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Find or be Found

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70%Game Brain Score
gameplay, humor
optimization, stability
70% User Score Based on 88 reviews

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Find or be Found is a single player and multiplayer survival management game with a horror theme. It was developed by StudioDownstairs and was released on June 24, 2025. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Locate the specific object, take help from the screen and the map, but watch out when the lights go out. Find it before it finds you...  A new take on the Prototype Find or be Found  A REWORK WITH ADDITIONS OF: Whole new environmentAn old horder house Atmospheric visuals and sounds Able to pick the item up and spectate it A map of the house Draggable doors (close them to slow it dow…

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70%
Audience ScoreBased on 88 reviews
gameplay8 positive mentions
optimization3 negative mentions
  • Unique and fun asymmetric 2-player co-op gameplay requiring strong communication.
  • Scary and thrilling horror experience with moments of humor and stress, creating memorable play sessions.
  • Good value for price with potential for growth and enjoyment especially when played with a friend.
  • Severe performance and optimization issues causing crashes, lag, and high resource usage even on high-end PCs.
  • Steep and sometimes unfair difficulty curve, poor tutorial explanations, and confusing mechanics leading to frustration.
  • Numerous bugs and glitches including monster AI problems, item hitbox issues, and problematic ghost mechanics impacting gameplay.
  • gameplay
    18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay offers a fresh and engaging asymmetrical co-op experience, with one player searching for items while the other monitors and guides through cameras, promoting strong communication. However, certain mechanics—like doors and hiding—feel underdeveloped or frustrating, and the robber's role could benefit from more active responsibilities. Despite some balancing and tutorial issues, the core gameplay loop is enjoyable and has strong potential with further improvements.

    • “Love the concept of the game, and I think the foundational elements of gameplay (one friend in house trying to find objects while avoiding monster, while one friend is in van watching cameras and guiding them) is really well-done.”
    • “On the side of its potential, I really enjoyed how the main gameplay loop revolves around you and the other person constantly going back and forth about what is and isn't on the listed items; it's probably the best part of this game.”
    • “The asymmetrical gameplay is really clever and will force you to get better at communicating (not unlike Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes).”
    • “The tutorial doesn't address the ghost mechanic properly, leading to repeated deaths on the second level.”
    • “The robber can die from the monster but is mostly limited to looking for items, while the hacker mainly plays a 'FNAF'-style monitoring role; the robber should have more responsibilities to help keep the hacker safe to reduce the gameplay gap.”
    • “The robber portion of the tutorial breezes through their duties but spends a lot of time on the hacker's duties, making it difficult to understand the game's mechanics.”
  • optimization
    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game suffers from significant optimization issues, leading to performance problems such as crashes, freezes, and high system demands. While still playable, many users find it frustrating and recommend improvements before fully endorsing it.

    • “This game needs serious optimization to play.”
    • “The game has performance issues and other bugs.”
    • “When the game is more optimized and less demanding to run, I'll remove this review for a nicer one.”
    • “Until this is optimized, I cannot recommend this game.”
    • “The amount of people who have or will buy this game, see the poor performance, and assume their PC is the problem, will be staggering.”
  • stability
    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game is frequently described as buggy, with numerous stability issues that can hinder gameplay and cause frustration. While some bugs are minor, others severely impact progression, making the experience inconsistent and often frustrating.

    • “The game is very very buggy too.”
    • “Game is very buggy; a ghost blocked the front door to the house for the entire mission on our 4th attempt to play, so we're just cashing in a refund now. Don't bother.”
    • “My friends and I were excited to play but it turns out the whole game is super buggy.”
  • humor
    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's humor effectively balances with its horror elements, delivering funny moments especially in the tutorial voice overs and during gameplay failures. Players often find themselves laughing amid the tension, making it a uniquely entertaining co-op experience.

    • “Love this game with friends, and I find myself both crying and laughing from stress while playing.”
    • “This is one of those co-op horror games that manages to be both scary and hilarious.”
    • “Me: already dead and laughing my butt off while the two of us struggled to get good together to become the greatest thief duo that’s ever existed!”
  • graphics
    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics feature a charming, low-poly indie style that suits the game's whimsical tone, but the optimization is poor, resulting in unexpectedly high system demands and low frame rates even on low settings. While visually appealing, performance issues detract from the overall experience.

    • “It has crunchy audio, nice graphics and an overall sense of whimsical charm to its presentation.”
    • “Considering the target audience is clearly a broader spectrum due to low poly graphics, small map generation, and an indie game foundation, the game shouldn't be as demanding as it is.”
    • “I want this game to be good, because I love the concept, and I can look past the graphics if the gameplay gets rebalanced and improved.”
    • “Despite the low system requirements, it is an absolute slog to play for such graphics.”
    • “Lastly, the optimisation is awful, my partner couldn't get more than 30 frames in this game while playing on his Steam Deck, despite setting the game to the lowest graphics setting.”
    • “Considering the target audience is broader due to low poly graphics, small map generation, and an indie game foundation, the game shouldn't be as demanding as it is.”
  • story
    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story exists but is not the main focus and may feel overshadowed by gameplay issues and grindy mission design. Players find the missions stressful and cooperative tasks engaging, though technical bugs can detract from the experience.

    • “A little like Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes; where you are under stress and occasional screaming trying to complete the missions together while staying alive – and get either super angry at your friends or feel dopamine when you've actually managed to understand your joint understanding of what "bronze-ish-gold-ish-with swirls" means.”
    • “Game is very buggy; a ghost blocked the front door to the house for the entire mission on our 4th attempt to play the game, so we're just cashing in a refund now. Don't bother.”
    • “However, the amount of items and rooms in missions 2 and onwards makes this honestly feel very grindy.”
    • “The story: yes, the game has a story!”
  • grinding
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Grinding becomes noticeable from mission 2 onward due to the large number of items and rooms, making progression feel repetitive and time-consuming.

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Find or be Found is a survival management game with horror theme.

Find or be Found is available on PC and Windows.

Find or be Found was released on June 24, 2025.

Find or be Found was developed by StudioDownstairs.

Find or be Found has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Find or be Found for its gameplay but disliked it for its optimization.

Find or be Found is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

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