Post Trauma

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  • Summary: Dive into the twisted reality of Post Trauma, where survival comes at the cost of unexpected encounters and mysteries.

    Play as Roman, a middle-aged train conductor, as he tries to understand and escape the surreal world he's trapped in. Classic horror games mechanics get a modern twist,    Dive into the twisted reality of Post Trauma, where survival comes at the cost of unexpected encounters and mysteries.

    Play as Roman, a middle-aged train conductor, as he tries to understand and escape the surreal world he's trapped in.

    Classic horror games mechanics get a modern twist, blending fixed camera angles with a truly modern presentation and control types, including optional tank controls.

    Solve puzzles and riddles with the information you will gather exploring your surroundings to progress in the game and try to explain what is happening to you and the world around you.

    Unravel haunting mysteries and face or escape nightmarish creatures at every turn.    … Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. MeuPlayStation
    May 9, 2025
    79
    Post Trauma is a fixed-camera survival horror game that blends classic design principles with modern execution. Drawing clear inspiration from Silent Hill and early Resident Evil titles, it emphasizes puzzle-solving, environmental storytelling, and psychological tension over action. The atmospheric level design, effective sound engineering, and detailed world-building elevate the experience, while its linear structure ensures narrative cohesion. Although it suffers from occasional visual glitches and a rudimentary combat system, Post Trauma stands out as a polished indie project that thoughtfully preserves and evolves the core tenets of the genre.
  2. COGconnected
    May 13, 2025
    72
    Post Trauma is a loving tribute to those early generation survival horror games. It contains the best and worst attributes of said games. Thanks to today’s technology in terms of computing power and game engines like Unreal 5, Post Trauma has high production values. The creators’ respect for the genre is clear in all aspects of the final product. For veteran gamers and horror aficionados, this game will be a wonderful trip down memory lane. Post Trauma is available on platforms.
  3. Meristation
    May 1, 2025
    70
    Post Trauma offers so much in exchange for almost nothing. A classic survival horror that every Resident Evil and Silent hill fan will enjoy.
  4. SECTOR.sk
    May 16, 2025
    65
    Fans of classic survival horror will find this modern take on the genre partially satisfying. However, the content is largely unoriginal, and the uncomfortable camerawork is off-putting.
  5. IGN Deutschland
    Apr 28, 2025
    60
    While Post Trauma creates excellent horror through its environments, camera work and sound design, it sadly misses the survival part of the survival horror genre. Great puzzle design alone isn't enough when you still have to endure the clunky combat without real item management.
  6. PSX Brasil
    May 12, 2025
    60
    Post Trauma tries to bring back the horror of the 90s in a mix with the current. However, the way it was done made the game generic and without identity. Although it is not terrible, it is not worth the investment.
  7. IGN Brasil
    Jun 20, 2025
    60
    Although well-intentioned, the game tries to embrace the world and show different approaches to survival horror in a shallow and unremarkable way, which makes it a morbid and forgettable experience in a genre full of unforgettable and excellent titles, whether on the indie scene or big AAAs.

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