[Chilla's Art] Onryo | 怨霊 (2020)

Developer: Chilla's Art
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Simulation
Rating: 2.8 of 5, 189 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 5.7 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

You slowly creep through a realistic haunted house, straining to hear ghosts and using a camera to exorcise them, with punishing difficulty rewarding careful observation.

survival horroratmosphericfirst-persontenserealisticdifficultimmersivepuzzle

What players say

Players describe Onryo as a slow-burn Japanese horror game that leans on atmosphere and exploration rather than jump scares. It has a fixed-camera, puzzle-heavy structure that some compare to Resident Evil, though it is repetitive at times. The final boss is notably difficult. An early bug where a ghost stayed in the safe zone was reported, and a save system was added later.

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