Engaging, emotional story
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“A big plus is that you pick the ending through your choices; I watched both and cried on both.”
Steam review · translated · 5.6 h played ↗
ASPIS
Worth buying? What 173 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 173 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 86%Very Positive · 86%Dream Wire Games2026Horror · Shooter · Psychological Horror
−20%$14.99$11.99
US Steam price, checked 3 h ago
The verdict
A short, atmospheric Soviet-set sci-fi horror adventure from a solo dev, carried by story, voice acting and music. Skip it if you want strong shooting, real horror or a long game.
Great for
Fans of story-driven, atmospheric adventures with a late-USSR setting who want to support a solo developer
Main risk
Short, bug-prone game with weak shooting and unclear objectives that may not justify the ~800 RUB price
What players love
Impressive work for a solo developer
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“One developer did what studios sometimes can't.”
Steam review · translated · 4 h played ↗
Great music and soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“But the most soulful part is the music. It gives you goosebumps.”
Steam review · translated · 5.8 h played ↗
Beautiful visuals and lighting
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“You want to approach every object and look at it. Facial animation, light, shadows, voices, detail are all at a decent level.”
Steam review · translated · 0.5 h played ↗
Excellent Russian voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“I especially want to highlight the superb voice acting (voices of well-known dubbing actors).”
Steam review · translated · 5.1 h played ↗
Authentic Soviet atmosphere and detail
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The game grabs you with its late-USSR atmosphere and clever puzzles; you want to explore because the world is full of interesting details.”
Steam review · translated · 4.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Weak, unsatisfying combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Why is the pistol animation so awful?”
Steam review · translated · 1.2 h played ↗
Progress loss and blocking bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“First time I've seen being unable to finish a game because of missing textures.”
Steam review · translated · 9 h played ↗
Unclear objectives
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Nothing is clear, where to go or what to do. You pick up keys and then who knows what...”
Steam review · translated · 0.4 h played ↗
Poor optimization and stutter
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“the developer doesn't know to precompile shaders in Unreal Engine 5 games, so it freezes and stutters.”
Steam review · translated · 0.4 h played ↗
Frustrating stealth with unkillable enemy
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“as soon as you introduce a stealth hiding component with an unkillable enemy it's just an instant turn off for me”
Steam review · 1.7 h played ↗
AI-generated voices and images
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“The AI-generated elements destroyed the immersion for me.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnknownController support20 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 5 2600 / Intel Core i5-10400F
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 / AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (4GB video memory or more)
Storage20 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 5 5600 / Intel Core i5-12600
Memory32 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 6600 (6GB video memory or more)
Storage20 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 5 2600 / Intel Core i5-10400F
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 / AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (4GB video memory or more)
Storage20 GB available space
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