This is certainly one of the best Japanese horror games to play and is completely free to try. The game is more reliant on its audio to build suspense and there are subtle sounds throughout the game that amplify the terror tenfold.Īll in all, Shadow Corridor is a great game and, despite being short, does a great job of building tension through minimal lighting and haunting audio. It is graphically impressive it may not be the best game you have ever seen from a visual sense, but it is smooth, crisp, and generally a quite a beautiful game.
You can light candles throughout the house to make your path clearer. Various items can be picked up in the game that help you along the way and there are multiple endings possible to playthrough.Īs the name suggests, lighting plays a big part in the game and the first thing you notice when entering the house is how dark it is. The aim of the game is to collect 5 items, or magatamas, whilst avoiding spiritual entities that look to chase you down as soon as you encounter them.
The game is played from a first-person perspective and follows the player into an old Japanese house after the character trails an instinctive childhood memory whilst walking through an alley. Shadow Corridor is a relatively obscure Japanese survival horror game with puzzle and exploration elements. Ikenie no Yoru (イケニエノヨル / Night of the Sacrifice)
