
Patrol a haunted forest as a lone medieval guard in this short psychological horror experience. Leave the safety of your watchtower, listen for threats in the dark, and uncover what's lurking beyond the trees—before paranoia consumes you.
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A short psychological horror experience from the creators of Kaamos.
Vartio (Finnish for “Patrol”) drops you into the boots of a medieval guardsman assigned to a solitary night watch. Your duty: patrol the shadowy forests surrounding a remote watchtower and report back to your commander. But something is wrong out there. And it’s getting closer.
Step out into the cold woods under cover of night. As a lone sentry on the empire’s edge, your torch is dim, and your instincts are all you can trust.
Rely on your ears more than your eyes. Every rustle in the brush, every creak of a branch may spell danger. Are those footsteps? Or just the wind?
The deeper into the forest you go, the more uncertain reality becomes. Blood trails. Whispers. Was that a raider—or something worse?

A compact, focused psychological horror experience (~20 minutes).
Immersive 3D pixel art with a dark retro aesthetic.
Rich atmospheric sound design crafted to heighten tension.
Standalone story set in the same unsettling world as Kaamos.
You’re not the only one walking these woods tonight.
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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 40 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
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Reviews
a short horror game I liked it
[h1] И всё? [/h1] Игра СЛИШКОМ короткая — всего 24 минуты. Просто погулял 3,5 круга — и ВСЁ! ИГРА ЗАКОНЧИЛАСЬ! Лучше бы добавили что-то интересное, мне стиль и атмосфера понравились, а не делали бы её такой короткой!
I enjoyed the simplicity, the atmosphere and the brevity.
Good short game that makes you feel that long-forgotten feeling of being alone in the dark. Just listen to "Fear of the Dark" by Iron Maiden (or Van Canto cover) before playing this.
Okay it gave me some shudders and creeps and gasps. Yay. Needs achievments
Extremely simple, but very effective horror. Delicious sound design, I found myself turning in my chair to see if my cat was making noises behind me. She wasn't.
Y bueno,típico juego de walking simulator donde tienes que ir de punto A → B. No está mal para ser un juego tan barato,es bastante corto,no tiene cosas muy grotesca debido al diseño pixel art, es bastante light y te lo puedes pasar en media hora o menos dependiendo. Mayormente es un juego que te pondrá a prueba tu escucha ,si eres más paranoico que yo es más probable que te asusté,no tiene constantes screamers por decir que solo tiene uno,me dejó un poco con la intriga al final,me hubiera gustado ver un poco más,aún así lo recomiendo incluso para regalar a ese amigo que se asusta fácil ദ്ദി◝ ⩊ ◜)
Scary Scuffed Games #414 https://twitch.tv/DitoMido Bisherige Reviews Archiv: https://rsg.ditomido.de/archive Vorgeschlagen von: Rittersternchen Ich habe es geliebt, wie die Fußschritte einen verfolgt haben. Grafik war Cool, die Stimme tat in den Ohren weh und wirklich spooky war da jetzt nichts. Trotzdem mal was originelles Rating: Dito: 3.2/5 Chat: 2.91/5 Gesamt: 3.06/5
It's really not worth checking out. there's something of a framework there, but the game fails to make use of its runtime. It's 30 minutes long, but so little happens, you'll be bored during most of that time.
This tiny walking simulator attempts to creep you out with as little as possible. Minimal visuals, a soundscape that gradually turns from the noises of a night forest into a dread silence, things disappearing from their places. An interesting attempt, but I can't say it was successful. Maybe it's the bright green trees in the supposedly dark forest that spoil the mood, or maybe it's too much of nothing and not enough of something. In the end, the game failed to make me feel not just fright, but anything at all.
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