Devil's Hideout

The Devil's Hideout is a rather short fully voiced horror adventure game. The pixel graphics really do their thing to create some atmosphere of uncannyness and an uneasy feeling. Especially the beginning works pretty well. Unfortunately latest in the second half of the game puzzles get very random and stuff doesn't make much sense anymore. I think that's done deliberately to make the scenario more mystical/horror-themed but personally I found it rather hilarious. The actual horror in that game happend through a hand full of some quite forseeable jump scares. It's okay for me, but I hoped for a bit more/different, especially with some of the scenes that were presented. Still a thumbs up for solid pixel graphics and voice acting together with a rather cheap price.

I feel like it strikes a nice balance between being spooky, but still easily approachable for most people. Not super long, but I think the content of it is pretty solid, I really enjoyed it.

Another great game by Cosmic Void. Love the setting and the pixel art!

Well, it was mediocre, weird, with illogical items, short and somewhat unrewarding ending[s] I've been playing point-and-clicks for 30+ years, this is one of the games that didn't impress me at all

I found this during the Halloween sale and because I'm a fan of point and click games I decided to check it out without knowing much about it. [h3]Story[/h3] Lauren and her sister Beth were involved in a car accident and Beth was pronounced dead in the hospital as a result. One year later, Lauren still has doubts about Beth's death so she decides to contact a medium that tells her that Beth likely is still alive. She decides to go back to that same hospital, however, there are very strange things going on in town. [h3]Game play[/h3] The player is presented with a scene that covers the full screen. There's a small inventory on the bottom left where collected items can be interacted with. In the view port, interactions are limited to specific areas of interest on screen, compared to some point and click games where you can interact with anything. The specific areas that can be interacted with can be highlighted by clicking SPACE or CTRL by default. The highlight feature is a plus in my experience. Older point and click players might brush this off as making things too clear or easy, but realistically, it only prevents time being wasted from trying to randomly click anywhere on the screen for results. [h3]Theme[/h3] Being a horror game, the game builds up the atmosphere quite well. While mostly eerie and creepy, there are a few jump scares that I unfortunately feel are a bit cheap. Most of them happen in dark rooms, even in rooms that you've already visited and they are not connected to any practical event. [h3]Puzzles[/h3] The puzzles are for the most part logical with one of the few exceptions that stuck out was having to use a blown up balloon to reach a scroll standing on a window ledge. Hints are being given to a reasonable degree. I did not manage to reach a dead-end or anything that would be game-breaking. [h3]Length[/h3] The game is unfortunately a bit short. The actual game play in my case lasted just under three hours and while the ending makes sense, it feels a bit inconclusive and leaves a lot of unanswered questions. It feels like it ends at a point where around 70% of the game has been explored. [h3]Graphics[/h3] Beautifully drawn pixel-art. The art style and palette is consistent through-out the whole game and it fits well with the theme. One nitpick I have is that some of the outdoor scenes look a little weird, in particular the one outside the butcher's shop where the perspective of the building is a bit off. [h3]Sound[/h3] The music and sound effects both fit very well so I don't have much to add there. The character dialogues are voice acted and the voice acting is decent. Perhaps some of the characters could be done a little better but overall there was nothing that stood out to me as distracting or off-putting. [h3]Conclusion[/h3] Overall I enjoyed this game, though I wish the experience lasted a bit longer. There are a few plot points that I would like to point out but I wanted this to be a spoiler-free review. With that said, considering the quality of the content is (music and graphics in particular), I'm looking forward to more of what this developer has in store.

It's a short but enjoyable game. For some reason, the vibes of this game reminded me of Cultic.

great game. spooky, creepy awesomeness. can't wait to see what this dev cooks up next!

Un point & click muy interesante, perfecto para cualquier fan del género. Me gustó la historia, y los gráficos son preciosos. Eso sí, me llevé un par de sustos y hacía mucho que un juego de éste género no me lo generaba XD

If you like point and click detective games then play this game. The graphics are very beautiful, I like them a lot. The voice acting is mostly good, some of the characters are a little forced. The sound design is 10/10 amazing. I really wish to see what the developers can create with a longer story. I would have loved to see this world more in depth. The scary elements of the game are very clever!

Alright horror point and click game with some really weird moon logic in places that would make Roberta Williams proud. There are only a few areas and screens to move around on and not that many inventory objects, and from what I saw, no fail state, so it's not that much of an issue. There is also a very strict order you have to do things in, even if you know what you have to do, if you havn't done one other thing before, the game sometimes doesn't let you do it. It's a bit frustrating, but I asume it's a way of preventing soft locks. The puzzle design is not the best, there really is no rhyme and reason to a lot of puzzle solutions. Basically just use everything on everything, even if it makes no sense, and you beat it in 3 hours or so (accidentaly left the game running so, my playtime is inflated. The story, characters and setting is very cliche, and quite predictable but it works well as a b-horror. If that was what the devs where going for they definitly naild the mood of some weird 80:s horror movie you found in a dusky corner of the video store that turned out a lot better than it had any right to be. It's not a strong recomendation, but for what it is, it's pretty alright.