Narcosis

Wow. I didn't expect this plot twist at the end and I already knew there would be one. So that's a plus. What I didn't find so good were the knife fights. You have to defend yourself with your knife against the deep sea fauna and with every knife attack there's a time delay because you're underwater and wearing a diving suit. It's realistic, but you have to time your attacks perfectly or you'll get hit. And I was almost always hit. Several times. I found that annoying. Fortunately, you can often avoid such fights.
Otherwise, it's a game with strengths and weaknesses. Basically, it's a deep sea walking simulator with survival and horror elements. It has a great atmosphere which takes on a whole new dimension with a VR headset. Technically, it worked well for me and I thought the horror was well done. However, it only has a short playtime of maybe 5 hours and the graphics are rather VR standard. I have a VR headset, but I played it without it.
I can recommend it at a discounted price.

★★★✯☆
Narcosis is a different type of Horror game, as opposed to running away from something trying to kill you the horror lies more in the fact that your on the sea flour and the systems related to that. Your character has a few hallucinations throughout the game and you never know if something is actually happening or is in the characters head. It makes for a really nice and atmospheric experience without having to rely on a big threat chasing you down.
If you like atmospheric horror then I would definitely recommend this game. Over all the game felt a lot more tense than scary, as you always need to be sure you won’t run out of oxygen or accidentally walk into or over something that will kill you.
I don’t want to spoil anything about the game so I’m not going to go into more detail. So the cliff notes are as follows: It’s a tense horror game without immediate threats hunting you down, no real combat, you need to always focus on your surroundings while keeping your eye on your oxygen, and the gameplay itself is a bit slow as your walking in a big clunky diving suit. If your like tense horror game then I would definitely recommend Narcosis.
I rate Narcosis 3.5/5

Narcosis is mostly a walking sim with some mild puzzle solving and combat. The gloomy visuals and the creepy sound design are the main reasons to get this game, especially if you love deep sea horror like I do.

However, it took me some time to find this game enjoyable as the early scares were rather predictable and not effective. I found myself making fun of them more than being frightened.

I was going to write this game off after the the first few hours of playing it, but the atmosphere does get darker and more oppressive once you leave the first base. The puzzles get more interesting, too, and the hallucinations become very trippy as you get closer to the end. The ending itself was pretty decent.

The main game itself is about 4-5 hours long, though it's closer to 6 if you want to get all of the achievements. You can play by chapter once you complete it to get these.

This game is no SOMA, but it is effective at times so it might be worth it to you if you want to experience another underwater horror adventure.

Fun game to play on Quest 3. Food story. Few things to note to play on quest 3. 1) on a newer pc, if the game does not start, you will need to implement the environmental variables solution. There are several references to it on the internet. That solution also fixed the issue I had with the Brookhaven experiment game. Also, you need to sit down with the vr headset on at your computer and move, shoot flares or wave the knife by your keyboard and mouse, unless you have a game pad, I didn’t. When the game initially starts after you click on it on steam vr, press ‘R’ on the keyboard to start. The quest controllers will no longer work once you launch the game.

Narcosis is a fairly competent horror with a fantastic story. I genuinely found myself enjoying the experience for the most part and was sincerely pleased with how the story unfolded and how it was wrapped up. The game is one of those rare indie titles that is quite competent not only in the gamplay department, but the story too, and comes together quite nicely.
The walking simulator exploration-esque game does suffer from some of the tropes of indie horror games, however. That is to say the repeating hallway, the jumpscare ineffective due to the atmosphere, reusing assets leading to lack of definition / boundaries, the lack of direction leading to being lost at times... I mean guys, it's NOT FUN to feel lost in an area for 30 minutes, dying over and over. It detracts from the story, the danger and the atmosphere, and frustrates the player.
Add tank-like, sporadic combat to the list, too: The elements of the game all begin to feel a little mismashed and lead to some confusion.
The game is however overall well-polished with distinctive, interesting environments and competent voice acting. Overall I think you should forgive the negatives (also feeling free to use a guide) and enjoy the atmosphere and story of Narcosis. It's certainly one of the better indie choices that I have played recently.

Most claustrophobic game ive played.
Towards the end of it, you forget that the footsteps you hear all the time are actually yours, but youre too scared to look behind you.
great little game! Sounddesign and story development work hand in hand right up until the actual ending.
the ending alone is worth the horrendous jumping puzzle type part that came in the 3rd 4th of the game. shambolic!

but i can reccomend it!!

the story and atmosphere of game was truly amazing but had times i really just wanted to freaking rage quite