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Fight against demons and your own mind to save yourself from a never-ending hell in this retro-style survival-horror game about mystery, psychology, and the coldness of killing. Banish demons with deadly weapons and reassemble the mysterious pieces of a family gone missing in Psychosis.

The game currently consists of the first two of three chapters that comprise the entire game. This amounts to close to 2 hours of play. The third/final chapter has not yet been started.

The game is also available for completely free on Steam. Paying $2.99 or more grants you the original soundtrack! Listen to a sample HERE.

The game team is currently very small, so most funds generated from this page will go towards proper artists/etc. for the full release. As such, any donations at all are very much appreciated!

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ENTER PSYCHOSIS

While investigating the home of a family gone missing, you find evidence of something unexplainable. But when you approach it, the world goes dark. You awaken drenched in blood and faced with the shattered skull of a gnarled unnatural creature. Darkness. You sprint through a forest beset by fog, sure only that you must run.

Enter the world of Psychosis, a retro-style survival-horror game about psychology and the coldness of killing.

SURVIVE AT ALL COSTS

Wield deadly weapons to face the horrors of your own mind and save yourself from a never-ending hell.

UNCOVER A MYSTERY

Reassemble the disturbing shreds of evidence left behind by the missing family members and escape this dark world with your life.

SUFFER THE SURREAL

Trust nothing as your grasp on your own surroundings slips away in an ever-changing environment as you fight to maintain your own sanity.

EXPERIENCE NOSTALGIA

Transport yourself back to the 1990s Pacific Northwest with a hybrid-retro art style reminiscent of the era. The game is presented with low-res art, modern lighting, and crunchy audio.

SYSTEM SPECS

Recommended

  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 or later
  • 1 GB RAM

Minimum

  • Dedicated GPU with DX11 or Vulkan support
  • 1 GB RAM

NOTES

  • Press F10 during gameplay to view controls list.
  • Story progress can be reset via the Game Options menu.
  • All settings can be reset to defaults by deleting AppData\Local\Psychosis\Saved\Config and AppData\Local\Psychosis\Saved\SaveGames\CustomGameUserSettings.sav
  • If you have issues running the game, try running the UE4 prerequisites setup file located at Engine\Extras\Redist\en-us\UE4PrereqSetup_x64.exe

DISCLAIMER

Content Warning: Psychosis contains themes of murder, flashing imagery, strong violence, and strong language.

Epilepsy Warning

When you die in the game, the screen flashes red for a brief period of time. This can be disabled in the Game Options menu.

CREDITS

  • Developed by Aaron Gilbert
  • Music composed by Richard Savery
  • Lighting contributions by Zachary Marik
  • Narrative Design by Mechthorian
  • Environment Art by Tyla Payano
  • Character/Creature Art & Animation by Luca Cucciniello
  • Character Concept Art by Random Brain
  • Animation contributions by Daniel Hudson Newberry
  • Key art by Henri Tervapuro
  • Special thanks to Zachary Marik, David Hewitson, and the Haunted PS1 community without whom this never would have been possible

Full credits can be found in-game.


© 2022-2025 Aaron Gilbert, all rights reserved

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Click download now to get access to the following files:

Chapters 1 & 2 (v1.4) 354 MB
Original Soundtrack (Chapter 2 only, for now...) 264 MB
if you pay $2.99 USD or more

Development log

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Games Do Titio1 year ago

muito confuso!
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Belrion1 year ago

Psychosis Teaser, cuando una familia desaparece y recibes una misteriosa llamada, se desata el infierno a la vez que te sumerges en un mundo expansivo donde los demonios te persiguen y la lógica se ve invertida, pelea por los pedazos de tu propia humanidad, muchas gracias por crear el juego, saludos a todos!!!

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MrEclipse131 year ago

this woulld be cool in vr

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BurberryC062 years ago (2 edits)

Hey Aaron, saw your post about this on LinkedIn and gave the demo a spin. I played it to completion.

