The Sorrowvirus: A Faceless Short Story is a frustrating game. Part of that is the sort of deliberate, atmosphere-building user-unfriendliness that you often find in horror games; part of that is puzzles that are more tedious than brain-bending. But most of all, Sorrowvirus is frustrating because it’s an intriguing, original …
As the debut effort from a relatively small indie studio, The Letter is more than a little impressive: a lengthy visual novel that unfolds through the perspectives of seven different characters, their stories all interwoven through a branching structure that gets increasingly more complex the deeper you go. Even if …
When I played the original release of Project Zero: Maiden of Black Water on Wii U, I really didn’t like it. It was a game that, on paper, sounded exactly like my kind of thing, but all I found was squandered potential. In reviewing it (for another site that’s no …
If you want some ’90s-style pixel-art horror this Halloween, you might want to keep an eye on Scarred Stars: Traumatic Edition. Created by indie developer Tuomo Laine with inspiration taken from the likes of Clock Tower, this psychological horror launches October 22 for PC. Taking place in an abandoned theme …
Four years on from its initial release, Yangyang Mobile‘sThe Letter: A Horror Visual Novel is finally coming to console, with plans for a release on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S this December. Originally released in 2017 for PC and mobile, The Letter draws …
I didn’t really go into Strangeland with any preconceived notions, other than a fondness for Wormwood Studios previous game, Primordia. It’d be a strange, surreal ride regardless, but coming in with no expectations, knowing nothing about it other than the title, and letting it just overwhelm the senses is Strangeland …
Few game developers have quite the mastery of psychological horror as Bloober Team. Layers of Fear 2, originally released for other platforms in 2019, and now making its way to Switch, is an especially potent case study in how the a surreal, eerie atmosphere and the fractured, tragic story of …
Resident Evil Village is more than just a bold new gothic horror-influenced direction for the series; it’s a reflection on horror as a whole. Resident Evil has traversed a few different horror subgenres over its years. What started as a B-movie survival horror turned into high-energy, science fiction-infused action horror, …
The House in Fata Morgana is a masterpiece on every level, and a game that truly pushes the artistic boundaries of the medium. Few things are quite as bizarre to me as the never-ending arguments about whether visual novels are “real” videogames, about whether they’re something you play or something …
The Whitlock Mansion is a strange, eerie place. Monsters called Chaos Servants stalk the halls, attacking anyone with whom they cross paths, a strange spirit haunts the eldest daughter, and the lord and lady of the manner seem to have more than a few secrets of their own. On her …
