Paradise Lost

In an alternate-history 1980, 12-year-old Szymon crosses a devastated Poland after his mother's death. A photograph leads him to a vast underground bunker, where he hopes to find the man pictured beside her. Inside, a mysterious girl named Ewa contacts him through the bunker’s technology.

The game is a first-person exploration adventure. Players travel through the bunker’s industrial, residential, and recreational spaces, interact with doors, levers, and other objects, and uncover its history through documents, recordings, dialogue, and the environment.

Progress is mostly linear, with chapters advancing as Szymon explores and learns more about the bunker and its inhabitants. Interactions and puzzles are occasional and simple; some choices affect conversations or perspectives, while decisions near the end lead to different endings.

In the supplied reviews, players who enjoy the game often point to its atmospheric underground setting, detailed and varied environments, and the alternate-history mystery revealed through exploration. Some also find the story moving or engaging. Others feel the slow pace and limited interaction leave little to do, and opinions on the writing and voice acting vary. A recurring complaint is that loading checkpoints can leave Szymon unable to move, sometimes forcing players to restart a section; slow movement and camera motion are also criticized.