A New Horror Adventure from the Creator of Home! Worse Than Death is a scary, emotional thriller about a high school reunion that goes horribly wrong. You play Holly, a tough, smart, 28-year-old who returns home to confront her past, only to face a nightmare she could never imagine. As she runs for her life, desperate to rescue her best friend Flynn from a terrible force that's hunting them both, Holly must survive unexpected truths about her home town, her friends, and even herself. A Hair-Raising Adventure! Run, leap, crawl and hide through eight chilling locales in this pulp horror adventure game. You'll solve puzzles, use items that you find, and unearth terrible truths. But watch out! You'll have to make careful use of your environment to slip past the unseen horrors that now haunt the halls of your wretched home town. Make too much noise near a monster and it'll hear you, sending you fleeing to the next room for safety.
Platforms
iOS Mac Switch PC PS4 XONEGenres
Adventure Indie PuzzleThemes
Action Horror Thriller
Languages: English
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Critic Reviews
COGconnected
By Thi ChaoThe port over to the Nintendo Switch for Worse Than Death isn’t bad at all. The puzzles are hard but not mind breaking, and the overall atmosphere is rock solid. If there was a way to better fix the controls during those puzzles segments where you have to shuffle things around and more variety in terms of monsters, this would be a better two and half hour experience.
God is a Geek
By Lyle CarrA charming and disturbing horror game that never outstays its welcome. Worse than Death has a wonderful human narrative throughout, and is a great way to spend an evening
ThisGenGaming
By Justin OneilThere really isn’t much more I can say about Worse Than Death other then that you should pick it up if you enjoy horror games. It has a very appealing price point and you can enjoy it’s horrific pixel art world and story in just a few hours.
Bloody Disgusting
By Bloody DisgustingThe experience of the game is aptly kind of like going to your high school reunion. It's a little bit awkward and you have to go talk to the people you're less thrilled to see in order to find the ones you're really interested in catching up with, but it's got some high points that make it worthwhile, even if it's not quite as memorable as you thought it would be. And much like the reunion, the runtime feels just long enough that it doesn't overstay its welcome significantly, allowing you to move on with your life afterward. If you miss the days of horror game having adventure game-style puzzles, then give Worse Than Death a try, just don't be expecting anything overly substantial in the scare department.
Completexbox
By Dan BoiseWorse than Death is an interesting Silent Hill-esque 2D horror title perfect for the upcoming Halloween season which sinks its teeth into you. While it does feel a bit short and simplistic (it was ported from Mobile after all) and the visuals look a bit rough around the edge even for an 8bit title (you might want to check out Claire), Worse than Death is a fun, albeit short experience sure to give you a scare or two.
