Lazaret
A rescue team is called out to investigate a distress signal coming from a ship identified as the MTS Endurance – a ship known to have disappeared 4 years ago on a voyage across the Atlantic. The rescue operation goes awry, and you are left stranded and alone on the derelict ship. Searching below deck you find no sign of life. The crew appears to have just vanished; replaced with eerie stone statues, but perhaps you’re not as alone as you first thought. Explore the derelict ship to uncover what happened 4 years ago and what fate befell the crew.
Lazaret is a first-person horror game with light puzzle elements and an emphasis on atmosphere. You play as a lone member of a rescue crew who must complete puzzles and explore the derelict ship while trying to avoid meeting the same fate as the missing crew. Danger lurks around every corner – you must run or hide to stay alive as you learn more about the ship and what caused its mysterious disappearance 4 years ago.
Game Discussion
Steam User 2
This was a fun shortish (~3 hour) horror game, which I think did a pretty good job of creating a tense atmosphere. The puzzles were generally fairly simply to figure out, minus a few that started to get more obscure.
It definitely seemed like a lower budget game but not really in any way that made me feel the game wasn't well crafted. I recommend the game for someone that wants a short spooky adventure through a derelict ship.
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Steam User 2
Really well made horror game!
I can see the passion in the project as a whole, and the inspiration from some of my favourite games like Dead Space, and Resident Evil!
Truly well done!
Me and my chat loved playing this!
Steam User 2
Lots of good jump scares that make you scream. Good puzzles. You can finish the game in 2-4 hours. 7/10 overall.
Steam User 2
Overall Rating: 9/10! Top tier game! The graphics are amazing! It feels very "horror movie", and the way the story plays out left me genuinely scared. The stuff you deal with on the ship, the monsters and main antagonist are actually terrifying. The story line is also really good and everything plays out really smoothly. Definitely high on my list of recommendations!
Steam User 1
Great game, played it with my partner who isn't really a gamer and has struggled with controllers. She got to grips with this game and it was good experience for her. We enjoyed the puzzles, atmosphere and we were both spooked. For a very small team they've done a great job at making a 3ish hour experience which is a good length, it didn't overstay its welcome.
Steam User 2
Overall an okay experience.
The game is stable and runs well.
When it comes to the actual contents of the game the first 30 minutes are very tense and well crafted. After that though, the game turns into too much collection and obscure puzzling to maintain momentum.
The enemies are not actually enemies apart from scaring you for the entire game. They scare, but literally only bump into the player. This diffuses the tension severely. The only actual dangers are in scripted events.
The game would have benefited from the following changes:
1. More consequential enemies, but fewer of them. (Lorewise the sheer number of mannequins is already difficult to explain. The ship must seemingly have had a crew in the thousands given the sheer number of encounters)
2. More information and background. We get some scattered notes, which are very good. More would have been appreciated to further build the tension up.
If you have a fear of ships or mannequins this will probably be a very scary experience, and I would argue it is worth playing through anyway for the first 30 minutes alone if nothing else.
Steam User 1
I very much enjoyed this game. I enjoyed the atmosphere and the sense of direction of where to go. Played it on stream when it first came out community seemed to have enjoyed it to and still bring up the wistles!