Insomnia: Chapter One
Melon Polygons · 2026 · Adventure, Psychological Horror, Walking Simulator, First-Person, Story Rich
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About Insomnia: Chapter One
╔═════════════════════╗⏱️ DURATION: ~45-60 MINUTES ╚═════════════════════╝Insomnia is a series of standalone psychological horror stories, each exploring the limits of human isolation, memory, and guilt.Developed entirely by a solo creator, the series focuses on intimate, narrative-driven experiences designed to be completed in a single, haunting session.Every chapter tells a different story.
Every story brings you closer to the truth.
And in the end, sleep may be the only escape.
2012 – Arctic Research Station "Persei".You are Ethan Miller, a junior technician stationed at an isolated scientific base in the northern Kara Sea. The routine is strict, as always: maintenance tasks, daily reports, quiet evenings beside humming radiators. Just another standard shift.
The deeper you dig into the station’s recent past, the clearer it becomes: something went wrong long ago and there may be no way back.
Every story brings you closer to the truth.
And in the end, sleep may be the only escape.
2012 – Arctic Research Station "Persei".You are Ethan Miller, a junior technician stationed at an isolated scientific base in the northern Kara Sea. The routine is strict, as always: maintenance tasks, daily reports, quiet evenings beside humming radiators. Just another standard shift.
The deeper you dig into the station’s recent past, the clearer it becomes: something went wrong long ago and there may be no way back.
Key Features
- Deep, Story-Driven Mystery: Uncover what lies behind the locked doors of a forgotten polar station and what price was paid in the pursuit of progress. Every discovery brings you closer to the truth lurking beneath the ice.
- Atmospheric Psychological Horror: Immersive sound design, flickering lights, and hauntingly realistic visuals draw you into the cold, creeping dread of the Arctic night. The line between reality and madness blurs as the station itself seems to turn against you.
- Exploration-Focused Gameplay: Navigate tangled corridors, find clues, and solve environmental puzzles in a world where your decisions matter. There are no weapons here only your wits. Every choice can shape the story and determine who makes it out alive.
- Meticulous World-Building: From rusted instruments to weathered personal logs, every asset in Insomnia is crafted with attention to detail. Examine journals, notes, and relics of those who came before to piece together the station’s eerie history.
- Fragmented Storytelling: The narrative unfolds organically. Every message, item, and hidden space reveals a new piece of the puzzle drawing you deeper into a mystery that you must interpret. What you see (or think you see) will test your resolve and sanity
Prepare Yourself
You are the last person who might discover what happened to Station Persei and possibly the last who can survive it. But to do so, you’ll have to face not just an unknown terror stalking the empty halls, but the depths of your own fear. Insomnia: Chapter One invites you into a tense, chilling journey through the frozen corridors of a decaying facility where the cold is not the only thing creeping in.What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Overall a nicely designed game with some hiccups here and there like a random photo I picked up looking like the most AI image I have ever seen, Coldridge having bad lip sync and no audio for final voice line, and no dialogue between Ethan and some random survivor I found in the dark during the games final moments. Game is also go from point A to B and so on the monster makes a minor appearance as well and isn't a threat at all. Insomnia: Chapter One has good graphics and design tho but it just ends as the story gets good. Personally it was ok but I would wait until the rest of the chapters come out if they ever do lol https://youtu.be/4kVmMFN-UMg2 found this helpful
Great little eerie walking sim. Recommend Russian audio with subtitles.
It's not a bad game. The graphics and world design and detail are amazing. It plays fine. No bugs or anything. The story is ok but a bit awkward. The voice acting for the English translation is awkward. The lines are read too fast and... just awkward! I tried playing it in VR using UEVR and it works but the type of graphics used makes it again... awkward. I got it on sale so I'm ok with it. If the translations were fixed and the story fleshed out a little more it would be a great game.
Great little Horror game, considering it was made by one guy. Builds up the tension well however no real Scares or major encounters with the creature. Some notes you can find add a bit of lore and world building along with some dialogue with the stations staff. Graphics are solid, voice acting is nothing special. overall decent game which has laid a great foundation for the following chapters 7/10 Buy if you want a short tense not over the top horror experience
A short, interesting, atmospheric horror. There's an underlying story which drives the game, but can be a little disjointed. The graphics are quite nice, even if some of the assets don't really fit in. The sound design is great overall. It's clearly an early passion project with a lot of ambition and some shortfalls. Know that going in and you may enjoy it.
Love this gasme only gripe ive got is that there is no oppurtunity to save! Unless thats just me not having a clue waht im doing but i have looked.Returned 3x so far then gottan tired.I will completre it though when i do not know.Apart from that i think the atmosphere sound affects going off in the background its quite unsettling.great game i think
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