Deadly Cosmic
It’s a short but very cool game, I liked the creatures and the mystery in the plot, I also liked the little moments of humor. In fact I wanted the game to be bigger because I was very involved, but it makes sense for the price. From my point of view it is a game that worth it!
– Real player with 2.1 hrs in game
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Loved the premise of the game, and the graphics definitely give it that unique feel and add to the creepy vibe. I had a little trouble with the perspective, especially when there was a creature just off screen that I could no longer see because of the change in perspective, but you learn to maneuver and function quick enough.
Took me a while to find and operate the toilet… longer than I would like to admit. Overall, I would definitely recommend playing through this one, it is worth it!
Here’s some gameplay if interested (first stream terminated with no warning and I had to restart the stream)
– Real player with 1.9 hrs in game
Dismantled 2
Dismantled 2 is a survival horror game. It will see new characters involved in the story, 4 years after the events of the first game.
This sequel is also inspired by the old Resident evil games, The Suffering games and by old B-movies. It is built in the Unity 3D engine and is also in first person perspective.
Please be aware that my game is full of shocking content and also contains nudity.
Dismantled 2 aim for a N64 style esthetics, and will be as gory and disturbing as the first game.
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Wasting Away
An atmospheric horror game with semi-open world. You can really feel the atmosphere of loneliness. The further the better, but everything is ruined by a strange and unbalanced fight with the final boss.
Still recomended.
– Real player with 2.8 hrs in game
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Thirty Minute Nightmare
Not a horrible little game. Need a little polishing and would be really good game. My biggest issue was I got stuck in the forest after I found a key and could not move any further.
– Real player with 1.6 hrs in game
Roughly 15 minutes of mostly just walking around. Not scary at all except for 1 jump scare that admittedly got me. The whole being able to switch between “modern” and 1997 graphics is a weird gimmick that I personally didn’t care for but you may be into if you like your graphics more pixely. Some of the environments and enemies did look better in the 1997 mode. It’s not the worst game for $2 but I can’t recommend it.
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
Alisa
I just played through Alisa from beginning to end and I just cannot praise it enough. I’ve seen a lot of attempts at recreating that 90s survival horror experience, but nothing has nailed it with the perfect execution that this game has. I could go on forever about everything I loved about this game (the flawless retro aesthetic, the hauntingly beautiful soundtrack, the nostalgically familiar gameplay, the myriad unique features that make it something new and exciting…) but to get to the point of what I think people need to know, I will start by stating it simply as this: If you love old school survival horror games like Resident Evil 1, Silent Hill 1, etc., you will love this game. If you have not played games like these or haven’t played them recently enough to remember the difficulty of fixed camera angles, tank controls, and the like, then this might not be for you. It seems to me that most negative points in the reviews I’ve seen here fall either into the category of the game being too difficult or into the category of problems with bugs, so I will address these two points.
– Real player with 15.3 hrs in game
I just finished my second playthrough of this game, and, god, what a great game it is! It captures the pure essence of PS1 survival horror games in absolutely every aspect, from gameplay and graphics to voice acting and cheesy moments. I’m a big fan of this genre and beat RE1-3 hundreds of times and if you are just like me then you will enjoy this game!
This is probably the survival horror game with the most enemy variety in genre. Every location has their own enemies and sometimes you might get some surprise encounters while visiting old locations. Bosses are cool and dope and each of them is completely unique in design and combat. What I really like is that upon entering a room you know instantly that there’s going to be a boss battle and you have a chance to go back and get ready, instead of being like “no please I wanna go back, I don’t have much ammo :c”. There’s a lot of weapons and costumes with various effects that might suit your gameplay style just perfectly! Puzzles might be hard and frustrating at times, but they are so much fun and so different from each other. These are probably the best puzzles in a horror game I’ve ever seen, the perfect balance of difficulty and fun. Music and graphics of this game are just PHENOMENAL! Preserving an art style and feeling of a PS1 era is challenging, but they did it flawlessly! This game has a lot of surprises and you never know what’s going to happen next.
– Real player with 11.9 hrs in game
Murder House
From start to finish I knew I was going to love this game. At first it was just the pure novelty of a game that looked like something I’d watch an older family member play through while hiding behind a blanket as a kid. It only took a few minutes into actually playing the game to realize it would in fact make me FEEL like that kid too. The primitive textures and models give off such a familiar yet uncanny feeling. There’s so many horror games that look “conventionally” better than this, so why am I so off put by the appearance of the polygonal bunny man? Beyond the ps1 era influence, the atmosphere is just spot on. I was seriously impressed by the prologue because it was such a good representation of some vague nightmare I’m sure we’ve all had at some point in our life. After that, the main chunk of the game is where Puppet Combo’s love for Old School horror becomes so much more evident. News Reporters. VHS tapes. A Creepy House. A Psycho Killer. What more do you need? Even more terrifying than the visuals and set up though is the audio. Sometimes a sudden spike in distorted sound will be used as a mere jump scare (which I have nothing against), but what really gets you will be the distant drips and drops in the basement or the wind blowing against the trees outside as you cautiously avoid your predator. The lofi nature of these sounds just really get at your nerves, like nails on a chalkboard, but for some reason it just sounds so damn cool.
