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Kenophobia

A Psychological Horror Backrooms Found Footage Game

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Developer
BeamCRASH
Publisher
UGGPL Games
Release
May 2, 2024
2 years and 91 days ago
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Positive14 reviews92.9%

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About the Game

STORY:


The year is 2008. The UGG Research Institute does an experiment and attempts opening a portal to The Backrooms. However, the experiment goes horribly wrong, corrupting The Frontrooms leaving unstable surfaces, leading to the Backrooms unwillingly should someone fall down.

The player starts recording a vlog. He takes all his necessary equipment and is about to leave his house, when suddendly he falls through the floor and lands in the Backrooms, where there's nothing but the stink of old moist carpet, the madness of monoyellow, the endless background noise of fluorescent lights at maximum hum-buzz, and approximately six hundred million square miles of randomly segmented empty rooms to be trapped in, along with other areas that have yet to be explored.
The player has to make their way back to The Frontrooms, solving various puzzles on their journey.

INFO:


Kenophobia is a psychological horror game inspired by The Backrooms, taking appearance of a Found Footage style game. You wander across so-called liminal spaces and progressively go to other levels, solving puzzles that might be present within the various levels in order to return to the Frontrooms.

FEATURES:


  • Found Footage style:
    - The game offers a handheld camera-like footage effect.

  • Various levels:
    - The game consists of 20 unique levels, almost each one having their own unique puzzles and clues.

  • Puzzles:
    - The player has to find clues and solve puzzles in order to progress, each puzzle varying in difficulty.

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