Strong story and powerful ending
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 positive reviews
“This game is a veritable masterpiece in storytelling.”
Steam review · 54.5 h played ↗
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Mixed · 69%Mixed · 69%The Chinese Room2013Horror · Walking Simulator · Psychological Horror
−80%$19.99$3.99
US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A short, linear, story-driven walking sim with great atmosphere, music and writing, but stripped of the original's survival mechanics and crash-prone. Skip it if you want real scares or gameplay.
Great for
Story-focused players who like atmospheric industrial horror and accept a short, easy walking sim, ideally on sale
Main risk
Frequent crashes at loading screens and almost no gameplay or real danger compared to The Dark Descent
What players love
Oppressive industrial atmosphere
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“I found it to be incredibly atmospheric with an interesting setting and story.”
Steam review · 8.1 h played ↗
Excellent music and sound design
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“One of the best soundtracks for a game ever.”
Steam review · 4.4 h played ↗
Unfairly hated, enjoyable on its own terms
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“I genuinely don't understand all the hate this game got.”
Steam review · 3.7 h played ↗
Great voice acting and writing
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The voice acting in this game is PEAK!”
Steam review · 6.7 h played ↗
Short and focused, easy relaxed horror
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“it offers a light horror game experience if you are not in an intense gaming mood”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Crashes, especially at loading screens
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Click during a loading screen? Crash. Finish a level and start loading into the next? Crash and restart the level.”
Steam review · 2.8 h played ↗
Walking simulator with almost no gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“It's a video game... technically speaking. Not a whole lot of "play" happens.”
Steam review · 12.6 h played ↗
Not scary, enemies are harmless
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“not scary at all once you learn your lamp when it flickers that’s when the enemy is near you”
Steam review · 7.6 h played ↗
Survival mechanics removed vs The Dark Descent
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Some of the most interesting gameplay features of The Dark Descent (like the sanity meter and utilizing tinderboxes to light up the environment) are completely gone.”
Steam review · 7.8 h played ↗
Poor performance and FPS drops
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“40 FPS constantly for no reason.”
Steam review · 2.8 h played ↗
Too short for the price
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews
“20 dollars for 2 hours of gameplay.”
Steam review · 2.7 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support5 GB
Minimum
OSWindows Vista
ProcessorHigh-range Intel Core i3 / AMD A6 CPU or equivalent.
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsMid-range NVIDIA GeForce 200 / AMD Radeon HD 5000. Integrated Intel HD Graphics should work but is not supported; problems are generally solved with a driver update.
Storage5 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7
ProcessorHigh-range Intel Core i5 / AMD FX CPU or equivalent.
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsHigh-range NVIDIA GeForce 400 / AMD Radeon HD 6000. Integrated Intel HD Graphics should work but is not supported; problems are generally solved with a driver update.
Storage5 GB available space
OSWindows Vista
ProcessorHigh-range Intel Core i3 / AMD A6 CPU or equivalent.
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsMid-range NVIDIA GeForce 200 / AMD Radeon HD 5000. Integrated Intel HD Graphics should work but is not supported; problems are generally solved with a driver update.
Storage5 GB available space
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