Syndrome

Syndrome is a science fiction survival horror video game developed by Camel 101 and Bigmoon Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac, Linux and Nintendo Switch. The game takes place inside the "Valkenburg", a drifting spaceship where something has gone wrong, killing most of its crew. The player controls a character that wakes up in the spaceship with no memory of what happened. The player's actions are not limited to running and hiding; in Syndrome the player can also engage in combat, although the available weapons and ammunition are limited. The game also plays heavily with psychological horror: the main character is constantly plagued by visual and auditory hallucinations, never knowing what is real and what is not. Syndrome was Greenlight on Steam by the community on October 9, 2015. Gameplay The game is played in a first-person view. While exploring, the player can pick up and interact with objects like doors, keypads, computer consoles, drawers, machinery, etc., and use weapons (both melee and long range). The player faces powerful and numerous enemy creatures, which means that the best strategy is often to avoid combat. Although the player can fight, it is recommended that the ammunition be saved for the most difficult encounters. One particularly powerful creature, known as "the Beast", cannot be harmed by weapons, and must be evaded throughout the game. Soon after waking up, the main character meets two other survivors over the radio. Both will try to help him, but each one of them will have a different version of what happened in the ship. This adds even more confusion to the already frail mental state of the main character.