Rediscover your dark past

Find Yourself is a horror simulation video game wherein you must confront your fears. Developed by EMIKA_GAMES, this 3D first-person indie game is a psychological horror experience that operates more as a walking simulator focused on exploration.

Similar to The Mortuary Assistant, Find Yourself places emphasis on the various jumpscares you can find throughout the explorable map. However, take note that this game contains flashing lights and images—and it doesn’t warn you at the start. It also uses some mature content not suitable for younger players as some of its horror elements, but at least that’s shown as an explicit warning.

What is the game’s story?

In Find Yourself, you play as an unnamed man who starts exploring a creepy-looking subway with no explanation as to why. It is only by progressing through the game that you start to understand the snippets of his identity. Long story short, he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder due to his troubled past and had subsequently developed the ability of astral projection. This lets him explore the world beyond reality.

However, he had also gained several phobias in his childhood—and they often haunt him whenever he separates his soul from his body. They are all the more active once he explores the subway and you have no choice but to face them head-on. The controls in the game are pretty easy thanks to the in-game tutorial. The gameplay isn’t complicated either, as you’ll mostly just roam about to find objects.

The 3D graphics and sound design make this game a highly atmospheric and immersive horror experience. However, the numerous jumpscares that seem to pop out constantly can make things feel cheap—if not too overwhelming. It doesn’t help that there’s no warning for photosensitivity. Your progression throughout the map paints a clear picture of the protagonist’s abusive past, though. The game is short enough not to feel dragged out, too.

A well-made horror game

All in all, Find Yourself is an interesting horror game to try out if you like immersive horror elements. While it could use more trigger warnings for good measure and tone down the placement of jumpscares a bit, there’s no denying that its overall vibe is definitely creepy and terrifying once you come across the main phobias that you need to face.