Underplayed Gems

The Peresmeshnik (2020)

The Peresmeshnik cover
Developer
Sean Arnold
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Adventure, Free To Play
Rating
4.6 of 5, 109 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 35 minutes
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

A cold, text-driven psychological thriller where you navigate isolation and dread aboard a Soviet ship lost at sea.

psychological horroratmospherictensetext-basedisolatingdarksurvivallonelymysterious

What players say

Players describe it as a very short text-based horror game inspired by The Thing, with multiple endings and atmospheric music. The writing is criticized as amateurish, with characters speaking in broken English that some find frustrating.

Screenshots

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