Iron Lung

A pretty unique and different kind of navigation based horror game. It's short for the price, and very well known and heavily spoiled everywhere online. But if you haven't tried it or had it spoiled, I would recommend it.

The style isn't bad, but the gameplay itself is stuffy. Playing it itself doesn't scare at all. The game is boring, I didn't like it.

Short and sweet horror game. Relies on lore and atmosphere with a single jump scare. Recommended.

I bought the deluxe addition of this game a long while ago. A mixture of good word of mouth, the very positive review scores, and the movie being release (hopefully) soon finally drove me to get it. After finally playing and finishing it, I can confidently say this was extremely horrifying. This game instilled a feeling of pure dread in me from start to finish, never letting up and never giving me a moment to relax. From the word go the game slowly strips away any form of hope you have, bit by bit. Creating such an oppressive atmosphere through its setting, game-play, and environment. I hated every second of it which is what I want in a horror game, and it achieved that in spades. It also helps that the game is relativity short so the fear factor remains while never overstaying its welcome. A fantastic short horror experience that I am really glad I checked out. Now I'm even more excited for how the movie will turn out.

great short horror game. and as a person with a fear of deep bodies of water (or thalassophobia), I did not expect to like it as much as i did.

A bite sized horror experience that thoroughly impressed me in it's world building, unique gameplay gimmick, and execution. The atmosphere is oppressive, with a black and white camera being your only vision that makes you take your hands off of steering the ship. You feel no hope that this is going to end well, but you want to see it through to the end. This game is the definition of doing more with less. It has a look similar to David Szymanski’s other retro style games (Dusk, Pony Factory, and Butcher’s Creek), but with a grimy layer of rust and cosmic horror. Sound design is excellent. Never going over the top (well except for that one time), instead ebbing and flowing the tension to constantly create a sense of stress whether that be your creaking, almost broken sub, or the lifeless? blood ocean around you. You will constantly ask if you heard something, try and take a picture, yet see nothing? but the grainy, alien world you are stuck in. It takes about an hour to get through, maybe less. It has stayed in my mind now for months though (similar to Scorn), so I would recommend it at full or prize or on sale.

Such an interesting game. The horror was brilliant and I hated every second being trapped in a small container under a blood sea. 10/10 Perfect horror game.

I would not recommend this game. The concept of the game is cool, and you feel this impending sense of doom. Unfortunately, the game-play is very boring and tedious. You pilot the submarine with coordinates, so basically the whole game is you trying to find your friend's base in Minecraft. Great concept, terrible execution. Save your money and watch a play-through.

The exploration idea is unique but the story is weak, less would have been more. The planets and stars just vanished? It's pretty weak brained low effort content. You could have just said you're a convict tasked with exploring this place. A ocean of blood too? Couldn't it just be... I don't know... some sulfur compound? All I'm saying man is I hate bad scifi writing, and this is among the laziest worst Scifi writing I've ever experienced. Also while the exploration concept is interesting, it is a grind and no fun.

pretty fircking tuff refunded bc i beat it in time but tuff game

Terrifying, yet incredibly interesting!! Cant wait for the movie!

Short, disturbing and unique, just like me.

To be honest, I found the game a bit boring - the horror aspect is the fact that you have a limited amount of time before you potentially die and the feeling of being trapped. However, aside from that, there's not much to do but navigate around and push buttons to reach the coordinates on the map. Story-wise, I felt like the premise was interesting, but there isn't really much beyond the fact you're a convict stuck in a submarine. It doesn't really feel as though there's any real story you're progressing.

I was told that you experience this game the better if you read all the lore. But I somehow managed to miss the lore, I don't know why, so i wasn't scared at all. I wish the lore was more obvious, but I guess that's a me problem. I ended up not really liking it, but Kephal likes it so much that I am still recommending it.

Disturbing and worth it.

Absolutely wonderful game, 10/10

i was scared every single second playing it

this is just a normal day on my period

great game

very spooky :0

Too short.

Excellent idea

This game does not pass the Bechdel Test™.

Yes. Wait for sale though

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