- Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Horror
Post Trauma is a game that takes inspiration from classic horror games. Play as Roman, a 57 year old man who has awakened in a strange and hostile place and find a way back home with his family.
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Grave, earnest, bleak and plot-driven.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
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COGconnectedLou SytsmaMay 202572/100The creators’ respect for the genre is clear in all aspects of the final product. For veteran gamers and horror aficionados, this game will be a wonderful trip down memory lane. Post Trauma is available on platforms.
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GamingBoltJoelle DanielsApr 20257/10Post Trauma is an interesting experiment in the horror genre that tries to bring back classic gameplay styles to a modern age. Despite this, there are still strange puzzles to deal with, and the first-person segments feel counter-productive to the excellent atmosphere created by fixed camera angles.
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CompletexboxDan BoiseMay 202575/100Post Trauma is a great, enjoyable, albeit short survival horror game. The environments, settings and characters all do their part to offer an unnerving experience. The fixed camera is a welcome addition and throwback to classic gaming. Despite its flaws; lack of map, backtracking, questionable voiceover and sometimes clunky movement, Post Trauma is a fun and creepy experience. I strongly recommend playing this little gem, whether you’re a long time fan of the genre or looking to dip your toes.
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Restart.runLucas WhiteMay 20252/5 starsPuzzles are a divisive element in many Survival Horror games. When you need to justify and expand game time for an experience mostly driven by vibes and avoiding awkward combat, what else can you do? Clearly, one easy answer is to add backtracking in order to sniff out keys and doohickeys to fit into mysterious slots powering absurd door-locking mechanisms. It works for Resident Evil, at least. But there’s a balance in making this stuff actually work. A balance the subject of today’s review struggled with, to say the least.
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Checkpoint GamingJarrod HarrisonApr 20255/10Red Souls Games should be proud of releasing their debut title; there is no doubt about that. But as a game striving to honour the paragons of survival horror, Post Trauma significantly falls short. Its astounding art direction and captivating music create an unnervingly eerie atmosphere that will stick with you well after the game's conclusion. But Post Trauma's muddled and borderline incoherent story, flat characters, frustratingly difficult puzzles, and incredibly easy gameplay, where the stakes are never felt, are a real disservice to what is a clear love letter to horror.
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About the game
- Platforms
- Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
- Developer
- Red Soul Games
- Publisher
- Raw Fury
- Released
- April 22, 2025
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- First person, Third person
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 5
- Time to beat
- 10 h completionist
IGDB rating 6.5/10 from 5 ratings.
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