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Adventure, Indie, Action, Science fiction
OpenCritic82IGDB85
Signalis is a classic survival horror experience with a unique aesthetic, full of melancholic mystery. Investigate a dark secret, solve puzzles, fight off nightmarish creatures and navigate dystopian, surreal retrotech worlds as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
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Dark, nostalgic, demanding and richly built.
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EurogamerSam GreerOct 2022A sapphic, sci-fi fever dream that finds horror and beauty among the stars, Signalis is dense and alluring to the last.
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DestructoidEric Van AllenOct 20229.5/10A hallmark of excellence. There may be flaws, but they are negligible and won't cause massive damage.
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PC GamerDominic TarasonNov 202292/100Tense, haunting and beautiful. Inventory shenanigans aside, one of the best survival horror games yet.
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GamesRadar+Jon BailesOct 20223/5 starsSignalis conjures a memorable retro-futuristic vibe with its art design, matched with a story that explores the terrifying extremes of sentient life. But its Resident Evil inspired systems feel overly mechanical and fail to produce tension, draining energy from a potentially chilling scenario.
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The JimquisitionJames Stephanie SterlingNov 20226.5/10Fundamentally, Signalis is an accomplished emulation of PSX survival horror. Its graphics are both authentic to the era and perfectly disturbing. Taking place in a fascinating world and populated by threatening creatures, it’s a game I very much wish I could enjoy more than I did. The crushing limitation on the player’s inventory coupled with a reliance on memory puzzles that represent a genuine accessibility issue put me off wanting to ever play the game again to get an ending more satisfying than the rather unfulfilling conclusion I got. That’s a real shame, because it’s still one of the best retraux survival horrors out there. It’s just not good enough for me to love it like I want to.
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IGDB rating 8.3/10 from 171 ratings.
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