Free psychological horror indie game
The Shopping List is a full-length mystery-psychological horror game. This free-to-play game takes players on a chilling adventure in a weird town. Here, you play as a newcomer trying to start over in your new home. However, the townsfolk are acting odd, and it feels like someone’s watching you.
The Shopping List features puzzles that you need to solve as you interact with the locals. By doing so, you can rediscover your past and make yourself at home in your new residence. However, as with other indie games, the entire run is quite short, with little to no replay value.
What is The Shopping List?
In The Shopping List, you—the player—left your old life behind and moved to a new town to start over. However, getting that fresh start proved difficult as you need to recover from your past to make yourself feel at home. To do so, you need to go through different encounters and puzzles while talking to the locals. All this while finishing your shopping list.
As with similar games, you will explore the town to unravel the mystery. To walk, you can use the WASD keys. Pressing the shift allows you to move in a sprint. The E key enables you to interact while pressing the spacebar lets you auto-play the dialogues. The entire map will be in the dark, but you can toggle the flashlight by pressing the F key.
It is a full-featured game that features intense characters and a nostalgic retro theme. The story is well-written and made even better with its jazz-like background music. However, the gameplay is quite hard, especially the psychological part. However, despite that, you can finish the entire game in under 10 hours. If only it had a replay value besides getting achievements.
Is the game good?
All in all, A Dark Nightmare is a good title to pick up if you are into indie horror games. The game has a full-featured and mystery-rich storyline filled with puzzles. It also boasts intense characters, which makes the plot more gripping. The gameplay can be a bit difficult, especially the psychological part, and its runtime is a bit short.