The Good:

  • Variety of Enemies
  • Ambiance (sounds) were persistent and came on strong
  • Low-poly PS1 horror was largely nailed artistically
  • Environment layout / level design
  • Presence of a boss fight
  • Melee felt tight and satisfying to use for the duration of the demo (probably would be a bit tiring without change for longer).
  • Demo was sufficient in length and drew me in well.

The Meh:

  • The first enemy (torso) made me laugh due to the nature of its attack. Detracted from the atmosphere.
  • Ambience (especially in start of school level) was cranked up to 10 with nothing happening - pulled out of immersion since I could no longer think it was related to a threat.
  • Character motivations and how the story involved the player didn't seem to be explained or elaborated.
  • Lockers, too many to open with nothing in them (opened like 50 and only found 3 or 4 with something inside).
  • Interactables didn't have a outline when hovering over them.
  • I couldn't tell how much damage I could take from a given enemy. I was able to take 5 hits from a torso before dropping to 'OK' - other enemies seemed to drop me down a level in 1 hit.
  • Boss fight felt a little too simple for me.
  • Could not throw ball, literally unplayable 0/10.

The Bad:

  • The enemy with a sword did not feel telegraphed to be immortal at all. Burned all ammunition and health kits on it. 

Introducing an immortal enemy when all other enemies are killable needs some really special recognition - perhaps just consider making it killable as I can't see what real benefit making it immortal does otherwise (just make it tankier than your average).

Best of luck with your endeavors :)

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Aaron Gilbert2 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

Thanks so much for all the feedback! :)

By the way, you CAN throw the ball! You have to fling it with your mouse xD

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Bruno GameplaySS2 years ago

Hello Aaron Gilbert, my name is Bruno, I make indie game gameplays on YouTube, here in Brazil, I want to congratulate you for the great project, the game has a lot of potential.

Gameplay Link:


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Aaron Gilbert2 years ago

Thank you so much, Bruno! :D

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ezez game2 years ago

😊👍
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Aaron Gilbert2 years ago

Thanks!

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Levont2 years ago

Very interesting game for sure. I didn't get to the end, but I really enjoyed what I played. Keep it up. ... Also screw the Mr. X like monster.

Here's my channel for other games I have played. https://www.youtube.com/@Levont


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Aaron Gilbert2 years ago

Thanks so much! 

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Mikea152 years ago

GG @Aaron. Said nope quite a few times. Not my kind of game, but this is impressive. Cheers mate, and good luck!

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Aaron Gilbert2 years ago

LMAOOO

Thanks so much, Michael, means a lot! :D

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RukZGamer2 years ago

Really nice game but the boss fight was bit hard. 5/5

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Aaron Gilbert2 years ago

Thanks so much!!! Can't wait to watch the video! :D

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RukZGamer2 years ago

Welcome. :)

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queenfaith2 years ago

cool vibes silent hill .
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Aaron Gilbert2 years ago

Thanks for playing! So glad taking the time to translate the game paid off.

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Polygonien2 years ago

Really good teaser demo but I suffered a lot during that boss fight because I went into that last room with very low health and the two medkits were not much help :/ It took me way too long to notice that you are not supposed to fight that one enemy so I wasted most of my ressources that way and I did not really feel like starting all over again tbh. So maybe you should at least heal players for the boss to make sure it won't end in frustration. Even knowing the pattern I felt it was really hard to survive with low health. Anyway this is some promising work and the atmosphere was great. It reminds me of Cry of Fear and I think I'll get the Founders Edition to support you.

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Aaron Gilbert2 years ago

Thanks so much!

There's quite a few medkits scattered around if you look around enough, but tbf some of them are quite hidden.

I'll have to continue exploring ways to telegraph not being able to fight that one enemy, so thanks very much for that feedback!

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Polygonien2 years ago

I think I found all of them but wasted pretty much all of them in my pointless fight against the knife thing. Perhaps an option to reload previous checkpoints would be helpful.

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Aaron Gilbert2 years ago

Yeah, telegraphing this better will be a priority for an upcoming patch. Thanks again!

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