Nate Hermanson
REVIEW: Fear the Spotlight's warmth and horror convention twists make it an easy favorite
Fear the Spotlight is the most comprehensively satisfying horror game I've played in years, with gut-clenching tension and tenderness alike.
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Nate Hermanson
Oct 25 min read
PAX West 2024: oneway.exe might be the next big indie horror hit
oneway.exe does indie horror for the chronically online.
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Nate Hermanson
Sep 235 min read
PAX West 2024: Centum's trippy AI horror changes the world around you every step of the way
Instructions unclear, now trapped in Centum's ever-changing reality with a manipulative AI: a PAX hands-on demo and interview with Centum.
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Nate Hermanson
Sep 216 min read
PAX West 2024: Hands-on with Whisper Mountain Outbreak and Toge Productions' legacy on display in Seattle
Whisper Mountain Outbreak's classic survival horror vibes delivered some of our most tense moments at PAX West.
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Nate Hermanson
Sep 127 min read
REVIEW: PS2-era horror lives again in Hollowbody
Hollowbody’s blend of PS2 horror mechanics and modern-day anxieties is a different breed of scares.
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Nate Hermanson
Jul 46 min read
SGF 2024 x Steam Next Fest Mini-Preview: A lucid dreaming horror gem awaits in Deep Sleep: Labyrinth of the Forsaken
Deep Sleep: Labyrinth of the Forsaken is the point-and-click psychological horror game of your dreams. (Or nightmares?)
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Nate Hermanson
Apr 168 min read
REVIEW: Life Eater is Strange Scaffold's most twisted game yet (and they made a black market organ trading sim)
Being a weird little freak behind my computer screen because god told me to.
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Julie Cooper
Feb 115 min read
Steam Next Fest Mini-Preview: Cabernet’s intriguing vampire society sinks its fangs in
Heard y'all like vampires.
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Nate Hermanson
Jan 168 min read
REVIEW: Protect your community and appease the creature in the shadows in Home Safety Hotline
Analog horror game Home Safety Hotline has you identifying pests and creepy entities for concerned callers.
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Nate Hermanson
Oct 15, 20238 min read
World of Horror developed "low and slow" heads to 1.0 release - PAX West 2023 hands-on/interview
Palms sweaty, pulse racing. The typical PAX West experience? Or the result of playing the demo for World of Horror?
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Nate Hermanson
Jun 21, 20235 min read
Not-E3 2023 Mini-Preview: Play a tense game of tag in roguelite Horror Stories: Harvest Hunt
Horror Stories: Harvest Hunt has a demo out during Steam Next Fest, offering a stealth-based horror roguelite.
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Nate Hermanson
Jun 3, 20237 min read
Hands-on impressions with Texas Chain Saw Massacre: 4v3 horror gives the villains a fair shake
Texas Chain Saw Massacre's 4 victims vs. 3 killers gameplay is surprisingly well balanced with tension and helplessness for both sides.
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Nate Hermanson
May 31, 20238 min read
REVIEW: Brooding atmosphere and fascinating puzzles > jump scares in The Tartarus Key
The Tartarus Key leans on a classic PSX horror aesthetic while defying genre expectations in this horror escape room puzzler.
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Nate Hermanson
Feb 1, 20239 min read
REVIEW: Signalis proves classic survival horror still has a place
Shrieking robots breaking the silence of grim halls. A fallible grasp on reality. Only six inventory slots. Will the horrors never end?!?!
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Nate Hermanson
Oct 24, 20228 min read
REVIEW: Explore local legends in the GPS app-based Simulacra 3
Don't look now... but there's something spooky RIGHT THERE in your pocket.
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Nate Hermanson
Oct 9, 20224 min read
Steam Next Fest 2022: Decarnation serves up literal and metaphorical body horror
Decarnation is the stuff dreams (well, nightmares) are made of.
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Nate Hermanson
Oct 3, 20226 min read
REVIEW: The Fridge Is Red and the whole is greater than the sum of its parts
Six interrelated horror vignettes, a standoff with a fridge, and a spooky VHS filter. What could go wrong?
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Green
Sep 23, 20223 min read
BitSummit 10 Developer Q&A: Peek into the shadows of Kitsune: The Journey of Adashino
Grab my hand. I think there's something lurking in the shadows... Read our Q&A with Rias, creator of Kitsune: The Journey of Adashino!
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Nate Hermanson
Nov 7, 20218 min read
REVIEW: Daniel Mullins pulls the rug out in card-battling Inscryption
In an industry that operates so heavily under tradition, games like the horror deck builder Inscryption come along and shake you awake.
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