Dead Exhale

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Dead Exhale is a single player survival role playing game with horror, violence and science fiction themes. It was developed by ODale Studios and was released on October 27, 2025. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Make a sound on your mic, and something will hear you. This isn’t your typical monster. He won’t just hunt you, he’ll toy with you. And as you get better, he adapts, evolving to match your skill in this tentacle-infested nightmare.

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63%

Audience ScoreBased on 19 reviews

graphics2 positive mentions

atmosphere3 negative mentions

The game features a unique and immersive horror experience with strong atmosphere and sound design that keeps players on edge.
The monster AI is intelligent and reacts to the player's microphone input, adding tension and thrill to gameplay.
Progression system with skill upgrades and forgiving death mechanics allow players to focus on horror without frustrating repetition.

The monster often becomes invisible or intermittently glitches, reducing the intended fear and hindering strategic gameplay.
The puzzles lack proper guidance or tutorial, leading to player frustration and confusion in solving them.
The game suffers from technical jank, limited polish, repetitive environment, and some mechanics that feel underdeveloped or easily exploited.

gameplay
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
34%
33%
The gameplay offers interesting mechanics and a minimalist tutorial approach that encourages exploration, but it is hindered by clunky movement, limited moveset variety, and some unimpactful features like the monster hearing mechanic. While the game shows potential, it is weighed down by rough polish and lacks enough engagement to justify its price.
- “I had to figure a few mechanics out over time through trial and error, but I appreciated the very limited tutorials and lack of excessive hand-holding.”
- “I would like to see this game with more polished mechanics like smooth movement and more moveset variations.”
- “I feel like the game has a lot of potential and there was some genuinely interesting mechanics and aesthetics but the game does get weighed down by the jank.”
- “It's hard to say that since I support a bunch of indie games, but given the length, story, and overall gameplay it isn't worth the price.”
- “The mechanic of the monster being able to hear you didn't really seem to affect the gameplay all that much.”
- “To be completely honest, I liked this monster and the project itself much more in terms of code lines than in terms of gameplay.”
atmosphere
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
40%
60%
The atmosphere receives mixed reviews: while some players find the combination of sound and environment effectively creates tension, others feel it fails to deliver genuine fear, criticizing repetitive scares and a lack of clever design. Overall, the atmosphere struggles to maintain immersion, often feeling common or unconvincing.
- “The feeling of constantly being on edge mixed with the atmosphere and sound the environment creates.”
- “It's a very common gameplay, but I've read reviews where some say it doesn't catch the atmosphere of the place or doesn't seem scary. I'm not sure how they play it—the only way I enjoy these horror games if I do play it at night by myself, and that's because I just get scared easier.”
- “The atmosphere doesn't justify this excuse of a game, especially with the promises it made.”
- “The game can't maintain its atmosphere and just constantly bombards you with 'scary' sounds.”
- “But the monster isn't scary or clever, the atmosphere isn't frightening, and the missions—they're nothing to write home about.”
story
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
67%
The game's story features a clear objective centered on defeating a creature, but it lacks engaging atmosphere and memorable missions, resulting in a storyline that feels underwhelming and not fully worth the price.
- “The game had a good storyline; all tasks were linked to a single objective which was defeating the creature.”
- “It's hard to say that since I support a bunch of indie games, but given the length, story, and overall gameplay, it isn't worth the price.”
- “But the monster isn't scary or clever, the atmosphere isn't frightening, and the missions—they're nothing to write home about.”
graphics
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The graphics feature appealing artwork and design that showcase the game's potential, though some visual inconsistencies and roughness detract from the overall experience.
grinding
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Grinding in the game is well-balanced, offering enough exploration opportunities and collectible chests to keep the process engaging without becoming tedious.
replayability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game offers limited replayability, as most users feel satisfied after the first playthrough without a strong motivation to play again.
- “All in all, I was satisfied enough after completing the first playthrough; I didn't feel compelled to do another run afterward, so not much replayability for me.”