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75%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
75% User Score Based on 60 reviews

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Ayasa: Shadows of Silence is a single player survival platformer game with horror, fantasy and dark fantasy themes. It was developed by Aya Games and was released on November 28, 2025. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Dive into Ayasa, a dark and mysterious platformer where light and shadow hold the key to survival. Journey through six haunting lands, solve challenging puzzles and restore balance to a world on the brink of collapse.

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75%Audience ScoreBased on 60 reviews
atmosphere18 positive mentions
stability4 negative mentions
  • Exceptional atmosphere with dark, mysterious, and haunting visuals reminiscent of games like Inside and Little Nightmares.
  • Outstanding sound design and music that effectively enhance immersion and emotional impact.
  • Unique storytelling approach relying on environmental clues, symbolism, and mood rather than dialogue, creating a memorable experience.
  • Gameplay suffers from awkward and imprecise controls, particularly in jumping and platforming mechanics, leading to frustration.
  • Numerous bugs and technical issues including long loading times, glitches, disappearing assets, and inconsistent stealth mechanics that disrupt the experience.
  • Lack of graphics and difficulty settings, along with performance problems such as stuttering and incorrect button prompts on controllers.

  • atmosphere

    31 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    58% positive mentions, 32% neutral mentions, 10% negative mentions

    The game’s atmosphere is widely praised as its strongest and most immersive element, characterized by dark, mysterious, and haunting visuals paired with exceptional sound design. Many reviewers compare it favorably to titles like Inside and Little Nightmares, highlighting its emotional depth, dense mood, and unique artistic direction. While some note minor flaws, overall the atmosphere effectively captivates players and complements the slow, eerie gameplay.

    • “A beautiful horror platformer with a dark, mysterious atmosphere that kept me interested from start to finish.”
    • “The game's atmosphere was truly impressive; the dark areas, dim lighting, and silent tension made exploration extremely immersive.”
    • “The atmosphere is dense, the artistic direction is striking and the audio design captures the eerie and lonely mood of the game.”
    • “Ayasa: Shadows of Silence has a strong horror atmosphere, but it struggles to fully deliver on its potential.”
    • “The narrow passages create a sense of confinement, and just when you get used to it, the space opens up, making the atmosphere even more unsettling.”
    • “It’s not fast-paced, but if you like slow, eerie games with strong atmosphere, it’s a solid experience.”

  • graphics

    23 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    43% positive mentions, 44% neutral mentions, 13% negative mentions

    The game features striking, atmospheric visuals with a unique and immersive art style that greatly enhances the mood and storytelling. However, the graphics suffer from serious technical issues such as screen judder, texture glitches, missing ground, and lack of customizable graphics settings, which negatively impact the overall experience. Fixing these problems could elevate the game significantly, as its visual design is otherwise highly praised.

    • “The visuals are ridiculously polished for an indie.”
    • “The visuals and mood pull you in right away, and the world tells its story without much hand-holding.”
    • “Just played about 30 minutes and wow — the visuals are insanely atmospheric.”
    • “The controls don't work properly, the screen judders constantly, the controller mappings are wrong and awkward, there are no graphics settings and graphics quality is very poor.”
    • “Not having graphics options is so weird, not that it matters as it still stutters constantly on a high-end PC.”
    • “There are no graphic settings and I am experiencing too many graphic issues like texture popping, incorrect textures loading, etc. The ground even disappeared at one point causing me to fall.”

  • gameplay

    18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    22% positive mentions, 61% neutral mentions, 17% negative mentions

    The gameplay shows potential with a strong atmospheric and narrative foundation, blending exploration, puzzles, and stealth, but is currently hindered by inconsistent mechanics, bugs, and clunky platforming. While some find it engaging and promising, others experience frustrating issues that impact overall enjoyment. Improvements and updates are needed to fully realize the game's mechanical strengths.

    • “The atmosphere, mechanics, and overall concept have strong potential to resonate with the audience and deliver a memorable experience.”
    • “Gameplay mixes exploration, puzzles, and a few tense moments.”
    • “The gameplay pacing and symbolism are superb.”
    • “The jumping mechanics are a joke.”
    • “Gameplay is extremely basic.”
    • “Gameplay: I don't recommend buying it for now, the game is very bugged and it's hard to play it normally.”

