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The Midnight Sanctuary

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58%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
95% User Score Based on 21 reviews
Critic Score 46%Based on 4 reviews

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About The Midnight Sanctuary

The Midnight Sanctuary is a single player action game with a horror theme. It was developed by CAVYHOUSE and was released on October 3, 2018. It received neutral reviews from critics and overwhelmingly positive reviews from players.

The Midnight Sanctuary blurs the line between reality and surreal both in storytelling and visual style. Blending static 2D textures and moving 3D models creates a striking visual effect, further enhanced in VR. The Midnight Sanctuary's graphics, which incorporate a stained glass-style to create a beautiful aesthetic, provides an eerie background for the alarming events Tachibana encounters.

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95%Audience ScoreBased on 21 reviews
story8 positive mentions
  • Unique and bold visual style with a 3D, fully voice-acted experience that stands out among visual novels.
  • Immersive atmosphere and surreal, mysterious story that provokes thought and lingers with the player.
  • Excellent voice acting and innovative VR implementation that places the player at the center of the narrative.
  • Technical issues including crashes on some PCs and dated VR controls can hinder the experience.
  • Short length with a linear, choice-less progression and slow or uneven pacing detracts from engagement.
  • Rough and sometimes off-putting visuals, including awkward animation and minimal shading, can be uncomfortable for some players.

  • story

    19 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    42% positive mentions, 42% neutral mentions, 16% negative mentions

    The story is a mysterious, charming, and atmospheric narrative blending surreal visuals with a thought-provoking exploration of faith and life, well brought to life through excellent voice acting. While praised for its unique setting and immersive presentation, it suffers from pacing issues, limited character development, a somewhat lukewarm ending, and minimal interactivity, making it more of a passive VR-format story than a traditional visual novel. Overall, it offers a distinctive and engaging experience but may feel short or drawn out depending on player expectations.

    • “The story is mysterious and charming; it starts out confusing, but by the end you're invested in everything and left with a lot to think about. The voice acting is excellent and helps bring everything to life despite the slightly abstract visuals.”
    • “Unique art direction, an excellent voice cast, and an engaging story that explores faith, salvation, life, and death.”
    • “The Midnight Sanctuary tells a fantastic, fully voice-acted story better experienced than described.”
    • “The story is drawn out a bit too much and the mystery isn't very impactful, but I dare anyone to come up with a game with the same tone and ambience that this game delivers.”
    • “The pacing is awful, the story only really gets interesting after a couple of hours, the translation is a little weird.”
    • “Characters receive little to no development. The story has poor pacing. The art direction can be difficult to look at. The camera can't seem to stick with one angle. Visiting locations offers the illusion of choice. The font for the text is very small, which is bad since there is only Japanese voice acting and you kind of need to be able to read it to understand what is going on.”

  • graphics

    14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    43% positive mentions, 36% neutral mentions, 21% negative mentions

    The game's graphics stand out for their refreshingly unique and surreal art style, which creates a distinctive, thought-provoking atmosphere but can sometimes feel amateurish due to basic models, animations, and lack of shading. While visually striking and immersive in VR, the minimal shading and unusual texture projections may cause slight discomfort or eye strain initially. Overall, the bold visual approach offers a vivid and memorable stage for the narrative, though it may take some time to fully appreciate.

    • “The atmosphere, the themes, the visuals, all very unique and thought-provoking.”
    • “The art style is wonderful in VR if you're a fan of how it looks from the trailer.”
    • “I like a quick, ever-changing feel in a tale, plus it has cavyhouse's knack for amazing kaleidoscope visuals and narrative-sourcing you won't find anywhere else.”
    • “It's very rare for a game to look so refreshingly unique (artstyle) and at the same time so ridiculously amateurish (some models and animations).”
    • “The other VR comfort problem is just that the visuals are very un-shaded and silhouette-based, which again looks wonderful and lends itself to the game's surreal mood, but it does make it hard for your eye to resolve depth sometimes, in a way that can be a little straining after long enough.”
    • “[Basic 3-D graphics, slow pacing, just… a bit boring.]”

  • atmosphere

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

    The atmosphere is uniquely creative and thought-provoking, combining distinctive visuals and themes to create a strange yet compelling experience that enhances the game's strong storytelling.

    • “The atmosphere, the themes, the visuals, all very unique and thought provoking.”
    • “This game is small but creative, filled with strange atmosphere as well as a great story.”

  • humor

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

    The humor is lighthearted and visual, with amusing effects like funny patterns that follow your head in VR, adding a playful and entertaining element to the experience.

  • music

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

    The music in the game is well-received, complementing the immersive experience with its unique texture and enhancing the overall atmosphere alongside voice acting and story.

    • “Played this in VR and really enjoyed the weird texture effects, voice acting, music, and story.”

  • emotional

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

    The game evokes strong emotional responses through its distinctive and visually striking art style, though some players may initially experience minor discomfort or dizziness in VR until they adjust. Overall, the unique visuals contribute to an engaging and memorable emotional experience.

  • gameplay

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

    The gameplay is praised for being enjoyable and well-crafted, enhanced by the inclusion of voice acting for a more immersive experience.

    • “Nice and sweet gameplay experience, very good indeed with voices included.”
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46%Critics’ scoreBased on 4 critic reviews
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The Midnight Sanctuary is a action game with horror theme. Common tags for The Midnight Sanctuary include indie and trading.

The Midnight Sanctuary is available on Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and others.

The Midnight Sanctuary was released on October 3, 2018.

The Midnight Sanctuary was developed by CAVYHOUSE.

The Midnight Sanctuary has received neutral reviews from players and neutral reviews from critics. Most players liked The Midnight Sanctuary for its story.

The Midnight Sanctuary is a single player game.

Similar games include Lydia, Judero, Without a Dawn, Fault Milestone Two Side: Above, Strangeland and others.