5/10. First of all, I really liked the game's atmosphere - the overall feeling of isolation, the world's sparsity, the creepy walks through a seemingly empty town, the combination of analogue and digital technology malfunctioning. All of that is in its right place and works together pretty well.

Unfortunately, the actively scary aspects - although not particularly jumpscare-reliant - feel disjointed and generally out-of-nowhere, without being quite abrasive or disturbing enough to make up for that. The mix of various J-horror tropes seems stitched together a bit chaotically and while some scenes are genuinely scary, the overall effect is really underwhelming.

The graphics definitely do their job, adding a really interesting lo-fi vibe to the whole thing. A pretty big downside on the technical side is the lack of a save feature.

(played on Steam)