– Real player with 5.4 hrs in game
If you’re about to read this, let me first state that I actually did have fun with this game. I played it with 2 of my friends and we took turns controlling the player character,
! Emma, and we did enjoy the experience. The game also greatly captures exactly what it was going for in terms of ‘scary VHS 80s horror’ and it really does look like an old video game. It also had some genuinely scary moments that caught me off guard, and it was a fresh breath of air as compared to the typical indie titles that emerge.
– Real player with 5.4 hrs in game
Prototype Mansion - Used No Cover
Prototype Mansion is a love letter to classic survival horror, and I love it!
The game’s presentation, which is low poly, post-processed to appear low-res and pixelated, is reminsicent of early PS1 survival horror, and it has something of a forgotten video nasty vibe about it, though with intentionally silly dialogue. The game itself isn’t actually scary, or at least I didn’t think so, but definitely calls back to early survival horror, which viewed in a modern light isn’t so much scary as a bit dumb, as the characters speak in a lighthearted manner not befitting of their Night of the Living Dead-esque predicament.
– Real player with 8.0 hrs in game
Oh boy, oh boy.
Prototype Mansion is one hell of a game. First of all the game is cheap and it offers alot.
Despite the game being a parody of Resident Evil, I have to say that the Story is so messed up that I was so invested in knowing what is going to happen next, I read every file and every note at least twice, I searched every room and corner to know more and more about the story. It was so good despite being a parody, and the development team knew that, and kept teasing more and more. It is funny and hilarious as well, over the top, alot of times doesn’t make any sense. You will love it.
– Real player with 3.4 hrs in game
March of the Living
TL:DR at the end, scored 10 / 10 as of 20th April 2016
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- Genre - A 2D roguelike-like such as FTL and Convoy, this time in a zombie postapocalypse. It manages to capture the desperation of such event through excellent writing and a well balanced challenge, as players need to guide their survivors on a journey in a search for a safe haven while trying to prevent them from starving to death, becoming infected or getting killed by either zombies or humans.
– Real player with 14.1 hrs in game
March of the Living
is an isometric 2d game similar in presentation to Death Road to Canada (although much slower in pace) and other such pixelated roguelikes. I’d had it sitting in my library for a while and decided to play it on a whim. It was decent. I wouldn’t call it great, although I imagine it WOULD be great as a mobile title. No idea if that statement is actually true or not, but the game is well suited to that format. But…it was also well suited to this one.
Story
The story is more or less the same ultimate goal of getting to the city of Wellston on the coast and on a ship getting ready to set sail with whatever survivors were able to get to the safe zone at the docks. The specifics of the story vary based on which character you play, but all in all, those little snippets of story are more like splashes of color than any sort of painting. Still, it helps to keep the game fresh.
– Real player with 12.3 hrs in game
Lights Camera Slaughter
Play as Drew Williams, a newly hired intern working on the set of Jonny Slash’s “Lights, Camera, Slaughter!”, a 90’s low budget slasher film in Masten Lake. However, little did they know, the abandoned Summer Camp has a long, dark history that is about to be resurrected! Will Drew escape the harrowing “Miller Slaughterhouse” with an evil past - or become another victim to the notorious Miller Family?
Lights Camera Slaughter is a First-Person Survival Horror Game based around the 1990s - with a matching aesthetic. Lights Camera Slaughter is a love letter to previous PS1 horror games titles, but with its own unique twists. This game combines nostalgic, grainy visuals with modern-day gameplay features to create a surreal and terrifying experience!
Gameplay Includes:
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Stealth Mechanics
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Retro Inventory System
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Terrifying AI
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Classic Gunplay
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Expansive Lore
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Immersive Atmospheres
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Accurate PS1 Visuals
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Advanced Puzzles
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Outstanding Soundtrack
4 Months of You
4 Months of You is an fun and interesting puzzle game with a horror feel to it. I’ve been playing this game for several hours, and I’m still not finished. But I’m enjoying every minute of it! If you’re into puzzle games and have a lot of patience and desire to explore every corner of the game’s environment (like I do), then this game is for you.
Essentially, this game requires you to solve puzzles one-by-one in order to progress further. You start inside your apartment, and as you progress further, things start to get scarier. You also start to uncover vague details about the main character’s background/story, but with still many details left vague (it leaves much for you to ‘fill in the gaps’).
– Real player with 22.5 hrs in game
4 months of you is a cool game you have that gives gaming a new feel to horror, few bugs like the gate outside wouldnt open for me but i may have missed a key its a great game all together
– Real player with 2.3 hrs in game