
A first-person dog sledding horror game. Play as a sled dog musher hired to transport a scientist deep into the unforgiving wastes of the arctic.
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A scientist, seeking to return to the expedition he had to abandon, hires a sled dog musher to bring him on the last leg of his journey.
That Which Gave Chase is an experimental, narrative-driven dog sledding horror game set in the vast, frozen wastes of the arctic. Playing as a sled dog musher, you must maneuver your dogs through treacherous terrain, guided by a stranger who promises great reward should you both arrive at your destination unharmed.
Playtime: Around 45-60 minutes.
Features:
First-person, physics-based dog sledding. Plan your route and keep your sled from tipping over as you venture through challenging terrain, ranging from linear paths to more open-ended yet contained spaces.
A mix of adventure and light horror elements, with a linear walking sim-like structure. This game is story-focused and somewhat text heavy, with an emphasis on mood and atmosphere.
Experience a disjointed narrative utilizing sudden cuts and a constant unnerving atmosphere. Retrace the steps of an arctic expedition as you venture further and further into the grey.
An average playthrough of That Which Gave Chase will take around 45-60 minutes. Keep your eyes open and learn to read the strange place you find yourself in, and you may find there is more to uncover.
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Languages: English, Japanese, Turkish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian, Czech +2 more
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Hours played at review time, across 49 reviews with recorded playtime.
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Really good 1hr game.
---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☐ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☑ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☑ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☑ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☑ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10
Maybe the real chase was the mushrooms we ate along the way.
nice and short indie horror game, it is very atmospheric and mysterious
To be played while on mushrooms
great stuff
Interesting fun short horror game, story was confusing but I really loved how it was messing with my head making me feel like I was going crazy. 7/10!
runs great on my machine
A good game that makes you think about what is happening. I can sense touches of philosophy and underlying ideas here - ideas that I haven't fully uncovered yet, but I would really like to give the game another try. I finished it in about one hour. Although it's short, it left me with a very pleasant impression. It's a pity that there is no Russian language support. Nowadays, with so many AI tools available, it would be great to provide text translations into different languages, especially Russian, since the Russian-speaking community consists of many millions of people. Thanks to the developer. I hope there will be more projects in the future with the same atmosphere
As a massive fan of The Terror, The Thing, and Misery I found That Which Gave Chase rolled all three into a very tense and cinematic hour long experience. This game isn't for everyone and I can respect that. It's less of a game and more of an interactive movie at best. It's slow and tense and purposefully isolates you by leaving you in the dark about what happened throughout it's short timespan. I loved the unreliable narration of it all and the ambiguous ending, I loved the atmosphere and it's story telling was very similar to Mouthwashing - I think any fans of that game could greatly enjoy this one too. For anyone afraid of horror games: There are NO JUMPSCARES in this game, accidental ones can occur but the horror of the game lies in a Lovecraftian unknown style. Definitely a game I think people should check out, since this type of artic exploration horror is vastly underutilized in general but since the game lacks gameplay for most to sink their teeth into, watching a playthrough would suffice as well and still get the story across.
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