Eschaton

I would describe this as an interacting audio/visual art piece and I would very much love to see more!

A surreal PS1-style esoteric walking simulator set in a remote Scottish manor in the Highlands. Its low-poly, lo-fi aesthetic is immediately striking, leaning into a retro, glitch-adjacent unease reminiscent of Paratopic, while its slow pacing favors a meditative approach over interaction. The experience is driven almost entirely by atmosphere and sensory design. Audio stands out, with effective binaural soundscapes best enjoyed at "astral projection" level, though the AI-generated voice acting (including mangled sefirotic terms) weakens the occult tone. As in I Live Under Your House, horror never fully manifests as an event, instead permeating the space itself. Fragmented narration emerges through exploration, treating the environment as something to be read, much like in Dear Esther, albeit with a darker, ritualistic register. Visual ambiguity and heavy fuzz invite the player to project meaning, echoing the symbolic approach of Fatum Betula. The remote setting recalls No One Lives Under the Lighthouse, while its experiential focus loosely aligns it with Proteus, though in a more oppressive key. Unfortunately, there is little beyond this carefully curated mood. The story borders on gibberish, the sole puzzle is trivial, and the intrusive motion blur becomes irritating. At barely 20' long, Escathon feels more like an evocative audiovisual vignette than a fully realized game. 5 / 10

while this game is exceedingly short (all achievements / hidden collectables done in just over 20 minutes) It was still a relatively enjoyable experience, the strange and creepy vibes definitely lent itself to improving the game a lot and it ended on a visually stunning end that I thoroughly enjoyed.

An interesting experience, only 30 minutes but loved it personally

It’s good enough for the price. Unique but nothing too special, personally I think the game is more conceptually interesting than it is in execution

THIS IS SOME ILLUMINATI SH!T

The only thing worse than a profound idea poorly executed is an idiot who thinks they have a profound idea which is then poorly executed Absolute waste of my life