The Duchess Curse

Useless game crashes every 5 minutes no matter what video settings you choose, and even after installing the developers supposed "Download Fix" mentioned on the game store page. This is echoed by many others on the game forum and youtube videos. Wasted an hour of my life. From what I did play the game wasn't anything special anyway, just a bunch of prebought horror assets seen in other games and AI generated low budget nonsense. Avoid at all costs. Overall: 0 / 10.

The Duchess Curse is a first-person psychological horror experience that takes a familiar haunted-mansion concept and builds a compact supernatural mystery around it. Developed and published by DIG Games, the game places atmosphere, exploration, puzzles, and unsettling encounters ahead of complicated combat or large-scale progression systems. Its straightforward design makes it easy to understand from the beginning, while the increasingly disturbing circumstances inside the estate give players a reason to continue investigating. The story begins with an unusually ordinary assignment. You play as a security guard sent to an old mansion with the simple task of switching off the lights. Once the building goes dark, however, the doors mysteriously lock and what should have been a routine visit becomes a fight to escape. The mansion is connected to the Duchess, a grieving woman who attempted to communicate with her deceased daughter. Her inability to accept the loss ultimately led her toward dangerous supernatural practices, with disastrous consequences for the estate and anyone unfortunate enough to enter it. Much of the experience revolves around exploring the mansion and gradually …

I received a key to review the game, and overall, it’s pretty good. It could be a bit longer, though. I did encounter an issue with stuttering, but after installing the UEPrereqSetup from the Extras folder, it runs smoothly now.