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THE ILLUSION: NIGHTMARE

THE ILLUSION NIGHTMARE Is a horror game made by professional crew In the art of horror. You will have the opportunity to experience one of the most powerful types of psychological horror Based on an environment designed in every detail to be a real hell that makes you terrified.

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May 25, 2022
4 years and 70 days ago
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THE ILLUSION NIGHTMARE Is a horror game made by professional crew In the art of horror.

You will have the opportunity to experience one of the most powerful types of psychological horror
Based on an environment designed in every detail to be a real hell that makes you afraid and terrified.


One day, a man named Martin was conducting investigations about a secret cult, he was exposed and arrested by Zorya.
He was imprisoned In the Nightmare which is Zorya's mysterious mansion surrounded with dark energy, ghosts and Illusions

Martin has to pass a psychological and mental exam to be adopted into the mysterious cult, or to be forgotten in the world of Illusions
But the abandoned mansion is full of ghosts, evil forces and intricate puzzles where he will be punished by Zorya for every wrong decision.

The game begins when martin finds himself trapped in the nightmare mansion.
You have to help him escape by solving the puzzles in the twenty four main rooms,
Where you will get a key in each room allow you to enter the next room
Between The Rooms You Have To Cross Switch Portals, Loop Rooms, And The Big Maze
In every place of the game you will be attacked by ghosts and you will suffer from
Illusions and strange events that will happen around you.


Do you have the ability to challenge Zorya?
Will you help Martin pass the Nightmare?
Or you will leave him imprisoned in the illusions world.