Game: 39 / 447

Category: Underground


"The Monster Always Wins"

This game puts you underground in a cave with a relentless monster and gives you a flashlight. The concept sounds intense, but the execution is more frustrating than fun. The gameplay loop is simple: you stare at the monster to keep it from advancing, but if you stare too much, you die. If you look away, you die. If you mistime your flashlight when the lights go out… you guessed it—die.

It feels like there’s no room for error, and instead of creating tension, it just feels punishing. The balance between survival and inevitable failure is so tight that it’s hard to stay engaged.

The atmosphere is creepy, and the idea is interesting, but when every decision ends in death, it quickly stops being enjoyable. If you’re into trial-and-error frustration, you might find something here, but for most players, it’s probably best to look away.

Great game.
It's simple, but engaging. The sound design is also great and immersive, and i find the controls intuitive.
Very much recommend it.

For what it is it's a great little free horror game. And, actually quite fun. The design for the creature is actually really terrifying, especially when you flash him in the final stage and it's his soulless eyes. Apart from the design, the game mechanics themselves are actually pretty decent and unique, can't think of another staring contest game. When I downloaded it I had seen the cover and expected it to be an exploration game where this thing is chasing you, not a staring contest with it, however, I was pleasantly surprised as it's a fun challenge to come back to every once in a while. Quite replayable, although mostly just for a quick little round. Keep it up, an exploration game would be MUCH appreciated by me, and I'm sure a lot of others!