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Lurking Danger

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50%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
74% User Score Based on 19 reviews

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Lurking Danger is a single player and multiplayer survival shooter game with horror and science fiction themes. It was developed by Farelas and was released on March 31, 2025. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Game Overview:Step into the unsettling world of Lurking Danger, a survival horror game that will push you to the edge of sanity. You play as Elena, a young waitress at a seemingly ordinary diner. But when Emily, a regular customer, mysteriously disappears, her routine life takes a terrifying turn. Determined to find out what happened, Elena, alongside her coworker Regina, soon finds herself trapp…

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74%Audience ScoreBased on 19 reviews
gameplay3 negative mentions
  • The game offers a survival horror experience with a mix of exploration, puzzle-solving, and combat reminiscent of classic titles, with some unique touches such as cooperative play.
  • Atmosphere and environmental design create consistent tension, especially in darker, confined spaces, contributing to the horror mood.
  • The developer actively supports the game with updates and improvements, showing dedication to addressing bugs and performance issues.
  • The game suffers from many technical issues including frequent bugs, severe frame rate drops, crashes, softlocks, and performance problems, which greatly affect playability.
  • Combat mechanics are clunky and unreliable with problems such as poor hit detection, awkward character animations during attacks, and broken weapon functionality.
  • Visual and design elements are inconsistent and sometimes unpolished, including cheap graphics, asset reuse, awkward animations, and uninspired map design.

  • gameplay

    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    22% positive mentions, 45% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    The gameplay features traditional survival horror mechanics blending exploration, puzzle-solving, and combat in confined spaces, creating moments of genuine tension despite some clunky controls and pacing issues. Combat adds variety but can feel unpolished, with occasional performance stutters that have been addressed in recent updates. Overall, while functional and occasionally engaging, the gameplay retains a simple and somewhat rough edge compared to more polished titles.

    • “Gameplay is rooted in traditional survival horror mechanics, combining exploration, puzzle-solving, and combat within confined and often oppressive environments.”
    • “After playing through all of the developer's released opus so far, I would say that Selene's Unbearable Night, which this is ostensibly a prequel of sorts to, probably has the most appeal for me both with how focused the gameplay progression is and with how it has the most shameless wackiness factor out of them all, being seriously dialed up at what feels like the best times.”
    • “Generally speaking, the gameplay and plot are still very clunky and simple but functional enough, and the former unironically reminds me of certain recent AAA survival horror titles with similar control schemes at times.”
    • “Combat mechanics add variety but are not always refined.”
    • “This can affect pacing, particularly in longer sections where the gameplay loop becomes more predictable.”

  • story

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The story is generally seen as simple and somewhat clunky, with moments of ambiguity and fragmented storytelling that challenge player expectations. While functional, it sometimes feels random and lacks depth, occasionally bordering on cheesy.

    • “As the story progresses, the world becomes more hostile and unpredictable, with events that challenge both the characters’ understanding of their situation and the player’s expectations.”
    • “The game leans into ambiguity, revealing its story through exploration and fragmented encounters rather than direct exposition.”
    • “Generally speaking, the gameplay and plot are still very clunky and simple but functional enough, and the former unironically reminds me of certain recent AAA survival horror titles with similar control schemes at times, though also acknowledging certain details of this game’s influences, like how Elena's apartment has the same layout and serves the same function as Henry Townshend's.”
    • “The story is very random.”
    • “Though it lacks a bit of depth in story, bordering on cheesy.”
    • “Generally speaking, the gameplay and plot are still very clunky and simple but functional enough.”

  • atmosphere

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    40% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 60% negative mentions

    The game's atmosphere is generally strong, with certain areas effectively creating tension and immersion, though it occasionally feels generic and inconsistent. While some moments showcase its potential, the overall atmosphere lacks the desired grit for a survival horror experience and could be improved with better visual effects like distant blur.

    • “Atmosphere is one of the game’s stronger elements.”
    • “There are moments where the game’s potential is clear, where its atmosphere and gameplay align to create genuine tension.”
    • “Some areas successfully create a strong sense of atmosphere, while others feel more generic.”
    • “There are moments where the game’s potential is clear, where its atmosphere and gameplay align to create genuine tension, but these are balanced by sections that highlight its rough edges.”
    • “The atmosphere isn't as gritty as it should've been for a survival horror.”

  • graphics

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    40% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 60% negative mentions

    The graphics exhibit a rough, low-budget aesthetic that may appeal to fans of "b-tier" horror games, drawing comparisons to early Slender and Silent Hill styles. However, visual inconsistencies and frequent frame drops, especially during boss fights, hinder immersion and gameplay smoothness.

    • “These inconsistencies occasionally break immersion, though they can also lend the game a certain charm for players who appreciate a more rough-edged, 'b-tier' horror aesthetic.”
    • “It is reminiscent of Resident Evil but leans more towards a Silent Hill aesthetic.”
    • “The graphics are cheap.”
    • “Looks like the first Slender graphics implementation in most cases.”
    • “Dropping frames is a major issue in certain gameplay segments, such as certain boss fights being almost unplayable even with reduced graphics settings.”

  • optimization

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, -25% neutral mentions, 75% negative mentions

    The game's optimization shows improvement over previous issues, particularly with recent fixes to texture streaming that reduce stuttering during combat. While some performance hiccups remain, ongoing updates are enhancing the overall gameplay experience.

    • “Optimization also didn't seem as good in this one, which is also a shame as that was something that lowkey impressed me in the preceding titles.”
    • “It certainly helped the game performance though”
    • “The game can be annoying with stuttering during combat and gameplay, though a recent update from the devs apparently fixed some of it.”
    • “Devs tried to fix the texture streaming issue that caused bad stuttering.”
    • “It certainly helped the game performance, though.”
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Lurking Danger is a survival shooter game with horror and science fiction themes. Common tags for Lurking Danger include co-op campaign, realistic, indie, female protagonist, psychological and others.

Lurking Danger is available on PC, Windows and Xbox.

Lurking Danger was released on March 31, 2025.

Lurking Danger was developed by Farelas.

Lurking Danger has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players disliked Lurking Danger for its gameplay.

Lurking Danger is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

Similar games include Vorax, Whispering Lane: Horror, Selene's Unbearable Night, Husk, Hauntsville and others.