Under-rated gem, appreciated by those who love to dig for a deep dark challenge.

Withing Rooms =
75% Dark Souls levelling system, weapons, armour, and general difficulty
15% Silent Hill designed enemies, atmosphere and art direction
10% Castlevania music, sound effects, and 2D level design
100% AwesomeSauce.

Positives:
+ The story was easy to follow and interesting, original, game has multiple endings
+ Grand sense of exploration and wonder. Playing at 3am in the dark, absolutely lost in a forest with zombie horses and bloody body bags chasing you when you have a sliver of life, never felt so tense and good.
+ Sound effects are creepy and on point. From the clanging crystal sounds of the outdoor cage area to the general creepy sounds when you are cursed status gave me goosebumps
+ The music is haunting and beautiful, eerie piano playing throughout, weird smooth jazz, unfitting drum and bass, always fresh and original
+ There are 89 monsters in the game, and the game was constantly introducing new creeps during my whole 20 hours of playing. Nothing ever felt stale. The enemies are superbly designed, gorey, gooey, slimy, spiky, disgusting and morbid this game has it all.
+ A plethora of different builds and hundreds of items and ways to outfit your character. My build was built on poise and violence, heavy attacks with with bloody pipe with a heavy gold suit of armour.
+ A plethora of interesting morbid characters to meet with an abundance of fun side quests
+ Secrets aplenty

Negatives:
- Some quests in the first half of the game are not explained too well, the directions are not 100% clear. I managed to get through by exploring every nook and cranny of the entire play area. The game is fun though, so I didn't mind. Some people might get frustrated.
- Might be too difficult for some players. You have to upgrade your character properly and stick with a certain build or you will become lunch meat quick.
- The combat could be a little more interesting, with more moves such as jumping, sliding, etc

I obtained all 54 achievements and would still play more if my backlog wasn't so huge.
Lets hope for a sequel Withering Rooms 2 soon!
9.5 / 10

10/10

The fact that this game was made by one person is simply mind boggling.
For the first few minutes I thought the game was going to be cheesy because of the first few cutscenes, but it gets really amazing after you get into it. Little did I know that after 7.5 hours of playing I would finish a masterpiece old school survival horror game. I beat the game with both characters and all the arena side quests. I recently played a AAA survival horror game that cost millions to produce, and this game was actually better.

+ Absolutely NAILS the original RE feel, really fun RE easter eggs
+ Feels like a polished old school survival horror game
+ Level design is fantastic
+ Lots of secret weapons and costumes to unlock
+ Fun original cutscenes
+ Cool fun boss fights
+ The two chooseable characters have different environments, weapons and item placements, each game felt fresh
+ Joystick controls worked perfectly

- Sometimes when you shoot your gun the bullets go through the enemy without hitting them
- A few items can be too hard to see / find

Developer please make a sequel or another horror game in the same game engine!