SHADOW MANSION

i REALLY wanted to love this game. The voice acting? so bad its good. The sound effects? I can find them online in a .2 second google search. again, so bad it's good. Graphics? Mid tbh. PLAY-ABILITY: none. It EATS your cpu/gpu. You WILL lagg/stutter if you run ANYWHERE. AND I got to a door in the cellar that was just an invisible wall so I couldnt continue, even after going back to prior entry of the cellar. I could look past the bad optimization, I couldnt look past the BEING STUCK LESS THAN AN HOUR INTO THE GAME. ;;w;; I wanted to love it.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ – It’s okay, but needs some fixes Shadow Mansion has some good moments, but my experience was mixed. I ran into a few bugs that stopped me from progressing, and at one point I got completely stuck and had to reload the game to continue. The opening drive also felt way too long and dragged things out more than it needed to. I would also like less AI involvement, personally. For the type of game it is, it was surprisingly heavy on my system, which made streaming a bit tricky. That said, for a Just starting out Indie Turkish company they did an okay job with their very first game. The jump scares were fun and kept me on my toes, and I liked that the game was short enough to finish in a single stream. With a bit more polish, optimization, and some personally touches by the game developers this could be a much better experience. I will be trying again to see if I can get past the bug at the end of the game.

Got this game through Lurkit and I gotta admit it's a kinda raw but has a good foundation PROS - Well timed Jumpscares: The jumpscares were on point, delivered every time - Ambiance: The Mansion is properly creepy, althought the flashlight lighting plays against it CONS - The Writing: The plot is pretty simple, while I was interested due to curiosity I think it needed some polish, specially the dialogue - The Voice Acting: A generic dialogue could be saved by a good voice acting, but this isn't the case. We actually had a bet while streaming on whether it was AI or not - Asset Reliance: It is a short game but at the end, around the part you go the library to retrieve the code, it's pretty noticeable that the game relies on store assets (the ritual room's door is a subway door, seriously?) - Performance: It wasn't terrible, game played smoothly on stream but I couldn't get over the fact this game seemed to fully utilize my CPU and GPU (I blame Unreal for this) VEREDICT: - The game has great ideas, but kinda lacks polish. It's not Great but not Terrible either - Then again it's an Indie Game and it's pretty cheap - Recommended if you're into indie horror games

got some spooks, and some funny moments

Was Gifted this game on Lurkit. Does the game have hiccups? yes Does the game have good jump scares? Yes Does the Dev have passion for horror games? Absolutely I believe this game is the Devs first game and in all honesty It's really not that bad. A little context about myself, I am a Vtuber who's main niche is horror games, and I can tell by the way the Devs write about their games that they have great passion for the horror Genre. This by no means is a triple A polished game, but playing games from this studio has really caused me to fall in love with indie games. I was normally a type of person that only liked triple A game titles that had a lot of money and huge teams that made the game. But I have really been enjoying this studios games, and each one they make gets better and better. The game is like 5 bucks and made by a small crew, considering that the game is pretty darn good. This studio really has a passion for horror games and I can tell it with each game they make. All in all I really enjoyed the game. It was pretty fun.

I received this key from LurkIt and played it on stream. While I got the game for free, I can't recommend it at full price for what it is currently. Edited to add, the dev team seems to be very active and responsive, and I love that. You guys did a good job for your first attempt! Pros + Storyline is simple and straight forward - you got a mansion! Go check it out. Weird things unfold. + Atmosphere is overall pretty good! A whistle in the woods was hands down the creepiest part of the game to me. It reminded me of Appalachian legends about strange whistles and voices in the woods. I was really hoping for more of that eeriness. + Puzzles were good - I got stuck at one but that was my fault because I'm pretty mediocre at puzzles 😅 Wish there were more! + Sound design - I know this is a subheading to the atmosphere but I really want to point out the ambient noises keeping me on my toes. Not knowing what was important and what was just background made for some really good tension. + Spoiler, but [spoiler]cute pig. Don't know why he was there, but he was cute. 10/10 pig[/spoiler]. Cons -I know that other reviews prior to December 2025's update mentioned poor optimization, and I think that is still the case. Of course, there's room for error on my end, but it ate up my graphics card enough that the game crashed when someone redeemed a CAPTCHA puzzle through Crowd Control. I made some graphics changes once I got the game booted up again and it was able to run without further issues. In fact, when I was in a certain area of the map, I got yellow text across my screen saying something about shadows not loading? I can't be certain what it said specifically because I'm not a developer and it didn't make sense to me as a layperson. -The jump scares were unbalanced and weird. For a game that says "we won't use cheap jump scares to get you", I felt like that they did. BIG NOISE SCREENFLASH AHHH. There were 9 times I jumped, and only two of them did I think were well done [spoiler](a particular door opening after it was shown to be shut, and a flashlight scare)[/spoiler]. In my opinion, some of them were pretty nonsensical and left me confused. -I felt like I was promised more than what I got both in gameplay and story. One instance is that when you check out the keybinds, you have way more keybinds for tools that you don't need. I thought there was going to be more in-depth puzzling/investigating, but all you get/need [spoiler]is a flashlight - that's it. No need for a spot for a lighter, or a UV light, or a gun, but they're all there in the settings! I felt like I was overlooking things because I couldn't find or use them. Same with having a health bar, don't need it because only one thing that I found could kill me, and it's an insta death via jumpscare.[/spoiler] I don't mind that so much because of the respawn, but it was an odd mechanic to have. A second one that was confusing was [spoiler]fuses and light management. We were told to look for fuses and then, nope, never needed to. I kept an eye out for them but never found any so I assume that was just a plot device to get us into the basement[/spoiler]. They set up (in my mind) some cool and creepy elements that in the end, weren't actually part of the story. It was just set dressing that LOOKED like it was important [spoiler]like the wheelchair that said Edie, the nun doll and painting, the wonderfully creepy whistle to name a few off the top of my head[/spoiler]. TL;DR This feels like a solid demo from some people familiar with the horror narrative/investigative genre, but you can tell that they're cutting their teeth. If you don't mind that, then by all means, enjoy! Honestly, the game left me wanting MORE, in terms of the story and the gameplay.

Sono qui per l'achievement che il gioco non mi darà rendendo la mia vita triste e senza uno scopo vero. E' un peccato perchè il gioco non mi è piaciuto più di tanto, mi piace platinare i giochi quando altre persone non riescono per poter poi vantarmi con loro nei mesi a venire.

Buy it if you love old school horror genre like me. Not a bad 2 hours to spend.