Horror Tales: The Beggar
Tesura Games-
PlayStation 5 - 26/04/2024
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 16 because it features use of strong language, scenes of intense, sustained horror and strong gory images. Not suitable for persons under 16 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
First person adventure/horror game set in a fictional shattered world suffering from a recent catastrophic event. The player controls a character with telekinetic abilities. who is being hunted by a humanoid entity who lurks in the shadows. Using their abilities, the player must traverse through the world and put an end to the creature chasing them.
Content specific issues
This game contains the use of the words “fuck” and “motherfucking”. The game features intense and sustained horror sequences. There are multiple instances of jump scares, with each chapter having very dark and unsettling areas. Some corpses surrounded by blood are shown in different locations as part of the setting, alongside bloody messages smeared on walls.
Other issues
There are some depictions of non-realistic violence to both animal and fantasy characters. The player is required in sections to use their telekinetic powers to throw objects at hostile wolves and the antagonist to progress. When throwing objects, the players hand glows with a bright purple light before flashing as they release and launch the projectile. Upon hits enemies will grunt or cry out in pain and recoil to the blow. Wolves begin to become covered in blood and eventually will retreat from the player whilst hobbling with a paw in the air, showing them in pain. Upon death the wolves fall to the ground and their corpse remains there, being able to be picked and dragged up by the player.
Dungeon Munchies
Tesura Games-
Nintendo Switch - 26/04/2024
MADiSON VR
Perpetual - Europe-
PlayStation 5 - 22/03/2024
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 16 because it features scenes of intense and sustained horror and use of strong language. Not suitable for persons under 16 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Horror adventure game in which players must navigate through an old house that is haunted by a demon.
Content specific issues
This game features intense and sustained horror throughout as the player is threatened by supernatural events. This includes intense jump scares and a constant sense of dread. The game also include use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'shit'.
Other issues
There is a scene in which a character appears to hang themselves by stepping onto a chair, putting their head through a noose, and then kicking the chair out from underneath them. Noises of choking and struggling are head. There is also a scene in which the player's character is surrounded by severed arms and legs.
Still Wakes the Deep
U&I Entertainment Limited-
PlayStation 5 - 29/03/2024
The Last Faith
U&I Entertainment Limited-
Nintendo Switch - 12/04/2024
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PlayStation 5 - 12/04/2024
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Xbox Series X|S - 12/04/2024
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Xbox One - 12/04/2024
Ugly
Graffiti Games-
Nintendo Switch - 31/03/2024
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 16 because it features prominent use of alcohol. Not suitable for persons under 16 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Puzzle platformer game in which the player takes on the role of a nobleman and uses a mirror mechanic to solve puzzles and confront his past traumas.
Content specific issues
This game contains prominent use of alcohol. During gameplay, the protagonist drinks heavily to cope with his trauma. The player can reset a puzzle room by holding a button which causes the player to drink from a flask, which blurs their vision.
Other issues
There is a scene in which the player is encouraged to take their own life. This game contains an over-arching theme of child abuse. The protagonist is dealing with childhood trauma of being taunted, threatened, and called ‘ugly’ by a parental figure. These memories show up during gameplay in the form of children’s style crayon drawings. There are sexual themes throughout the game. One scene in particular takes place in a sex dungeon where adult toys can be seen on shelves, and a sex swing hangs from the ceiling. The player cannot interact with these items. There are horror sequences throughout the entirety of the game. Rooms contain corpses of victims, some of which are dismembered. There are also depictions of skeletons and human bones used for architectural structures. In one room, there are a bunch of zoo animal corpses. This game contains the use of the word ‘bastard’.
OVRDARK: A Do Not Open Story
Unreality, S.L.-
PlayStation 5 - 07/03/2024
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 16 because it features strong violence, gory images, sustained horror, and prominent use of tobacco. Not suitable for persons under 16 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Horror game, a sequel to 'Do Not Open', in which players take on the role of an investigator who discovers the remains of a former friend and investigates the man's past in the dead man's mansion.
Content specific issues
This game features strong and realistic violence towards humans, including a sequence in which a man is seen beating a woman, slamming her head against a wall. There is sight of blood. The game also contains sustained horror sequences and some gory images. There are jump scares and scenes in which the player's character is chased, including by a character with a mutilated head. Players are able to find lit cigarettes in multiple locations which can be picked up and smoked.
Other issues
At one point, the player's character must make an incision on their hand with a knife, with sight of blood.
One Last Breath
SELECTAVISION-
PlayStation 5 - 26/04/2024
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Nintendo Switch - 26/04/2024
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 16 because it features use of strong language. Not suitable for persons under 16 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Adventure game in which players take on the role of Gaia, a humanoid representation of nature, who must help the world come back to life again.
Content specific issues
The game contains infrequent use of strong language ('fuck').
Other issues
The player's character can be defeated by obstacles or enemies, although she cannot engage in violence herself. When defeated, the player's character may scream and then disappear. Enemy creatures may also be killed by obstacles, although they simply fall over without injuries or any realistic reactions. There are some mild jump scares, which younger children may find frightening.
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Complete Edition
Koei Tecmo Europe Ltd-
PlayStation 5 - 07/02/2024
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PlayStation 4 - 07/02/2024
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PC - 07/02/2024
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Xbox One - 07/02/2024
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Xbox Series X|S - 07/02/2024
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 16 because it features strong violence. Not suitable for persons under 16 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Role-playing game, set during a fictional version of the Chinese Han dynasty, in which players must put a stop to the demonic forces which have taken over three kingdoms. This Complete Edition features the main game and all additional DLC.
Content specific issues
This game contains frequent strong and realistic violence towards human characters. Impacts with weapons cause large splashes of blood, which spills onto the ground, and characters grunt and flinch. Bloody bodies are seen on the ground of battlefields.
Other issues
The game also includes use of bad language, including 'bastard'.
Tengoku Struggle -Strayside-
Aksys Games-
Nintendo Switch - 04/04/2024
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 16 because it features references to sexual threat. Not suitable for persons under 16 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Japanese visual novel in which King Enma sends his daughter to capture some prisoners who have escaped from Hell.
Content specific issues
This game features references to sexual threat. In one scene, a man commands a woman to remove her underwear at knifepoint before he is interrupted. In another scene, a girl wakes up and finds she has been captured and drugged with the intention of selling her off to men, although any such violence is prevented from happening.
Other issues
This game also includes references to suicide, prostitution and gambling, as well as use of bad language, including 'shit', 'bastard' and 'piss'.