Dive into a dream-come-true experience mutating to a horrific nightmare where no escape will be found…
Game’s details:
- Genre: Psychological Horror
- Classification: Visual Novel
- Supported System: Windows 10
- Developer: CASCHA GAMES
- Platform: Steam, Itch.io
- Price: €3,99
- Gameplay: ~2h
TW: gore, graphic content, flashing screens, epilepsy
Game’s premise:
While being a competent swimmer, Yaru is aiming to the maximal top once she manages to enrol to an important – and highly competitive – school.
A very impressive swimmer, has won 1st place at a competition, however… she happens to find herself driven in a corner coming to her grades.
Being unable to pass the year equals to ending up doomed and grounded forever in the first grade if lacking the ability to apprehend the requested education.
Therefore all the efforts, dreams and struggles will result wasted.
So, to have a fresh start at working even harder, Yaru decides to sneak in at the school’s swimming pool during night in order to practice.
However, there’s an odd rumour spreading around more and more – it is said there is a ghost residing inside the pool that might come after you if you enter the building at night…
Another worn-out soul?
Some odd turn of events keeps taking place at the school grounds from Yaru’s point of view.
Not only she starts to actually doubt the existence of the mentioned specter, but as she is unable to get any proper rest due to stress coming to the studies which are not producing any real progress, she seems to be starting to hallucinate grotesque shapes and creatures…
Featurings:
Ghost in the pool is a horror Visual Novel produced by CASCHA GAMES displaying a very eerie story that will keep you on your toes while having a quite short, yet quality horror experience.
The art style is presented as a monochrome comic book and appears to be highly inspired by Junji Ito works.
While going through the story we will be constantly accompanied by entrancing BGM and on point sound effects that will lead us to savour considerably the whole experience.
The offered translation is not 100% on point, but still appears to be understandable.
This Visual Novel does offer the option of interacting with objects (which you can skip through as well), some choices and multiple endings.
The epilogue scenes are a bit repetitive, while the story’s finale does offer 3 variations.
Personal considerations:
The atmosphere of this game is very well-portrayed so the public can both feel curiosity towards the story, as well as fully perceive the uneasy atmosphere of the game.
Being a horror enthusiast myself, all I can say I enjoyed each single part of the game and am pleased with having picked this little gem.
Overall:
The game is eerie at its pique and is highly recommended to horror enthusiasts looking for a short story rich game.
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