
Mary Thorne retreats to Valley View Escape to focus on her project while waiting for her friend Carly. What begins as a calm week starts to feel… off.
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Story:
Mary Thorne books a week-long getaway at Valley View Escape with her friend, Carly, to escape family chaos and focus on her project. When Carly is delayed, Mary spends the first few days alone and soon senses an unnerving presence around her. Can she uncover the source of that strange feeling and survive the week, or will she succumb to the Gaze of Dread?
Gameplay:
Gaze of Dread is an atmospheric first-person horror walking simulator featuring an interactive world, rising suspense and tension, and an immersive narrative. Focus on your photos and some quiet time before Carly gets there. Each day–night cycle brings dreams that blend with what you’ve seen and grow more intense, as the unease builds and you work to stay calm.
Features:
Day/Night Progression: Experience sunlit days and hushed, uneasy nights around Valley View Escape.
Photography: Capture the local scenery with your camera; photos are saved to a scrapbook.
Paranormal Activity: Experience strange events and otherworldly encounters.
Dream Interludes: Brief, unsettling dreams that grow more intense as the story unfolds.
Fully Voiced: A fully voice-acted story that carries the emotion and tension.
Stats
All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English**languages with full audio support
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 40 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
Themes across 40 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
Reviews
I think there's a bug or something. That [spoiler] Dracula guy (I forgot his name) [/spoiler] kept switching back and forth between being bald and having a full head of hair every second—it cracked me up. Haha.
Very creepy game. I liked the parts with the strange dreams.
Wyprowadzamy się od rodziców, by w spokoju zrealizować projekt fotograficzny. Nową okolicę nawiedza plaga zaginięć. Symulator chodzenia z elementami biegania jak najbardziej dostarcza rozrywki. Grafika jest wykonana starannie, a optymalizacja jest niezła. Czy straszy? Nie aż tak. Muzyka nie zapada w pamięć, ale voice acting głównej aktorki jak najbardziej na plus - od razu zyskuje sympatię! Fajnie wypadły zadania związane z życiem codziennym. Projekty niektórych lokacji urzekają - szczególnie główny dom i las. Wady? Historia bez ładu i składu - wątek główny rozparcelowanymi, nieangażującymi wspominkami/wizjami (i tak to nie spoiler - po co cały wątek z lalką?). W zasadzie niepotrzebna postać Billa w historii (Voice Acting do poprawny - bo nawet znudzony życiem, u którego każde wypowiedziane zdanie samogłoski przeciągają się na godziny; Ta neutralność w głosie totalnie nie pasuje. Dograłbym jeszcze raz bardziej angażująco jego kwestie). Ciężar emocjonalny jest źle budowany - zamiast odkrywać karty przez pierwsze godziny mnożą się pytania, aby na końcu otrzymać epilog o przygodzie i relacji, której się ani nie przeżyło ani doświadczyło. Dziwne są niewidzialne ściany, które zamiast łopatologicznie zatrzymać... spowalniają. Ale gra i tak się wyróżnia na plus - mimo to na nie więcej, niż 30 PLN.
bit too much dialogue at times, a lot of the middle section drags a bit. fine overall though
Love Just Sauce games. this one has a lot of heart and was a blast to play
Is a beautiful game with a story that surprised me and had me wondering as i started the game. But as things unfold a lot started to make sense. i believe an improvement on some cut scenes would benefit the game, a possible alternate usage to the sauce coins would make me more addicted to gambling, for example use sauce coins to purchase collectibles, in game art. This game is worth it and it leaves room for potentially continuing this story if so desired, but that may just be me and my imagination getting ahead of itself. Thanks for this wonderful game, will investigate how i can further support the future of this developing team. ChocoX7
https://youtu.be/_qWIl6O4neg This game is just amazing. Watch my video if you don't believe me.
GOOD STORY!
THIS GAME WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE! Great Price! Great Story! Nice Gameplay! Hope to follow more past and future projects!
I spent 20 mins in aim trainer because I couldn't catch a doll. 10/10 would recommend. I like a lot of the mechanics and unexpected jump scares. The Game is keeping me on my toes. I'm not trying to spoil too much but the gambling.... Well, I will just say this KIA BOYS WE UPPPP!!!!!!!
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