Before the Dawn: SENARA Prologue

I feel like this needs a little more work. The sanity mechanic wasn't well explained at the beginning. You constantly lose sanity, but there's no indicator other than the screen going black and white, then you take a hit of sanity damage. Three of those and you're done. Having one or more seems to make it happen faster! You also have a health bar and there's an enemy that you have to avoid as well but it's not really smart. Decent, and I can see what they were trying for, but just feels lackluster.

10/10 for me. Interesting environment, Nice and tense. Simple, effective controls. Brilliant, free mini experience.

Overall a nice ambience and all, but ohh boy was the enemy annoying. He is like flash on speed. But overall a nice look on what the main game might be about. Its ok to play.

Before the Dawn: SENARA Prologue creates its horror experience through tension and atmosphere rather than relying entirely on loud scares or constant danger. Instead of immediately throwing players into nonstop encounters, the game slowly builds unease by placing them inside an isolated environment where uncertainty becomes one of the greatest threats. Players step into the role of someone infiltrating the SENARA, a massive vessel connected to mysterious activities and disturbing secrets. Once things begin falling apart, survival becomes the primary goal, and what follows is a journey through a place where every corridor and shadow feels increasingly unsettling. One of the game's most effective qualities is the setting itself. The SENARA does not feel like a typical horror location designed purely around exaggerated visual horror elements. Instead, the environment feels grounded and believable. Steel hallways, cramped rooms, and industrial sections create an atmosphere that feels authentic rather than theatrical. This realistic design works surprisingly well because familiar places can often create stronger discomfort than locations filled with unrealistic monsters and impossible …

confusing asf, got dizzy playing this.

This is awesome. Really cool atmosphere, just the right amount of nook and cranny hunting, a really really good map (as long as you look around and interact with them on the walls of the ship) that keeps you from wasting time searching where nothing is. i would've liked a way to defend myself over just sneaking around but thats just a personal preference, ymmv there and i have zero issues recommending this to indie horror fans if curious. the premise and tone is really unsettling to me for some reason and is a religious horror in a flavor i haven't quite encountered yet lol.