UNDERWARD (2025)

Developer: INTENSE
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Rating: 3.7 of 5, 664 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 4.6 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A tense co-op crawl through a deadly underground hospital where stealth is paramount and solo play turns into an unforgiving loop of trial-and-error.

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What players say

Players call it a horror game for waifu collectors, with jiggle physics on enemies and enemies that mimic voice chat. It is a simple collect-and-extract game, best with high-energy friends. However, level 5 introduces a sudden difficulty spike with cheap instant-kill enemies, splitting players on whether the game is fair or becomes unfair past level 4.

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