Bleeding Border (2015)

Developer: Curse Box Studios
Publisher: Volens Nolens Games
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Action, Indie
Rating: 2.4 of 5, 228 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 4.1 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A tense first-person survival horror where you must manage your own blood as a scarce resource while avoiding monsters.

tenseatmosphericsurvival horrorfirst-persongoryresource managementlinear

What players say

Players are split on Bleeding Border. Many call it a poorly optimized, clunky mess with broken mouse sensitivity and repetitive office floors that blur together. But the grotesque central idea of stabbing yourself to spray blood at monsters and the effective jumpscares keep a sizable number recommending it, especially at its very low price.

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