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PHASMOPHOBIA

Developer/publisher Kinetic Games

Format PC

Origin UK

Release 2021

Horror videogames, with few exceptions, have always had a problem with interaction: what agency do players have, and how can that be used to scare them? The default answer, exemplified by is to tool the player character up and make the monsters bleed. More ingenious ideas, however, have come from the likes of or even more recently where engagement is focused on the

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