Underplayed Gems

The Night The Carsons Disappeared (2016)

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Developer
Stephen Long
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Indie
Rating
3.4 of 5, 32 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 35 minutes
Where to get it
Steam

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How it feels

A brief VR horror experience placing you in a quiet, increasingly tense and mysterious household as events unfold.

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What players say

Players sit in a chair and watch events unfold, making it more of a 25-40 minute interactive horror movie than a game. Reviews split sharply: some find it genuinely creepy for the price, while others call it boring with long stretches of nothing and broken scale that makes players float above the chair.

Screenshots

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