Underplayed Gems

Skautfold: Shrouded in Sanity (2016)

Skautfold: Shrouded in Sanity cover
Developer
Steve Gal
Publisher
Pugware
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG
Rating
4.0 of 5, 532 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 3.6 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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How it feels

it feels like a tense, gothic survival-horror crawl through a mansion where every encounter is punishing and the atmosphere is thick with dread.

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What players say

Players describe it as a short, janky 2.5D Bloodborne with a strong Lovecraftian atmosphere. Many praise the setting and pixel art but criticize simple combat, bad hitboxes, and controls. Opinions split on whether the jank is tolerable.

Screenshots

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