Crow Country

First the game's aesthetic is faithful of what a PS1-era horror game would have been. It feels like what if Final Fantasy VII was a horror game. That said under it's charming exterior, the game leaves a lot to be desired. The aiming is slow and tedious, enemies later on have an unfair advantage because of this. I know the point is that you can avoid enemies instead, but there's instances that you don't have that luxury. Puzzles are sometimes not well explained or badly-designed, for example one of the puzzles requires you to take damage eating safe or poisonous mushrooms in order to get an upgrade, and instead of relying on your memory or observation skills and just eating the safe ones, you just have to waste medkits eating all of them. The game also doesn't let you get creative, there was an instance where I had loaded a flamethrower turret and I lured an enemy to it, only for it to go through the flames unaffected. Finally, why doesn't the character reload the weapon automatically when it runs out of bullets? You have to go to the menu to do it every time, the controls screen states that (A) button reloads(?), but it wouldn't work for me. My fun started to deteriorate the more time I spent with the game. It's a shame because I really wanted to like this game.

many aspects of true old-school game design are just terrible you don't want to experience them in 2026

This game really fills the urge to look at pixel art and play video games. i highly recommend, i hardly ever write reviews

Cannot rebind keys, cannot turn off the film grain.

We can't stop here, this is Crow Country! ☠🦇

‎Hello, fellow gamers! ‎Remember the original Biohazard / Resident Evil trilogy and Final Fantasy VII? ‎This game feels exactly like those two, along with the graphics style and gameplay mechanics of the coolest retro games ever. ‎ ‎Is this a horror game? ‎Crow Country is a nostalgic survival horror game. ‎Set in an eerie, abandoned 1990s amusement park. Featuring retro, low-poly PS1-era graphics and chibi-style characters, it blends resource management, cryptic puzzles, back and forth / backtracking explorations and nostalgic traditionally clunky combat goodness. The clunkier it gets, the more nostalgic it will be. ‎It prioritizes a creepy, atmospheric vibe over cheap jumpscares, offering a cozy yet unsettling throwback experience. If you love golden-era gaming, this masterpiece was tailor-made for you. ‎ ‎Suitable for Teens and up, it also features a toggle-able 'Exploration Mode' for players who prefer no combat. Though I absolutely choose the Survival Horror mode better. Get ready for the mind-blowing plot that I won't reveal here as spoiler. ‎ And lastly... ‎Not often, but Steam is committing chronological robbery again for playing it offline, aggressively downsizing my hours like a corporate accountant. I poured a solid after midnight hours into this game, but Steam’s tracker insists I only gave it a brief, casual glance. It is essentially gaslighting my gaming dedication, reducing epic gaming sessions into mere minutes of recorded history. ‎ ‎But still, no matter what flaws and imperfections; I love you, Steam. ‎Always. ‎:3 ‎

This game is so much fun, BUT SAVE! I just lost well over an hour of playtime because i forgot to save. I lost like 3 items.

Game is so good ive bought it 3 times. I first played it on playstation and beat it like 3-4 times to platinum it. I wanted a physical copy so I got it on switch. Now I wanted to get it on steam so I could access the profile backgrounds. In short, this is a masterpiece.

Had to look up the ending cus it kept crashing whenever it tried to load the final room but absolute PEAK. The exploration was engaging, the puzzles were fun, the combat is perfectly stressful(especially on mouse and keyboard), the setting was perfect, every area had amazing and cool subareas. The game has truly unmatched atmosphere, the soundtrack is amazing, the story is PEAK and there are a surprising amount of secrets. Is definitely one of my favorite games now. Highly recommend to anybody who likes horror games.

o jogo é muito bom! gráficos que lembram bastante o ps1 e os resident evil. eu amo esse tipo de jogo e atmosfera