About Those Who Remain:
Edward is a man with a good life a beautiful wife, a smart daughter, and a nice home. Yet despite all of his good fortunes, he finds himself at the bottom of a whiskey bottle night after night, on top of having a secret affair. When his lover, Diane, texts him from a motel in the quiet town of Dormont, he summons the courage to visit her and break off their lust-fueled relationship for good. However, when he arrives at the location, Diane is nowhere to be found. Instead, Edward finds himself on a journey to piece together the death of a young girl, solve the disappearance of the entire town, and figure out exactly where his life went wrong, in Those Who Remain. Don’t let the Steam store tags fool you, there is no survival horror here. What this game really is, is a psychological horror walking simulator that does well at masking its key and note finding with clever puzzles and ensnaring atmosphere. It helps that the campaign is straight-forward most of the time, unlike a lot of indie horror games of a similar nature that force well-hidden item hunting on its unsuspecting players. Be prepared to dive between dimensions to solve many of the enigmas here, as reality shifts and the past keeps trying to inject itself into the present; another key element that keeps the time-worn core gameplay from becoming stale. There are also a few chase and stealth segments with one-hit kill enemies, but you’ll be pressed to have a difficult time maneuvering the mostly deaf and blind AI.
