Trench Face (2025)

Developer: Pulse Blue
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy
Rating: 4.7 of 5, 710 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 3.4 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

You navigate a haunting, corpse-strewn battlefield, solving a personal mystery through tense turn-based encounters and atmospheric exploration.

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What players say

Players call Trench Face a short, brutally difficult horror RPG with a bleak atmosphere and a black metal soundtrack. The combat is heavy on RNG and trial and error, and the story is deliberately vague, leaving players to form their own interpretations. Some players find the difficulty punishing without an easy mode, but others appreciate the challenge.

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