- Publisher: Raw Fury , RobertoSerraG
- Release Date: Apr 22, 2025
- Also On: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X
- Summary:
- Developer: RobertoSerraG, Red Soul Games
- Genre(s): Action Adventure, Survival
- # of players: No Online Multiplayer
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 12
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Mixed: 10 out of 12
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Negative: 0 out of 12
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May 1, 2025A great homage to classic survival horror with strong puzzles, effective atmosphere, and creative art design, though it's held back by performance issues and technical limitations.
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Apr 22, 2025Post Trauma is an ode to classic survival horror games from the PS2 era, such as Silent Hill, Haunting Ground and Rule of Rose. Its nostalgic identity offers a striking setting that represents the genre very well. However, the excessive attachment to certain outdated mechanics compromises the combat system, especially with firearms — which perhaps didn't even need to be present.
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Apr 29, 2025Post Trauma is an interesting experiment in the horror genre that tries to bring back classic gameplay styles to a modern age.
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May 1, 2025Post Trauma is a solid homage to classic survival horror games, largely thanks to its puzzle design, fixed camera angles, and combat style. However, visual bugs, clunky animations, odd design choices, and poor optimization on PC end up undermining the experience.
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Edge MagazineMay 16, 2025At first glance, Post Trauma appears to be a meaningful iteration on a familiar formula, but in practice it's more like a cover of a favourite song on the radio. You tap your foot, but you long for the original. [Issue#411, p.114]
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Apr 22, 2025It's clear that Red Soul Games is eager to pay tribute to oldschool Resident Evil and Silent Hill games, using Post Trauma to sculpt a modern version of the ancient fixed camera survival horror genre. Though Red Soul Games' attempt is valiant, Post Trauma suffers from the same tropes Resident Evil and Silent Hill had in the good old days. Clunky gameplay and frustrating combat bring down the overall experience, while an overly complicated puzzle structure and Unreal-related performance issues grind Post Trauma's pain train to a halt.
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Apr 28, 2025Red Souls Games should be proud of releasing their debut title; there is no doubt about that. But as a game striving to honour the paragons of survival horror, Post Trauma significantly falls short. Its astounding art direction and captivating music create an unnervingly eerie atmosphere that will stick with you well after the game’s conclusion. But Post Trauma‘s muddled and borderline incoherent story, flat characters, frustratingly difficult puzzles, and incredibly easy gameplay, where the stakes are never felt, are a real disservice to what is a clear love letter to horror.