Chronicles from the Abyss (2025)

Developer: Aaron Wise, Adriano Silva
Publisher: Trial By Fire Games
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Adventure, Casual, Indie
Rating: 4.7 of 5, 15 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 1.0 hours
Where to get it: Steam

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A collection of dark interactive horror and thriller stories where each choice deepens the sense of dread and leads to different outcomes.

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What players say

Players praise the collection's variety of disturbing short horror stories, each with multiple endings. The value is good for the price, but performance is a real issue: the game runs the CPU and GPU hard with uncapped frames, and 'Speak, Lord' lacks a seizure warning. Players are split on replaying for all endings, some finding the lack of a fast-forward or gallery tedious.

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