is a narrative driven game with retro survival horror playstyle elements. Fixed cameras with light combat done in first person.
The ER: Patient Typhon
The ER: Patient Typhon is a documentary about what happens when you decide to be a tourist and why you should stay home. It accurately portrays the events that happen to every tourist out there where you’ll get into a horrible accident, lose your limbs, and get caught up in some Resident Evil Silent Hill situation and become glad you never skipped leg day.
So if you’re stuck inside and want to feel what’s this like, this is the game for you. Also I should note, you in fact can Pet The Dog.
– Real player with 10.2 hrs in game
Great game, I recommend it to any indie horror game player, the story keeps you engaged, puzzles are more or less easy to solve, the setting is really interesting, and giving me a “The suffering” vibes, only instead of a prison island you are in a hospital chased by monsters.
The ER: patient typhon has multiple endings, so it has replay value as well.
The only downside is your character moves very slow, and for a first try, that’s all right, but on multiple plays, it feels like it takes forever to go from A to B, and you can’t skip any dialogue options, which is, ok for a first play, but on another play through it’s just, not what you want to do.
– Real player with 8.8 hrs in game
Amnesia: Rebirth
Required only 3 or 4 diapers. The Dark Descent required at least 15.
Didn’t even require therapy, just a week of sleep meds was enough.
– Real player with 23.3 hrs in game
This is another solid entry in Frictional Games catalog of innovative games. Though not perfect there is much to recommend Amnesia: Rebirth. The first thing to strike me is how far the graphics and detail have come. The play controls are exactly the same as in previous games, and frankly I love that. No need for finesse or complicated button mashing. The simple interface allows you to really enjoy the star of the show, the atmosphere and ambiance, which of all the Frictional Games, I found this one to deliver on the best. The story is also really interesting and keeps you guessing almost to the end what has been going on, who the bad guys are (is it you?) and what’s at stake.
– Real player with 14.7 hrs in game
First Light
First Light is a first-person survival psychological horror game tinted with body horror, set in a remote cabin in the dead of winter. Explore the cabin and its surroundings, examining items and collecting cassettes to piece together events of the story. Told from two perspectives of the past and the present, you need to know both to survive the powerful forces hunting you.
Play as the SAR officer, Eli, sent to rescue a distress call sent three days ago. Live the past events as Ben, while his fiancee Julia searches for her grandfather, whom she hasn’t heard from in weeks. Meanwhile, an ancient creature of famine and gluttony stalks silently in the wind and snow.
The fates of all involved unfold throughout the night, while Eli must prepare to escape at the first touch of dawn.
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Explore the cabin and its surroundings for clues.
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Collect cassettes to tell the story from another view.
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Outwit and outrun the creature hunting you.
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Survive until the first light of dawn.
First Light is heavily influenced by spooky greentext stories, innawoods happenings, and a lifetime of lore and love of creature features. A big special thanks to Chass and his curated content for the spark that led to the creation of the game. Please check him out if you like stories like this, or to get an idea of what First Light’s roots are.
GAME.exe
⚡This game was a really good time spent.⚡
Love the way the production approached the retro theme,
it made me feel nostalgic and I could relive good times.
//the story is very good and I was interested in unraveling the game’s mysteries.
//The game makes us a character and I love that in a game, I like to feel a part of the game and being a character in it myself.
so… several positive points, huh!?
in addition, the game has a very deep
reflection on depression,
anxiety and self-condemnation.
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
So, this game is a very basic, simple OS simulator with a “game” that you can play within the PC. The PC does have some decent enough music in the playlist but not really all that much else to read or interact with (there are a couple files that you can read, but it only BARELY creates a story). The bulk of the gameplay will be located in the game that you can find in one of the folders. It’s got the basic “Slenderman” stuff going for it (go and collect 10 candles while a monster chases you). There is a stamina bar and timer to give it a bit more depth in the difficulty department (otherwise the game would be all too easy to beat). There isn’t really a story to the game, which there wasn’t meant to be (as a file shows that Oliver couldn’t think of a story before he died). I didn’t encounter any issues with the game, which is great. The story is pretty simple yet not very fleshed out as much as I’d like in games like this one. I could get the gist but didn’t really understand the why (for instance
! it’s clear that Oliver is being harassed/bullied but we are left with no clear reason for it).
– Real player with 0.7 hrs in game