Underplayed Gems

Dementium: The Ward (2025)

Dementium: The Ward cover
Developer
Atooi
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie
Rating
4.4 of 5, 278 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 4.9 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

A tense, claustrophobic first-person survival horror where you navigate a hostile, dark hospital ward under constant threat.

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What players say

Players nostalgic for its 2007 DS original praise the atmosphere, but modern gamers find it monotonous and punishing. The PC port uses the 3DS remaster's quality-of-life changes like checkpoints after bosses, yet some note balance breaks in the second half and cramped combat where you cannot hold a flashlight and weapon at the same time.

Trailer

Screenshots

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