The Nightmare Chronicles - Horror In Da Hood

The Nightmare Chronicles - Horror In Da Hood

Bluethunder · 2024 · Horror, Psychological Horror, Survival Horror, Thriller, Action-Adventure

PC
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About The Nightmare Chronicles - Horror In Da Hood

In these streets, gangsters ain't the only thing haunting yo step. Yo punk-ass too afraid to enter da hood?
"Horror in Da Hood" is the first episodic psychological horror game in The Nightmare Chronicles franchise. This debut episode is free to play.

In The Nightmare Chronicles: Horror in Da Hood, you step into the shoes of Mason Ramirez, who is on his way to hear about a new job from the Big Boss. Unbeknownst to him, he's being watched as he makes his way through the hood. But who’s watching him... Or what, and why?

Based on true stories or sightings, The Nightmare Chronicles delves into paranormal encounters and experiences of real people, woven into a gripping fictional narrative.

Prepare yourself for a chilling journey where the streets hide more than just gangsters.

Experience the intense thrill of survival in a first-person walking and running (and screaming) simulator. Explore the gritty streets of the hood while uncovering its hidden secrets. Engage in dynamic conversations with a diverse cast of characters and navigate through eerie, atmospheric environments. Use your wits to solve puzzles, avoid deadly encounters and confront the supernatural horrors that lurk around every corner. Will you survive the night and discover the truth?
  • Atmospheric environments
  • Photo-realistic graphics
  • Conversations with NPC's
  • Thrilling storyline
  • Spine-chilling audio design

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Players praise the game's quirky charm and "so bad it's good" appeal, with decent visuals and reasonable gameplay mechanics that can be entertaining despite its janky nature. However, common complaints include significant performance issues even on low settings, a tonal whiplash story that jumps unexpectedly between different genres, and game-breaking bugs where enemies get stuck on geometry, removing any sense of threat or challenge from encounters.

Recommended Jul 5, 2026
The character claims to be a good runner but he got outran by a monster that runs like a little girl. I saw it literally frolic around while giggling as if it's gathering flowers in a rose garden when I went to go to the door in the corner. It was probably glitching but still. LOL The people crying about story or not knowing where to go have to be lying. The game has story, listen to radios and listen to your homies. My favorite character is your characters buddy, that one drug addict on the floor mumbling. I don't know if it was a glitch but I swear he started screaming at the start on the convo. This game had better characters than GTA online. It's a free short game that is leagues better than at least a minimum 300 indie horrors I played back when I used to play games for a living. Y'all crying have not played a bad indie horror in your lives. Lol I'm not saying this game is a masterpiece or anything, but it's definitely better than a lot of indie horrors I've played in my life.
Not recommended Feb 11, 2026
ICL not even a horror game
Recommended Feb 4, 2026
Aww, s**t... here we go agAHHHHHHH!!!! AHHHHHHHHHH!!!! nononononono Actually pretty decent, in the good old "so bad it's good" way. It looks decent, and plays reasonably well... BUT: [spoiler]later in the game, you encounter the game's monsters, and they basically just chase you around while you try to escape. They get snagged on EVERYTHING. All you need to do is sharply turn a corner, and as it follows you, it will catch on the corner of the building. One of them spawned inside an open metal box and was trapped. As long as you don't get too close, they will stay permanantly stuck, and you can finish the game at your leisure, which honestly is probably a good thing, since they catch you pretty quickly otherwise. If I hadn't encountered this, I'm quite sure I would have had a much harder time with the game.[/spoiler] You can definitely do worse. For free, it's worth checking out for some fairly quick spoops.
Recommended Jan 16, 2026
Pretty good, kind of janky but a good line of jankiness. Though we go from the hood to black hawk down so idk what's up with that.
Not recommended Dec 30, 2025
i would like a refund free was too expensive
Recommended Dec 28, 2025
the scariest horror of da hood is the fact that i sat at 8fps on the lowest settings. 10/10 would reccomend; nearly ♥♥♥♥ my britches.

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