Layers of Fear - Psychedelic Horror Game

Layers of Fear on Steam

Layers of Fear is a first-person psychedelic horror game with a heavy focus on story and exploration. Players take control of a painter whose sole purpose is to finish his Magnum Opus. The player must navigate through both a constantly changing Victorian-era mansion and ghastly visions of the painter's fragile and crumbling psyche.

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Part of April's Humble Monthly was Layers of Fear. I am absolutely in love with this game! It terrifies me and I just keep coming back for more.

What I love about it is that this isn't a survival horror game. There's no monster chasing you. There's no imminent danger. Instead, Layers of Fear is all about the creepy atmosphere and the story that unfolds as you discover just exactly how insane the main character is.

If you've ever played Gone Home, then you are familiar with how this all works. You wander around a big, ol' house, reading bits of paper and finding pictures and whatnot that let you piece together a story. Only, in this story, things have gone horribly, terribly wrong. And you are the cause of it. All the while that you are wandering around the house, your mind plays tricks on you. Or, does it? Is anything that you are seeing real? The house itself changes, reflecting either events that took place or...the state of the character's mind. Honestly, at this point, I'm not sure which. Maybe both?

I don't want to post any more than this because I don't want to spoil the story. (And, I haven't completed a playthrough, yet. So, I don't know, for certain, what happened. I have theories but...) Rest assured, though, that this story is creepy! I tried to play it at night with the lights out and noped right out of that. I kept playing, but turned the lights back on. (I'm a wimp.)