Four Short Games About Pain

Summary by Krater

A review of the horror indie game collection Haunted Cities 4 by Kitty Horrorshow, covering its four games: Exclusion Zone, Grandmother's Garden, Tenement, and Lethargy Hill. The narrator explores the games' themes of alienation, trauma, and bodily horror, concluding that their unsettling atmospheres stem from a deep, foundational anguish rather than traditional jump scares.

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Answers: What are the games in Haunted Cities 4 by Kitty Horrorshow like?

• indie horror games
• Kitty Horrorshow
• Haunted Cities 4
• game design analysis
• horror atmosphere

What it concludes

• Haunted Cities 4 is a free collection of four short, experimental horror games released for Halloween.
• The games in the collection explore themes of visceral horror, alienation, and emotional pain rather than relying on traditional jump scares.
• The horror in Kitty Horrorshow's games is built on a foundation of anguish and bodily horror, making them uniquely unsettling.
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