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Steam Horror Game Turns PS1-Era Graphics Into Backrooms-Style Nightmare Fuel

There is something uniquely unsettling about empty video game spaces. Blown wide open in the wake of Backrooms, the concept of liminal horror has seeped out from internet forums and chat rooms to become a subculture all its own. But while a photorealistic house filled with blood and corpses has its own macabre dread, there’s something even more unsettling about PS1-era graphics, where blocky textures and eerie lighting can make even a mundane street corner feel steeped in Lovecraftian horror.

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