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An actor explores a haunted ocean liner where shifting film sets and memories turn a director's production into psychological horror.
Released 28 May 2019
Explore Shifting Film Sets
Uncover an Actor's Past
Escape Monster Chases
A first‑person psychological horror game set on a haunted ocean liner. As an actor summoned by an unorthodox director, you’ll confront twisted memories from your past and learn the price of achieving the perfect performance.
Developed by Bloober Team SA · Published by Bloober Team SA, NA Publishing
You play an actor summoned to an ocean liner by a mysterious director to perform in a film. As the production unfolds, the ship and its scenes shift around you, blurring the line between the role, your memories, and reality.
Explore mostly linear corridors and film sets, inspect objects and documents, and solve environmental puzzles to uncover fragments of the actor's past. Changes in rooms and routes can transform familiar spaces without warning.
Some sections introduce threats to avoid or escape, alongside choices about how to respond to the director's instructions. Collectibles, chapter replay, New Game+, and multiple endings provide ways to revisit the story and see different outcomes.
Players who enjoy the game often point to its striking visual design, unsettling ocean-liner atmosphere, sound, and scenes that transform around them. Some also appreciate piecing together its symbolic story and moments of tension. Other reviews find the narrative difficult to follow and the largely linear walking and light puzzles slow or repetitive; reactions to the chases and horror vary, and some players report dizziness or nausea.
The acclaimed sequel that redefined the award-winning series. Climb aboard a mysterious ocean liner as you step into the shoes of an actor called to perform under strange circumstances by a director with unsettling intentions.
Echoes of past performances twist into distorted memories, props become threats, and the line between stage and self begins to collapse. With every step, you’re pushed to achieve the director’s cryptic demands – and answer the question of what you’re willing to sacrifice for the perfect role.
Created by the modern masters of horror at Bloober Team, Layers of Fear 2 is a feast of cinematic storytelling amidst shifting, nightmarish environments.
Story-driven Exploration – Explore the world around you in order to uncover your past and reveal the hidden reasons why you were chosen for this role.
Psychological Horror – Is this part of the film, or are your memories playing tricks on you? The world may change in an instant and only you can decide what's real and what's not.
Unique Ocean Liner Setting – As you descend into the depths of the ship, the scenes you shoot for the film grow ever more surreal, and ever more terrifying.
Classical Ominous Soundtrack – An original score composed by Arkadiusz Reikowski, conducted by George Strezov, and performed by the Sofia Session Orchestra.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 32 |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| Metacritic | 70/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |
