Devs who spent 5 years making a BioShock-like horror shooter can’t believe its Steam reviews: “I truly expected my game to flop”

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Devs who spent 5 years making a BioShock-like horror shooter can’t believe its Steam reviews: “I truly expected my game to flop”

GamesRadar+ · 3 hours ago

A small development team has expressed disbelief at the overwhelmingly positive Steam reviews for their BioShock-inspired horror shooter, a project that took five years to complete. The developers had braced themselves for the game to flop commercially, making the warm reception from players a welcome surprise and a notable example of an indie horror title finding an audience in a crowded market.

The article draws on comments from the team reflecting on the gap between their modest expectations and the game's actual critical reception on Steam. Full details of the game's title, sales figures and specific review scores were not available in the retrieved article text, though the piece frames the story as a heartening case of a passion project succeeding against the developers' own pessimistic predictions.

  • Indie devs spent five years on a BioShock-style horror shooter
  • Team expected the game to flop commercially
  • Steam reviews turned out surprisingly positive

Entertainment Horror

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