Nightmare of Decay

Item: Nightmare of Decay
Rating: 90
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-11-24

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Summary

Authentic retro horror tribute.
Engaging combat, diverse replayable modes.
Immersive retro visuals and sound.
Very short, limited main content.
Excessive difficulty; combat sometimes clunky.
Weak story and simplistic puzzles.

Emotions

Satisfaction35%Enjoyment10%Frustration8%Disappointment8%Appreciation7%

Reviews (sample size): 598
Helpful reviews: 79%
Unhelpful reviews: 21%
Protest reviews: 0%

90%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
10%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 2027
Negative points: 626
Gameplay points: 635
Perf. points: 10
Rec. points: 288
Misc points: 140

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts

Bucket	Neg	Pos
≤ 2h playtime	243.7% Avg playtime 0.7h	467.1% Avg playtime 1.2h
> 2h playtime	213.2% Avg playtime 4.3h	55685.9% Avg playtime 6.8h

Velocity

review pace

Avg/day	0.5 rev/day
Last 30d	2.9 rev/day
Quarterly	25.3 rev/qtr
Days covered	1,298.7 days

Point	Description	Importance
Authentic Retro Horror Tribute Description The game is widely praised as an exceptional 'love letter' to classic survival horror, drawing heavily from iconic titles like Resident Evil (especially RE1) and Silent Hill. It successfully channels a nostalgic atmosphere while integrating its own identity and subtle Lovecraftian elements, offering both familiar tropes and refreshing twists for genre fans. Importance 100%	The game is widely praised as an exceptional 'love letter' to classic survival horror, drawing heavily from iconic titles like Resident Evil (especially RE1) and Silent Hill. It successfully channels a nostalgic atmosphere while integrating its own identity and subtle Lovecraftian elements, offering both familiar tropes and refreshing twists for genre fans.	100%
Engaging Combat & Replayable Content Description The game features satisfying, impactful gunplay with strategic ammo management, varied weapons, and good enemy feedback, contributing to a consistently fun combat experience. Beyond the main campaign, it offers significant replayability through engaging puzzles, multiple difficulty levels, unlockable challenges, and diverse bonus modes (Horde, Dungeon, Randomizer), often introducing new enemy types. Importance 90%	The game features satisfying, impactful gunplay with strategic ammo management, varied weapons, and good enemy feedback, contributing to a consistently fun combat experience. Beyond the main campaign, it offers significant replayability through engaging puzzles, multiple difficulty levels, unlockable challenges, and diverse bonus modes (Horde, Dungeon, Randomizer), often introducing new enemy types.	90%
Immersive Retro Visuals & Sound Description The game's deliberate retro, low-poly, and PSX-style graphics, combined with its highly effective sound design, are lauded for creating a pervasive sense of dread and an immersive, unsettling atmosphere. This intentional aesthetic choice successfully enhances the horror and tension, proving that atmosphere can triumph over cutting-edge graphical fidelity. Importance 76%	The game's deliberate retro, low-poly, and PSX-style graphics, combined with its highly effective sound design, are lauded for creating a pervasive sense of dread and an immersive, unsettling atmosphere. This intentional aesthetic choice successfully enhances the horror and tension, proving that atmosphere can triumph over cutting-edge graphical fidelity.	76%
Exceptional Value for Price Description Players consistently highlight the game's incredibly low price point, often calling it a 'steal' for the amount of content, polish, and enjoyment it provides. It is perceived as offering significantly more value and a more engaging experience than many higher-priced titles, making it highly recommended for its cost, particularly when on sale. Importance 76%	Players consistently highlight the game's incredibly low price point, often calling it a 'steal' for the amount of content, polish, and enjoyment it provides. It is perceived as offering significantly more value and a more engaging experience than many higher-priced titles, making it highly recommended for its cost, particularly when on sale.	76%
Polished & Well-Crafted Experience Description Despite its indie status and affordable price, the game is frequently praised for its overall polish, smooth performance, and lack of bugs or technical issues. The simple yet captivating plot, tight pacing, and well-designed mechanics contribute to a high-quality feel that often defies expectations for its budget. Importance 72%	Despite its indie status and affordable price, the game is frequently praised for its overall polish, smooth performance, and lack of bugs or technical issues. The simple yet captivating plot, tight pacing, and well-designed mechanics contribute to a high-quality feel that often defies expectations for its budget.	72%
Charming Humorous Elements Description Reviewers appreciate the game's unique charm, which includes a distinct sense of humor, black comedy, and clever pop culture references. These comedic touches, Easter eggs, and self-aware nods add an enjoyable and memorable layer to the horror experience, often leading to laughs amidst the dread. Importance 7%	Reviewers appreciate the game's unique charm, which includes a distinct sense of humor, black comedy, and clever pop culture references. These comedic touches, Easter eggs, and self-aware nods add an enjoyable and memorable layer to the horror experience, often leading to laughs amidst the dread.	7%

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