Back in April, developer Philosophica Games announced Nietzsche’s Shadow, an interesting take on a horror game that’s described as “the intersection of philosophical thought and psychological horror” for fans of titles such as Layers of Fear and What Remains of Edith Finch. Well, for those who are looking to get some philosophical meat in their horror gaming, the game has just arrived on Steam with a 10% launch discount on now until October 10.
True to its description, Nietzsche’s Shadow is a single-player experience with no combat mechanics, focusing instead on exploration, collection, and philosophical choice. The game sees you as wander through the Alps as Friedrich Nietzsche, haunted by the wind-scattered pages of your final manuscript. Your shadow has taken form, speaking to you with sarcastic provocation, mercilessly exposing your contradictions and suppressed thoughts. What begins as a journey through flowered meadows transforms into a nightmare of twisted realities and philosophical terror.
As you collect the fragments of your work across three distinct regions, you’ll experience Nietzsche’s profound concepts—Eternal Return, Will to Power, Death of God—as you traverse the Alps. At the same time, you’ll also unravel subtle clues suggesting this entire experience may be something far more unsettling than it first appears.
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