  • story

    18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    28% positive mentions, 55% neutral mentions, 17% negative mentions

    The story is conveyed primarily through atmospheric and environmental storytelling, creating a deep, emotional, and philosophical experience without traditional dialogue or explicit narration. Players appreciate its subtlety and the way it encourages interpretation, resulting in a unique, immersive narrative that resonates through mood and visual cues. While some find it vague or underdeveloped, many praise its ability to evoke strong emotional beats and maintain intrigue.

    • “The environments feel alive, the animations are smooth, the story is really nice, and the sound design is top-tier. I am a huge fan of games like Little Nightmares and Inside, and this reminded me of them quite a bit.”
    • “Even the smallest details in the environmental design made the world feel alive, and since the story is largely told through the setting, every scene is intriguing.”
    • “The story isn’t told to you—you feel it.”
    • “The story is vague to the point of being underdeveloped.”
    • “Only a short time in and I can tell this isn’t a 'dialogue story' game.”
    • “The environments feel like they’re hiding clues — like the story is scattered around the world.”

  • music

    12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    42% positive mentions, 58% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The music is widely praised for its emotional, soft, and haunting qualities that perfectly complement the game's mysterious and atmospheric tone. Along with top-tier sound design and ambient noise, it deeply enhances immersion, creating an evocative and dreamlike experience.

    • “The music is excellent and perfectly matches the mood, while the sense of mystery makes exploration enjoyable.”
    • “The sound design is incredible, too—the ambient noise and music pull you in so naturally that the whole experience feels like drifting through a quiet, haunting dream.”
    • “First of all, I want to highlight the work of the sound designer -- the ambient sounds and music are absolutely top-tier.”

  • emotional

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game delivers a deeply emotional experience through its soft, evocative music and unique atmosphere, effectively conveying powerful story beats without dialogue. Its memorable style, stunning visuals, and exceptional sound design combine to create an immersive and emotionally resonant journey that strongly engages players.

    • “It offered a slow-paced yet emotionally powerful experience.”
    • “There’s no dialogue and no traditional storytelling, yet the emotional beats land better than in many games that talk far more.”
    • “The emotional tone is effective, the style memorable and the story keeps you invested.”

  • optimization

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    75% positive mentions, 25% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game demonstrates strong optimization with smooth performance and minimal bugs, delivering a polished experience. Active developer support and timely updates have effectively addressed initial issues, contributing to overall stability.

    • “Better performance, fewer bugs, and a much more polished experience overall.”
    • “The developer is active, listens to feedback, and has released updates addressing bugs and performance issues since launch.”
    • “Performance was smooth, and the overall presentation is surprisingly polished for a new studio.”

  • stability

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game suffers from significant stability issues, including severe bugs, long environment loading times, input lag, and character glitches, which greatly hinder the gameplay experience. Due to these persistent problems, the game is currently not recommended.

    • “The game is extremely buggy; some of the environment takes ages to load, there is input delay causing skips and lags, and the character sometimes disappears or skips ahead.”
    • “Unfortunately, I can't recommend this in its current state due to the bugs and glitches.”
    • “I was so excited but the gameplay is really buggy and bad.”
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Ayasa: Shadows of Silence is a survival platformer game with horror, fantasy and dark fantasy themes. Common tags for Ayasa: Shadows of Silence include 3D, indie, female protagonist, psychological, 2.5d and others.

Ayasa: Shadows of Silence is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, PC, PlayStation 5 and others.

Ayasa: Shadows of Silence was released on November 28, 2025.

Ayasa: Shadows of Silence was developed by Aya Games.

Ayasa: Shadows of Silence has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Ayasa: Shadows of Silence for its atmosphere but disliked it for its stability.

Ayasa: Shadows of Silence is a single player game.

Similar games include Somerville, White Shadows, INSIDE, Echoes of the End, Little Nightmares and others.