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Forgiveness

Forgiveness is a first-person ambient horror fps game set in the late eighties. After divorcing his wife Emma, Ben moves into the old house where his mother Amanda used to live. While moving in, he realizes that some strange things have been happening in his mother's house.

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Developer
GAZ
Publisher
GAZ, Secret Studio
Release
February 19, 2024
2 years and 164 days ago
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About the Game

  • Summary

Forgiveness is a first-person horror game set in 1985 in London. The game depicts the difficult life of the main character Ben who has a bad relationship with his wife Emma and an even worse relationship with his mother Amanda. Through the process of a difficult divorce, Ben must establish the disappearance of his mother and the suspicions connected to his mother regarding the robbery of a major London bank.


  • Something in brief about the development studio of the game "FORGIVENESS"
"Secret Studio" was founded in the 8th month of 2022, when the developer Gaz started with the first project in the game industry centered in Bosnia and Herzegovina. After a year and a half, the first game called "Forgiveness" was completed.

  • Secret Studio Team
Developer: Gaz
Voiceover as Ben: Predator


  • The story Of the game Forgiveness

After a year of fights, unrest and infidelity, Ben divorces his wife Emma and decides to leave his home to Emma.
After a difficult divorce, Ben decided to temporarily move into his mother Amanda's house. Ben decided to move to the family house where he lived with his mother, although they did not have a good mother-son relationship. Ben realizes he has nothing to lose and goes to his mother's house where he grew up. Entering the house, Ben realizes that this is not his mother's house as he remembered it. Searching the house, Ben discovers many secrets connected to his closest neighbor Ivan, who is an immigrant from the former Yugoslavia.


  • Main features in the game:

  • Explore and Survive:
 Explore the abandoned house of Ammanda's mother and beware of enemies to avoid becoming one of them.
  • Solve the puzzle:
 Follow the story carefully and extensively, use your brain skills and the environment to solve the puzzle. Rely on hearing and sight "See what you see, listen to what you hear".
  • You Can Fight:
 Find your father's hidden weapon and use it to the best of your ability.


  • Warning:

Forgiveness contains some violence and blood.
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