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Connection: The Nightmare Within

85% positive of 145 Steam reviews

Released: 2024
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam, itch.io

Made by Dragon Level.

About the game

Inspired by the classics such as Resident Evil, Silent Hill and Alone In the Dark: Detective Stone investigates a shadow conspiracy. Explore atmospheric levels, fight monsters, and solve puzzles. Unravel a story of twists and turns. Choose classic fixed camera, or over-the-shoulder.

Tagged by players

Thriller
Detective
Mystery
Zombies
Horror
Survival Horror
Third Person
Psychological Horror
Puzzle
Dark
Atmospheric
Action

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Very Positive

What players say

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I wasn't sure what to think of this one when I bought it. It wasn't a typical horror theme, and it had options of both over the shoulder and fixed camera angles. But I took a chance and really enjoyed it. The story was pretty unique and it all made sense. The two playing options both worked well, I did two playthroughs to try each and 100%'d the game. The only downside is that I would say the game is a little on the…
8.1 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Recommended
Pretty decent, fairly fun. I had some graphical stuttering but switching to old school graphics fixed that immediately.
46 min played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Can't re-bind controls. Almost refunded right then, but decided to use Microsoft Powertoys to re-bind the controls. The game has a lot going for it, a decent atmosphere, what looked to be solid puzzles, etc. But the reason I refunded was the combat just didn't feel great. Hit detection felt a little off, melee combat didn't feel weighty, guns didn't feel punchy, I don't know. Just felt a little cheap. Take my review…
48 min played when written. 7 found it helpful.
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