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As Caroline searches a mansion-hospital for missing twins, she solves intricate puzzles and fights monsters while conserving supplies.
Released 26 Aug 2021
Solve Mansion Puzzles
Cross Mirror Worlds
Rewrite the Past
Classic survival horror is back! Inspired by the original Resident Evil and Alone in the Dark series, Tormented Souls modernises with a fresh twist on the fixed perspective adventure - as Caroline Walker investigates the mysterious disappearance of twin girls in a terrifying mansion-turned-hospital.
Developed by Dual Effect, Abstract Digital · Published by PQube
Caroline Walker travels to Winterlake to investigate the disappearance of twin girls. After waking in an abandoned mansion converted into a hospital, she explores its halls and grounds to uncover what happened and find a way out.
The game combines fixed-perspective exploration with interconnected rooms, locked routes, clues, and item-based puzzles. Caroline searches for tools and documents, combines objects, and revisits places as she opens new areas. Mirrors lead to another reality and time, where actions can affect the present.
Combat pits Caroline against monsters using weapons found along the way, while limited ammunition and healing supplies encourage careful use of resources. Save tapes are also consumable, so players must choose when to record their progress.
Players who enjoy the game often praise its old-school survival-horror feel, eerie mansion atmosphere, and the tension created by fixed camera views and limited supplies. Many find exploring the interconnected rooms and solving challenging puzzles rewarding, though others consider some puzzle solutions too obscure. The soundtrack and environmental presentation also receive positive mentions.
While investigating the disappearance of twin girls at Winterlake, something terrible happens to Caroline Walker. Waking in the dead of night, naked and hooked up to some kind of outdated medical equipment in a bathtub, Caroline must fight for her life as she explores the halls of the abandoned mansion.
Tormented Souls draws inspiration from classic survival horror like From Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and Alone in the Dark. A modern take on the fixed-perspective action-adventure game, Tormented Souls offers a modernised control scheme and dynamic camera combined with classic gameplay.
Dark forces and unspeakable horrors will do everything in their power to stop Caroline getting to the truth. Use anything and everything that you can find to fight back against evils lurking in the darkness.
You'll need much more than a steady aim and sharp reflexes to make it out alive. Search the environment for anything you can use to your advantage. Combine items to solve twisted puzzles and use every resource available to explore the secrets of the mansion and its grounds.
Scavenge essential resources and tools, decipher clues from long-forgotten journals, and combine it all to solve fiendish puzzles and get to the bottom of the mansion's sordid history.
Nothing is quite as it seems at Winterlake. Mirrors provide a path to an alternate reality and another place in time. By crossing these shimmering gateways, Caroline can manipulate the very fabric of reality in surprising ways.
The mansion may seem abandoned, but as Caroline investigates its secrets, dark forces and unspeakable horrors will do everything in their power to stop her getting to the truth. Be sure to be alert at all times, and use anything you can find to fight off the encroaching terrors of Winterlake. Just remember: gaze into the darkness, and it also gazes into you...
Can Caroline Walker discover the truth and escape with her life?
| Platforms | Windows |
|---|---|
| Achievements | 29 |
| Age ratings |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Demo | View demo on Steam |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| Metacritic | 75/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |
