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The Cost Of Bliss

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64%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
100% User Score Based on 15 reviews

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About The Cost Of Bliss

The Cost Of Bliss is a single player survival shooter game with horror and mystery themes. It was developed by AndreDavidDev and was released on January 5, 2024. It received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players.

A highly stressful psychological horror game about addiction. Force to spend a month in a psych ward to cure your addiction, you find yourself going through painful levels of withdrawal. To cope, you make friends with a man who helps ease your pain, in exchange for unsettling favours.  With every passing night, the boundaries between salvation and damnation get blurier. Study your surroundings a…

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100%Audience ScoreBased on 15 reviews
story3 positive mentions
  • The game delivers a truly scary and tense horror experience with effective sound design and chilling atmosphere.
  • Simple but engaging stealth mechanics, including managing limited light sources and avoiding a roaming monster, keep players on edge.
  • The story and themes involving isolation, addiction, and cosmic horror leave a lasting, thought-provoking impact.
  • Gameplay can feel repetitive and monotonous due to the fetch quest structure and repetitive objectives.
  • Controls are clunky and sometimes frustrating, such as forced button mashing after death and lack of certain quality-of-life settings.
  • The monster AI can be unfairly punishing since it moves as fast as the player and can detect the player even when hiding.

  • gameplay

    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    38% positive mentions, 24% neutral mentions, 38% negative mentions

    The gameplay is centered around simple task completion combined with managing matches, navigating hallways, and stealthily avoiding a monster, creating a tense and engaging experience. Its innovative use of sound mechanics adds a unique strategic layer, though some find the mechanics overly straightforward or repetitive. Overall, the gameplay is effective in delivering a disturbing and immersive atmosphere that keeps players hooked.

    • “Gameplay overall is simple: navigate to objectives, collect items, and return, but with the added challenge of managing matches, remembering hallway layouts, minimizing noise, and avoiding the entity, creating a juggling act that kept me engaged.”
    • “The game mechanics ingeniously incorporate sound, making clever use of puddles to create noise and lure the monster, adding a unique layer of tension and strategy.”
    • “With its innovative sound mechanics and retro-inspired visuals, "The Cost of Bliss" delivers a truly immersive and spine-tingling gaming experience unlike any other.”
    • “The game reveals all its mechanics right away, making you either want to play it or delete it within five minutes.”
    • “Unfortunately, the mechanics are not very good.”
    • “Gameplay overall is simple: navigate to objectives, collect items, and return, but with the additional challenge of managing matches, memorizing hallway layouts, keeping noise to a minimum, and avoiding the entity. This juggling act kept me engaged.”

  • story

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

    The story offers a genuinely disturbing and atmospheric experience that stands out from typical linear or fetch-quest games, featuring suspenseful monster encounters. While some find it enjoyable and engaging, there is hope for a more fleshed-out narrative or expanded universe in future installments.

    • “So excited to see more from the dev, and hopefully a more fleshed out version of the game, or possibly a sequel that adds more to the story/universe.”
    • “A good story that is genuinely disturbing.”
    • “The overall experience of this game was quite enjoyable, with its story and atmospheric setting.”
    • “It's just a fetch quest game.”
    • “So excited to see more from the developer, and hopefully a more fleshed out version of the game or a sequel that adds more to the story and universe.”

  • music

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, -33% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    The music in the game is highly praised for its ability to create a tense and terrifying atmosphere, with chase themes that are particularly intense and immersive, significantly enhancing the overall horror experience.

    • “One of the game’s strengths is its soundtrack, which significantly contributes to the atmosphere of terror.”
    • “In summary, 'The Cost of Bliss' is a horror game that offers a truly frightening experience, largely thanks to its immersive soundtrack and unique design.”
    • “The chase music is so daunting I almost lost my voice.”
    • “The chase music is so daunting I lost my voice.”

  • graphics

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

    The game's graphics feature a retro-inspired visual aesthetic reminiscent of classic titles like Doom, creating a nostalgic yet terrifying atmosphere. This distinctive style, combined with innovative sound design, enhances immersion and delivers a unique, spine-tingling experience.

    • “The visual aesthetic draws inspiration from classic games like Doom and other older generations, immersing players in a nostalgic yet terrifying atmosphere.”
    • “With its innovative sound mechanics and retro-inspired visuals, "The Cost of Bliss" delivers a truly immersive and spine-tingling gaming experience unlike any other.”
    • “I really like the visual aesthetic of the game, and the sound design is really nice.”

  • atmosphere

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

    The game's atmosphere is praised for its nostalgic visual style inspired by classic titles like Doom, combined with a chilling soundtrack that enhances the sense of terror. This blend creates an immersive and enjoyable experience that strongly supports the story and setting.

    • “The visual aesthetic draws inspiration from classic games like Doom and other older generations, immersing players in a nostalgic yet terrifying atmosphere.”
    • “One of the game’s strengths is its soundtrack, which significantly contributes to the atmosphere of terror.”
    • “The overall experience of this game was quite enjoyable, with its story and atmospheric setting.”
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The Cost Of Bliss is a survival shooter game with horror and mystery themes. Common tags for The Cost Of Bliss include first-person, indie, linear, psychological, exploration and others.

The Cost Of Bliss is available on PC, Windows and PlayStation.

The Cost Of Bliss was released on January 5, 2024.

The Cost Of Bliss was developed by AndreDavidDev.

The Cost Of Bliss has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players. Most players liked The Cost Of Bliss for its story but disliked it for its gameplay.

The Cost Of Bliss is a single player game.