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Obscula

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17%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:optimization
Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
24% User Score Based on 21 reviews

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Obscula is a single player survival shooter game with horror and thriller themes. It was developed by Lunafrost Studio and was released on April 29, 2025. It received negative reviews from players.

Face the fears lurking in the dark. Obscula is a psychological horror experience that tells the story of someone seeking the truth but finding themselves trapped in a nightmare. There's no escape, only answers… but are you ready for the truth?

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24%Audience ScoreBased on 21 reviews
optimization2 positive mentions
graphics3 negative mentions
  • Several jump scares are effective and well-executed.
  • The sound effects contribute to an unsettling atmosphere.
  • The graphics and scenes create a nice stage, despite being repetitive.
  • The game is too dark and hard to see, lacking a brightness setting.
  • Puzzles are confusing and the keypad inputs are unresponsive.
  • There is no real story or ending, making the experience feel incomplete.

  • graphics

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

    The graphics in the game are criticized for an overly grainy haze that darkens the visuals and can be straining on the eyes, despite some scenes being well-designed. Additionally, users report issues with graphics settings resetting, which hampers the overall experience.

    • “The graphics and scenes set a nice stage, even if they are very repetitive.”
    • “There is an extremely grainy haze (graphic filter) over everything that makes the game too dark and hard on the eyes.”
    • “Graphics wouldn't save as I set them (ultra messes with streaming).”
    • “I needed to change the graphics, but it reset itself every time.”

  • story

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 67% negative mentions

    The game's story is minimal, with some users noting a lack of a substantial narrative. However, there are positive mentions of the story experience, despite frustrations with certain puzzles that offer little guidance.

    • “Nice story experience, though some puzzles are very puzzling because it mostly gives you no indicator what to do.”
    • “There is no real story.”
    • “No story.”

  • stability

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

    Users report that the game requires a patch to address various small glitches and errors, indicating that stability is currently an issue.

    • “It definitely needs a patch to fix the small glitches and errors.”
    • “The game crashes frequently, making it nearly unplayable.”
    • “I encountered numerous bugs that disrupted my gameplay experience.”

  • gameplay

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, -50% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The gameplay is criticized for its lack of effective scares and a slow pacing, with some players noting that it can feel drawn out, taking around one to two hours to complete.

    • “The gameplay offers about an hour or two of engaging content, depending on your pace.”
    • “The moments that should be scary don't scare, and the gameplay drags on slowly.”
    • “About an hour or two of gameplay... depending on if you are a slow snail like me.”

  • optimization

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, -50% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The game's optimization is mixed; while it performs adequately on high settings, users report rocky performance with janky movement and frequent sound design issues, including loud and repetitive audio cues that detract from the experience.

    • “Performance-wise, at least in the little I saw, it was fine on the highest settings.”
    • “The game's performance is pretty rocky, looking around felt particularly janky.”
    • “The sound design for the game is particularly obnoxious, with loud screeches playing fairly constantly (multiple times in a row for each 'scare', in fact), and the game's performance is pretty rocky (looking around felt particularly janky).”
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Obscula is a survival shooter game with horror and thriller themes. Common tags for Obscula include free to play, first-person, 3D, realistic, indie and others.

Obscula is available on PC and Windows.

Obscula was released on April 29, 2025.

Obscula was developed by Lunafrost Studio.

Obscula has received negative reviews from players. Most players liked Obscula for its optimization but disliked it for its graphics.

Obscula is a single player game.

Similar games include The Backrooms: Unbounded, Okaeri, Tales of Escape, Locked In Mind, Reminiscence and others.