DYSTHANASIA

Item: DYSTHANASIA
Rating: 78
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-11-25

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Summary

Extreme, atmospheric horror experience
Spiritual successor to Demonophobia
Tense stealth and strategic difficulty
High-quality 3D visuals and animations
Explicit R-18G content incomplete
Awkward movement controls and navigation

Emotions

Satisfaction25%Frustration13%Disappointment13%Excitement11%Admiration4%

Reviews (sample size): 62
Helpful reviews: 79%
Unhelpful reviews: 21%
Protest reviews: 0%

78%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
22%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 130
Negative points: 75
Gameplay points: 43
Perf. points: 1
Rec. points: 34
Misc points: 23

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts

Bucket	Neg	Pos
≤ 2h playtime	23.1% Avg playtime 0.3h	913.8% Avg playtime 0.9h
> 2h playtime	23.1% Avg playtime 30.9h	5280% Avg playtime 6.4h

Velocity

review pace

Avg/day	33.2 rev/day
Last 30d	2.2 rev/day
Quarterly	0 rev/qtr
Days covered	2 days

Point	Description	Importance
Extreme, Atmospheric Horror Experience Description Players highly commend the game's brutal, bizarre, and grotesque horror, noting its effective atmospheric design and detailed world-building. The masterful sound design, utilizing silence, wet footsteps, and eerie noises, greatly enhances the tense and immersive experience, often drawing comparisons to classic survival horror and Asian horror films. Importance 97%	Players highly commend the game's brutal, bizarre, and grotesque horror, noting its effective atmospheric design and detailed world-building. The masterful sound design, utilizing silence, wet footsteps, and eerie noises, greatly enhances the tense and immersive experience, often drawing comparisons to classic survival horror and Asian horror films.	97%
Spiritual Successor to Demonophobia Description Many fans celebrate the game as the much-anticipated new work from the creator of the legendary 'Demonophobia,' viewing it as a significant 3D evolution. This connection provides strong nostalgic appeal and positions the game as an inheritor of a distinct bizarre horror legacy. Importance 68%	Many fans celebrate the game as the much-anticipated new work from the creator of the legendary 'Demonophobia,' viewing it as a significant 3D evolution. This connection provides strong nostalgic appeal and positions the game as an inheritor of a distinct bizarre horror legacy.	68%
Tense Stealth & Strategic Difficulty Description The gameplay focuses on stealth, exploration, and evasion, amplified by the player character's helplessness as a small, unarmed girl. Difficulty options cater to various skill levels, with features like a lack of a mini-map, detailed checkpoints, and specific camera angles enhancing tension, immersion, and an old-school horror feel. Importance 61%	The gameplay focuses on stealth, exploration, and evasion, amplified by the player character's helplessness as a small, unarmed girl. Difficulty options cater to various skill levels, with features like a lack of a mini-map, detailed checkpoints, and specific camera angles enhancing tension, immersion, and an old-school horror feel.	61%
Unprecedented Detailed R-18G Content Description Reviewers highlight the game as an unprecedented milestone in R-18G (gore and execution animation) titles, particularly for its highly detailed 3D depictions. The abundance and quality of the grotesque CGs and violent defeat scenes, including intricate organ movement, are praised as a core selling point. Importance 27%	Reviewers highlight the game as an unprecedented milestone in R-18G (gore and execution animation) titles, particularly for its highly detailed 3D depictions. The abundance and quality of the grotesque CGs and violent defeat scenes, including intricate organ movement, are praised as a core selling point.	27%
High-Quality 3D Visuals Description The game is lauded for its successful transition and evolution into 3D, presenting high-quality graphics and unique visuals, especially for an indie title. This shift has enabled considerably more extreme and detailed artistic depictions compared to the creator's previous 2D works. Importance 27%	The game is lauded for its successful transition and evolution into 3D, presenting high-quality graphics and unique visuals, especially for an indie title. This shift has enabled considerably more extreme and detailed artistic depictions compared to the creator's previous 2D works.	27%
Substantial Content & Refinements Description Players note the game offers a considerable play volume and length, providing a satisfying amount of content. Numerous additions, improvements, and optimizations have been implemented since the demo version, contributing to a more polished and expanded overall experience. Importance 20%	Players note the game offers a considerable play volume and length, providing a satisfying amount of content. Numerous additions, improvements, and optimizations have been implemented since the demo version, contributing to a more polished and expanded overall experience.	20%
Good Technical Polish & Controls Description For an indie production, the game is praised for having very few bugs, indicating a good level of technical polish. Additionally, the controls have been significantly improved from the demo version, leading to a smoother and more enjoyable player experience. Importance 14%	For an indie production, the game is praised for having very few bugs, indicating a good level of technical polish. Additionally, the controls have been significantly improved from the demo version, leading to a smoother and more enjoyable player experience.	14%
Surprising Steam Release Description Many players expressed pleasant surprise and appreciation that a game featuring such explicit content was released on Steam without region locks. This accessibility is seen as a notable achievement, encouraging players to acquire the game for their collections. Importance 13%	Many players expressed pleasant surprise and appreciation that a game featuring such explicit content was released on Steam without region locks. This accessibility is seen as a notable achievement, encouraging players to acquire the game for their collections.	13%
Quality Voice Acting & Animations Description The voice acting is praised for being well-executed and fitting perfectly with the scenes, enhancing the game's emotional impact and immersion. The animated scenes are also highlighted as being of very good quality and are considered a major component of the game's appeal. Importance 10%	The voice acting is praised for being well-executed and fitting perfectly with the scenes, enhancing the game's emotional impact and immersion. The animated scenes are also highlighted as being of very good quality and are considered a major component of the game's appeal.	10%
Appreciated Long Development Description Reviewers specifically acknowledge and commend the many years of dedicated development effort put into the game. This appreciation for the creator's persistence highlights the value placed on the time and care invested in the project. Importance 8%	Reviewers specifically acknowledge and commend the many years of dedicated development effort put into the game. This appreciation for the creator's persistence highlights the value placed on the time and care invested in the project.	8%
Adorable Main Character Description A notable point of positive feedback is that players find the main character, 396-chan, to be cute. While a smaller aesthetic detail, it contributes positively to the overall player sentiment. Importance 7%	A notable point of positive feedback is that players find the main character, 396-chan, to be cute. While a smaller aesthetic detail, it contributes positively to the overall player sentiment.	7%

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