Contra Spem Spero (2025)

- Developer
- DADZINGO
- Platforms
- Windows, Linux
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie
- Rating
- 4.8 of 5, 25 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 9.5 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam

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.
How it feels
A tense, story-driven horror game where you explore a desolate roadside through text and visual novel scenes, solve puzzles, and manage survival needs.
narrative-drivenhorrortext-basedatmosphericpuzzlingsurvival elements
What players say
Players praise the unsettling atmosphere and the journal-and-camera gameplay that drives exploration and puzzle-solving. The art style, hand-drawn with realistic shading then pixelated, consistently surprises. Reviews mention a cast of morally ambiguous characters, multiple endings worth replaying, and no manual save.
Screenshots






More games like this
Cryphora (2025)
You see me? (2025)
The Bunker (2025)
OVERDOSE (2025)
Mycopsychosys: Remastered (2025)
Evil Lurks Below (2025)
Synthetic Captive (2025)
Centum (2025)- More like this game, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.