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Contra Spem Spero

95% positive of 22 Steam reviews

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Released
2025
Steam Deck
Not tested
Platforms
Steam

Made by DADZINGO.

About the game

Contra Spem Spero is a text-based horror adventure with visual novel elements. Not every road leads out. You are lost deep in a twisted place — a forest one can only hope to escape.

Tagged by players

  • Choose Your Own Adventure
  • Psychological Horror
  • Horror
  • Choices Matter
  • Visual Novel
  • Interactive Fiction
  • Story Rich
  • Dark Humor
  • Multiple Endings
  • Surreal
  • Text-Based
  • Dark

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What players say

  • Recommended
    Not sure if it's an insult or a complement, but I thought the art in the game was so photo realistic, I thought it was generated, but doing a bit of research, it seems that is just how the dev finishes his drawings, doing realistic shading, and then putting a distorted pixel filter at the end (I left a link below if you want to check it yourself). Not something I see a lot done manually outside of AI games, so very…

    18 h played when written. 44 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    An impressive debut! Strong visuals and decent writing, a great fit once the spooky season arrives. It's not as much scarry, as it is uncomfortable and, for the most part, oppressive, and as the game oozes with style, you can easily figure out if it's something you'd enjoy. My main issue is tied to to somewhat misguided bits of immersive UI. The "travel" button is more of an annoying leftover of an older design,…

    5.3 h played when written. 11 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    Unfortunately, the game didn't suit me.

    12 min played when written. 1 found it helpful.

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