Obscure

Boreal Tenebrae Act I: “I Stand Before You, A Form Undone”

86% positive of 43 Steam reviews

View on Steam

Released: 2020
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam

Made by Snot Bubbles Productions, Music by Guidewire. Published by Snot Bubbles Productions.

About the game

Delve into the dream of a dying town in 'Boreal Tenebrae' , a retro-style adventure with horror elements.

Tagged by players

Adventure
Surreal
Female Protagonist
Psychological Horror
Point & Click
Horror
Mystery
Exploration
Story Rich
Atmospheric

What players say

Games like this

See all games like this

Obscure

Fariwalk: The Prelude

54% matchAdventure, Horror

60%69 reviews

Obscure

DE:VOID

43% matchAdventure, Surreal

90%22 reviews

Obscure

Now You See - A Hand Painted Horror Adventure

42% matchAdventure, Point & Click

84%108 reviews

Obscure

Curse of Anabelle

48% matchAdventure, Horror

49%79 reviews

Obscure

Restless Dreams

41% matchAdventure, Surreal

92%85 reviewsDeck

Obscure

Forgotten Hill Tales

41% matchAdventure, Point & Click

90%101 reviews

Obscure

Delirium VR

40% matchAdventure, Psychological Horror

72%29 reviews

Obscure

Diastone: Memories

48% matchAdventure, Horror

68%41 reviews

Obscure

Fireflies

49% matchAdventure, Horror

35%60 reviews

Obscure

Evie

43% matchAdventure, Surreal

43%172 reviews1 h

Obscure

One Night

51% matchAdventure, Horror

82%45 reviews

Obscure

Night Reverie: Prologue

35% matchSurreal, Adventure

92%278 reviews

Obscure

Boreal Tenebrae Act I: “I Stand Before You, A Form Undone”

86% positive of 43 Steam reviews

View on Steam

Released: 2020
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam

Made by Snot Bubbles Productions, Music by Guidewire. Published by Snot Bubbles Productions.

About the game

Delve into the dream of a dying town in 'Boreal Tenebrae' , a retro-style adventure with horror elements.

Tagged by players

Adventure
Surreal
Female Protagonist
Psychological Horror
Point & Click
Horror
Mystery
Exploration
Story Rich
Atmospheric

What players say

Recommended
I played Act 0 first, which is how I'd recommend going through this, as you're introduced to all of the characters enough there to care more about them when everything starts happening here. Also, while Act 0 improved the visual aspects of the game, I think Act 1 is a better game over all. The way the story is told to you in fragments is more interesting, the puzzles are more thoughtful. There is even a pretty solid…
2.3 h played when written. 3 found it helpful.
Read on Steam
Recommended
The game was good and the story was fun. The controls' explanations on "how to open the inventory" or "how to swing the bat" are missing (they're not even mentioned to the player), luckily the "i" key for the inventory was easy to guess, while to swing the bat I had to press literally every word on the keyboard to get the right one (a "control" section in the menu, showing the player all the controls, wouldn't be so…
5.9 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
Read on Steam
Not recommended
Bought and played this game soon after release. Haven't played it since. Thought maybe it would've been fixed since then but seems the game has been abandoned. Liked the art style and the unique world, but unfortunately as other reviews have stated, it has several game breaking bugs. The one I ran into froze the game entirely, stopping all progress after about 2 hours of play-through. I tried restarting the file,…
5.1 h played when written. 4 found it helpful.
Read on Steam