A surreal take on survival horror

Golden Light is a first-person survival horror game. The focus is on weird monsters to avoid, creepy settings to navigate, and elaborate puzzles to decipher. Succeeding will require both wits and a strong stomach.

The title aims to distinguish itself from survival horror games, like Five Nights at Freddy’s and Resident Evil 3, by being as weird as possible. With nightmarish creatures and logic-defying puzzles, playing Golden Light is like stepping into an interactive hallucination.

Explore a weird, distorted landscape

Golden Light begins with the main character’s girlfriend being pulled into the underworld by a vast, demonic hand. The player must then follow her into a distorted, hellish landscape. The title avoids the stereotyped horror-game elements of zombies and gore in favor of all-out surrealism: what new horror lurks behind each corner is a genuine surprise.

First-person horror

The game uses a first-person perspective and drops the player directly into its eerie, unnerving setting. The task is to explore areas, pick up clues written on documents, interact with characters, and solve bizarre puzzles. Every door you encounter could lead to your next goal, or it could unleash another horror.

A deliberately confusing experience

Golden Light is a game suited to fans of Hellraiser and other horror films that are unafraid to be wall-out weird. Some players may find the weirdness overwhelming, particularly given that even the in-game clues are designed to be bizarre and incomprehensible. The fact that the game discourages the player from killing monsters is another oddity.

An unusual take on survival horror

The players who will get the most out of Golden Light are those who want something beyond the typical survival horror. This is a game that pushes the boundaries of its genre and strives to be inventive, an approach that is sure to please some players and alienate others.