The Devil is in the Details
HideWorks · 2024 · Indie, Realistic, Immersive Sim, Funny, Horror
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About The Devil is in the Details
CAN YOU SURVIVE THE DEVIL'S GAME?
In The Devil is in the Details, is an Anomaly detection -meets- Escape Room - meets Survival Horror hybrid, played from a first-person perspective. You find yourself trapped in a hellish mansion. Each step forward is a gamble in this ever-changing nightmare, where no two playthroughs are alike. Explore and investigate your surroundings and try to beat the devil at his own game, by placing talismans on cursed objects, while trying to survive with limited resources against the many deadly traps and foes that lurk in the shadows, as well as having to deal with the pranks demons and the devil throw at you.
Key Features:
In The Devil is in the Details, is an Anomaly detection -meets- Escape Room - meets Survival Horror hybrid, played from a first-person perspective. You find yourself trapped in a hellish mansion. Each step forward is a gamble in this ever-changing nightmare, where no two playthroughs are alike. Explore and investigate your surroundings and try to beat the devil at his own game, by placing talismans on cursed objects, while trying to survive with limited resources against the many deadly traps and foes that lurk in the shadows, as well as having to deal with the pranks demons and the devil throw at you.
Key Features:
- 4 distinct campaigns: Each one of the 4 trials features a large, sprawling and distinct mansion, each with unique trials to conquer, offering many hours of gameplay.
- The Prank System™: Introduces randomized pranks, ensuring a fresh, unpredictable experience and keeping players on their toes. There's a lot of variety in these, ranging from sliding on the floor, reversed controls, and other unexpected modifiers that will provide a fun challenge for players.
- Side quests: Each trial has 30 mini-arbiters hiding throughout the mansions waiting to be collected, as well as a secret side quest that will be hard to crack. These provide countless more hours of gameplay for completionists.
- Randomized Cursed Objects: Every venture into the game offers a unique challenge, ensuring a fresh experience with each playthrough.
- Time is your most precious resource: Time is your health. Explore the different mansions while keeping an eye on the time, and beware of enemies that will try to consume it. Use potions to increase time, just keep in mind they come in limited quantities.
- Summon your inner Detective: Sharpen your observation skills as you observe and recall changes in your environment to progress.
- Talisman Placement: Use mystical talismans to cleanse objects twisted by demonic influence.
- Demonic Traps: Navigate, outwit, and disarm devilish traps that lurk around every corner.
- Eerie Atmosphere: Immerse yourself in a chilling game against the forces of darkness, set against a backdrop of haunting visuals and sounds.
- Survival: The demons will do whatever it takes to prevent you from finalizing the rituals, from physically assaulting you to engaging in mind games. You must use your wits and utilize your environment to trap or destroy the demons.
- Limited Resources and Route Planning: Create the best plan of attack to avoid foes(or lead them to traps) while managing the limited environmental resources at your disposal as well as your time.
- Customize your Experience: Completely customize the game to your needs and liking. If the game is too difficult, intense, or you just want to focus on doing side quests without the nerve-wrecking intensity of the default experience, you can individually turn off enemies, traps, jump scares or ghosts, thus providing everyone with lots of modifiers to really give you an unique experience fitted to your needs.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
I was recommended by the devs to check out the game and nice that they joined in to watch. The game was pretty nice and love the visual. The jump scares got me good xD. the pranks was top notch but i hate the mask so much lol The game is worth to get and played through the past 2 days. Man hardcore is no joke. love the challenge though.1 found this helpful
Had to get surgery to unclench my cheeks after playing this1 found this helpful
If you like horror games and spot the difference games, this is definitely your game! I like how you can also cater the experience to be whatever you want. If you want to be more casual, you can change the difficulty or specific toggles for whether or not there are traps, a timer, or mobs chasing you, etc. Definitely worth to at least check it out!1 found this helpful
good find the anomaly game
The Devil is in the Details, developed and published by HideWorks, is a cleverly twisted blend of memory-based puzzle design and psychological horror that turns a normally relaxed genre into something tense and unsettling. It takes the familiar idea of spotting differences or identifying anomalies and injects it with urgency, danger, and unpredictability, creating an experience that constantly keeps players on edge. What begins as a simple exercise in observation quickly evolves into a layered challenge where awareness, memory, and survival instincts all intersect. The gameplay is structured around a repeating loop that alternates between careful observation and high-pressure execution. In the initial phase, players are given time to explore an environment—often a dimly lit interior space—and study its layout, objects, and small details. Once this phase ends, subtle changes are introduced, and the player must identify what has been altered. This alone would be a straightforward puzzle concept, but the game complicates matters by introducing threats that actively interfere with your ability to think and react. You’re not simply comparing details—you’re doing so while navigating a s…
What an overlooked title! I had so much fun playing this, its not your run of the mill spot the anomaly game though that is in the description but this has so many unique twists to make it fun, difficult and packed with solid jump scares. Includes good humor as well. i`m gonna go ahead and recommend this to anyone who wants a good horror and maybe something to tease your brain and have a laugh while youre at it. I`m just baffled this game hasn`t gotten more attention.
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