horror

From Shanghai based Pollard Studio we have KARMA: The Dark World, a narrative-driven psychological horror game, bringing to mind the film depiction of 1984 in some ways as well as Terry Gilliam’s masterful Brazil. Set in an alternate version of East Germany, you play as Daniel McGovern, a Roam Agent […]

KARMA: The Dark World – PS5 Review

April 10, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged cronenberg / dark world / dasein / east germany / horror / karma / pollard by Ian

Recall: Empty Wishes is a narrative horror title from Puff Hook Studio. This is their first fully-fledged effort and, whilst it hasn’t quite resonated with me, there is an interesting story here and attempt to tell that story in an absorbing way. Unfortunately, it’s a very linear experience with simplistic […]

Recall: Empty Wishes – PS5 Review

March 13, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 2d perspective / grief / horror / psychological thriller / puff hook studio / recall empty wishes / schoolgirl / sealth / taiwan / trauma by Mike

Say what you want about remasters, they do present opportunities for cult classics or completely forgotten games to find new life. With the big hitters of the FPS genre largely covered, Nightdive Studios has turned its attention to some of the lesser known 90’s shooters. One such example being Killing […]

Killing Time: Resurrected – PS5 Review

October 19, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 3do / art deco / Egyptian artefact / first-person shooter / high society / horror / killing time resurrected / nightdive / old school fps / roaring 20's / socialite by Mike

Outer Terror is an auto-shooter from Virginia-based studio Salt & Pixel LLC (actually solo developer Brandon Rodriguez) that follows the current trend of filling PSN with Vampire Survivors clones, something we don’t mind as we’re constantly banging on about the greatness of that game and Brotato. This one is quite different though. […]

Outer Terror – PS5 Review

April 12, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged auto-shooter / horror / outer terror / ps1 / retro / vampire survivors by Richie

The Outlast Trials is a co-op focused survival horror game from Montreal studio Red Barrels who, despite some pedigree working in the industry previously, have a softography that, so far, only includes this game and the two previous Outlast titles. Set in a Cold War-era experimental facility, The Outlast Trials, exists in the same […]

The Outlast Trials – PS5 Review

March 15, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged co-op / horror / outlast / saw / survival / the outlast trials by Richie

Pinball M is a horror-themed pinball simulator from genre leaders Zen Studios, best known for their Pinball FX series. As with the FX series, M (which we’re told stands for ‘mature’) is a hub that allows you to purchase new tables as DLC as and when they’re released and with Zen’s reputation taking something of […]

Pinball M – PS5 Review

December 11, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged horror / pinball / pinball m / zen by Richie

With the democratising of games development, it’s nice to see more solo developers get off the ground. Wreck Tangle Games is a one-person studio that’s looking to mix bedtime stories with horror. The result is Quintus and the Absent Truth, a visually appealing title that does somewhat suffer from a […]

Quintus and the Absent Truth – PS5 Review

July 23, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged adventure / horror / mouse / musician / narratively-driven / platforming / quintus and the absent truth / wreck tangle games by Mike

Remote Life is a 2D horizontally-scrolling shoot ’em up from Italian one-man studio Next Game Level. Now, we’re on quite a run of shoot ’em up reviews at the moment but this one is probably the most unique of the bunch. Taking its cues from R-Type, this game sees you battling a […]

Remote Life – PS5 Review

May 30, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged horror / ratalaika games / remote life / sci fi / shoot em up by Richie

The Playstation Talents initiative has managed to steer itself away from some dubious quality. Whilst I do appreciate student projects will have limitations, these are commercial products that are sold for money. The latest to cross my path is TAPE: Unveil the Memories. Coming from Madrid’s Black Chili Goat Studio, […]

TAPE: Unveil the Memories – PS4 Review

April 20, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged b-movie / black chili goat studio / horror / monster chase / PlayStation Talents / spanish / story-driven / tape unveil the memories / time trickery by Mike

Stealth games are tough to get right. There are a few approaches, some more lenient whilst others will be very punishing but will give you the tools to get through undetected. Horror stealth games are probably tougher still, as you want the player to fear what they’re hiding from so […]

In Nightmare – PS5 Review

April 8, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 3d / child / dreams / hide and seek / horror / in nightmare / isometric / one hit kill / puzzles by Gareth

It’s always odd for me to be introduced to a long-running series I know nothing about. Games come out in all shapes and sizes but finding out FM Studio’s output does make me realise my knowledge of available games is a drop in the ocean. The two-person studio have been […]

Forgotten Hill Disillusion – PS5 Review

January 8, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged fm studio / forgotten hill disillusion / horror / logic / museum / mystery / point and click / puzzle by Mike

Insomnis is a first-person horror-themed walking simulator and puzzle game that comes to us by way of Barcelona-based coders Path Games and is the latest product of Spain’s ‘PlayStation Talents’ indie games programme. Despite its name sounding like a typo (try Googling it and see how much Google protests), we […]

Insomnis – PS4 Review

November 12, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 10p resi / first person / google it with quotation marks / horror / insomnis / puzzle / walking simulator by Richie