Bloodwash

Experienced on the Meta Quest 3. VR REVIEW ONLY!
You can view my VR gameplay here:
Yes, you can play Bloodwash in VR using the completely free UUVR mod by Raicuparta. Installing the mod is as easy as downloading the completely free Raipal app and clicking install on the UUVR Mono Legacy prompt. Keep in mind, motion controllers are NOT supported.
I played with KBM. Menus and all UI elements are visible within the VR headset view. The only changes I made to the in-game settings was turning off the game filters (CRT, headbob, etc.). Obviously, this game has distorted walls that flicker like waves across your screen. That may cause motion sickness in VR so beware.
Other than that, there are no issues. Performance was wonderful on my RTX 3080, usually getting 144 FPS. Not recommended in VR if you have heart issues! I hope the dev adds official VR support to his games in the near future because this is awesome in VR!
VR Rating 7/10.
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This game was intense at times and funny at other times. Dont slouch on this game. You wont be disappointed!!! The dev also made other great games. Go check those out too.

Bloodwash is a short but fun little horror title that I really enjoyed. Nails the 80's movie aesthetic and feels like you're playing through a fun 80's B movie horror. It's very Puppet Combo like (Which makes sense when Torture Star Video's is owned by Puppet Combo. Don't think think Bloodwash is actually made by them though, just published) but holds less of the jarring noises present in puppet combo games
While not really scary, it is a little disturbing with the lore of the villain and has a couple of suspenseful moments that got my heart racing. Voice acting and music fit perfectly into the game.
Found it to be pretty cool they also added comic books you could collect and actually really read through. Showed a lot of thought and effort went into a game, even when created to be a short experience.
If you're a fan of horror games, horror movies and/or Puppet Combo games, I think you'd really enjoy this.

Bloodwash is a pretty short and straightforward horror game. It thrives on some nice retro aesthetics and creepy atmosphere, but admittedly there isn't a lot here in terms of gameplay. I was able to 100% complete the game in a little over an hour. I'd say this is worth picking up on sale if you're intrigued by the premise, otherwise you'd probably be fine watching a quick walkthrough on YouTube.

A really well made, bite-sized indie horror game inspired by 80's slasher flicks. Beautifully crunchy VHS visuals accompanied by gloomy synths. Fun gameplay with creepy atmosphere, detailed environments, tons of stuff to explore and a murder mystery to uncover. Well worth the asking price!

A pretty decent horror game, with some good scares and a great atmosphere.
Definitely worth a play.

there's a bit of a floor that Puppet Combo/Torture Star Video and associated released games will sit at quality wise. there will be examples that go above and beyond of course but nothing will go below fine short of some of their more off kilter or arcade gameplay based works. in the case of Bloodwash, things started off really well but wasn't able to hold it together in the end.
i once again got a lot of mileage out of these nearly empty late night settings. whether it was the quiet apartment building with the dilapidated basement or the laundromat and surrounding shops in the shopping center the bulk of the game takes place in, there's a great sense of terror in the mundane. there's a bigger variety of characters to interact with than other games of this type that i've played and the scattered items and clues were a nice bonus as well.
i guess my complaints with this were generally the structure and the impact (or lack thereof) of things as they unravel more in the climax. in short, Bloodwash sees you heading across town to a 24 hour laundry facility so you can wash clothes for a job interview after your apartment's utilities fell through. (of course being a horror game there's more to it than that and this takes place within context of a series of disappearances and murders around the game's broader settings.) the progression in the earlier parts quite literally follow you on your quest to do your laundry. the problem for me came with the movement of time in game. waiting for your laundry to wash so it can be moved to the dryer or for it to finish drying is put on a real time based timer which is all well and good for slight immersion or whatever but it left me with quite a bit of down time just waiting to be able to progress. i wasn't rushing through the game by any means (i did all achievements, talked to and showed evidence to everyone, explored the different shops at multiple points to check for changes) but i still found myself needing to wait around 8 minutes for the clothes to be done in the dryer. not a massive amount of time or a big deal in the end but it definitely hampered the pacing.
which leaves me with the climax. the twist here wasn't much of a surprise, it was clearly telegraphed both in some of the investigations you can do but also in some of the wider mechanisms of the game's narrative. this is fine and wasn't my issue, what i did struggle with was the way the sense of tension completely deflated the more things unraveled. this isn't a flaw that's unique to this game when it comes to the genre but it's a bummer to watch yet another one squander its fear factor the more it shows. they were onto something a bit with the Silence of the Lambs fumbling through the dark with the gun as your assailant closes in but the up close reveal was comical and it repeats itself a handful of times. it was so close.
probably my least favorite of the Puppet Combo (and associated) games that i like so far. it's solid enough and i'm glad to have played it but it could've been so much more.