Reviews of Dread XP Developed Games

A tunnel in I Doesn't Exist that shows that there's more going on with this game than meets the eye
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I Doesn't Exist Review - Existential Dread

It's hard to describe I Doesn't Exist. It's a text adventure, but so much more. It's a dissection of mental health, but I'm sure it can also be interpreted in many different ways too. It's certainly…

September 12, 2023 | 08:00 EDT

An elevator bearing the legend "abandon hope, all ye who enter here" in Red Tape
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Red Tape Review

The fire-and-brimstone portrayals of Hell have never really done it for me. There's something silly about the exaggeration; eternal torture and constant agony are difficult to imagine because they're…

February 14, 2023 | 06:16 EST

A cadaver lies on the embalming table with the logo and text for The Mortuary Assistant to the right of it. Just above the text is a black figure with red eyes, looking at the camera from down the hallway.
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The Mortuary Assistant Review

I won't mince words - The Mortuary Assistant scared the absolute daylights out of me, and I'm very lucky I didn't have nightmares when I fell asleep right after playing. The game opens with a warning…

August 2, 2022 | 08:00 EDT

Sucker For Love
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Sucker For Love: First Date Review

Lovecraft's work is something that games have infamously got wrong, be it something egregious like getting the stories themselves wrong or something small like not quite nailing the tone. The great…

January 26, 2022 | 02:34 EST

Spookware - Key Art
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Spookware Episode 1 Review

Sometimes a game will completely defy genre, and occasionally that means that the game ends up creating its own genre. Of course, just because the game has created a genre, that doesn’t mean other…

August 26, 2021 | 05:35 EDT