Cursed Shorts

About Cursed Shorts

Cursed Shorts is a single player casual simulation game with a horror theme. It was developed by Sea of Ghosts and was released on August 15, 2025. It received neutral reviews from players.

On your way home by subway, your phone keeps pushing you abnormal short videos. Before your phone runs out of battery, you need to identify them and swipe them away, otherwise, the subway will never arrive at the station.

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55%Audience ScoreBased on 20 reviews

gameplay4 positive mentions

replayability1 negative mentions

Unique and fresh concept combining anomaly detection with short video format creates an engaging and relatable gameplay experience.
Compact and focused horror experience with effective atmosphere and tension built around simple mechanics and limited playtime.
Developer transparently discloses AI-generated content use, and the game is well-priced, providing good value for a brief, experimental horror game.

Heavy reliance on AI-generated content leads to lack of polish, inconsistent quality, and reduces the emotional impact and immersion.
Minimalist design results in limited mechanical variety and replayability; anomaly detection can become repetitive and sometimes confusing.
Some players found the horror elements unscary and the anomalies hard to identify, making the game less satisfying for those expecting deeper narrative or more traditional scares.

gameplay
13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
31% positive mentions, 46% neutral mentions, 23% negative mentions
The gameplay centers on simple yet engaging observation mechanics, where players watch and judge short videos for abnormalities, effectively blending with the subway setting to create a tense, immersive experience. While the loop offers limited mechanical variety and tension may decrease with familiarity, the unique use of short-form video and phone mechanics provides a fresh, focused horror concept. AI elements currently support the story and mechanics, with potential for enhancing antagonist behavior in future installments.
- “Sea of ghosts takes the mundane act of scrolling through short videos and gives it sinister consequences, combining observation mechanics, limited battery power, supernatural uncertainty, and an endless subway journey into a focused horror concept.”
- “This observation mechanic works particularly well because it challenges habits that short-form media has encouraged.”
- “The basic loop of watching, inspecting, and swiping clips cannot provide enormous mechanical variety, and familiarity with the abnormalities will inevitably reduce some of the tension during repeated playthroughs.”
- “The central gameplay revolves almost entirely around observing videos and deciding whether something is wrong with them.”
- “Its short duration and simple mechanics prevent it from becoming especially deep, but they also keep the premise from overstaying its welcome.”
story
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
75% positive mentions, -50% neutral mentions, 75% negative mentions
The story in "Cursed Shorts" is simple and concise, fitting its limited duration without extensive progression. It effectively uses AI-generated content and horror elements to support the narrative, with intriguing videos and a revealing bad ending that enhances the overall experience.
- “The limited duration means there is little room for elaborate progression systems or extensive storytelling, but stretching the concept over many hours would probably have weakened its appeal.”
- “Instead, the developer of Cursed Shorts leans into AI-generated content to support the game's story and mechanics.”
- “There are some well-made horror touches, it's a simple story and the videos that you need to watch are interesting.”
- “The limited duration means there is little room for elaborate progression systems or extensive storytelling, which limits the depth of the story.”
- “Instead, the developer of 'Cursed Shorts' leans into AI-generated content to support the game's story and mechanics, which may feel less authentic.”
- “It's a simple story with some well-made horror touches, but overall the narrative lacks complexity.”
atmosphere
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
The atmosphere is highly valued, often prioritized over narrative complexity, as it plays a crucial role in identifying abnormal content. Presentation is both functional and atmospheric, and there is a preference for AI to enhance gameplay mechanics rather than replace the human-crafted elements that strongly contribute to the horror atmosphere.
- “Atmosphere is consequently more important than narrative complexity.”
- “Because identifying abnormal content is the main challenge, presentation serves a functional purpose as much as an atmospheric one.”
- “My only small hope for future entries is that AI elements are used to enhance gameplay — like making antagonists smarter — rather than to generate content, since the human touch adds a lot to the horror atmosphere.”
replayability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions
Replayability is limited in this game, with only two endings offering some variation; it is best enjoyed as a short, one-time experience rather than for extensive replay value.
- “The two endings help compensate for this, but 'Cursed Shorts' is still best approached as a brief experience rather than something intended to provide substantial replayability.”