Oppressive post-Soviet atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“The atmosphere absolutely carries everything. The quiet stretches. The abandoned spaces. The washed-out, depressing colour palette.”
Steam review · 3.8 h played ↗
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Mostly Positive · 72%Mostly Positive · 72%Носков Сергей2016FPS · Walking Simulator · Survival Horror
$8.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 51 min ago
The verdict
A slow, bleak one-man post-Soviet walking sim that lives on atmosphere, music and mood, with clunky controls, jank and bugs. Skip it if you want action, polish or clear direction.
Great for
Patient players who like slow, melancholic post-apocalyptic walking sims, Stalker-style vibes and indie charm
Main risk
Very slow, clunky and vague, with item-hunting that can soft-lock or bore you
What players love
Touching story with a twist ending
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“I really got into the story and thought it was great, the final scenes made me cry”
Steam review · 12.1 h played ↗
Authentic Russian setting and visuals
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“I really like this unique style—especially the typical Soviet concrete brutalism of the architecture.”
Steam review · 8.6 h played ↗
Impressive for a one-man indie
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“It's a sin to nitpick this game given one person made it. It's well made.”
Steam review · translated · 8 h played ↗
Great music and sound design
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Excellent choice of music.”
Steam review · translated · 4.5 h played ↗
Short, affordable and worth it on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Short and sweet. For the price you can't complain compared to what AAA is putting out these days...”
Steam review · 6.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Painfully slow and boring
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“Too boring a misery simulator. The main problem is you walk for 4 hours falling asleep from boredom.”
Steam review · translated · 4 h played ↗
Clunky controls, janky animations and bad combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The combat in this game is so awful it makes me wonder why the devs even put it in the game at all.”
Steam review · 2.9 h played ↗
Weak story and meaningless karma/endings
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The endings make no difference and have no value, so replaying for them makes no sense.”
Steam review · translated · 7.2 h played ↗
Obscure item hunts, vague objectives (the bucket)
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“I spent 25 minutes searching for a bucket. Hints were vague, flashed onscreen briefly, and then disappeared forever.”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
Bugs, missing items and soft-locks
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“game is broken got to bor and had the keys to the generator room and could not start the generator”
Steam review · 5.8 h played ↗
Unskippable cutscenes and sparse checkpoints
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“Incredibly tedious. Unskippable cutscenes to a story that you cannot care about.”
Steam review · 11.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown3 GB
Minimum
OSWindows XP / 7
ProcessorIntel Dual-Core 2.4 GHz
Memory3 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 275, GeForce GT 520, GeForce 8800GT
Storage3 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7
ProcessorQuad Core Processor
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, GeForce GTX 560
Storage3 GB available space
OSWindows XP / 7
ProcessorIntel Dual-Core 2.4 GHz
Memory3 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 275, GeForce GT 520, GeForce 8800GT
Storage3 GB available space
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