Wayward Harbor

Wayward Harbor

Daniil Shashenkov · February 25, 2022 · Horror, Adventure, First-Person, Singleplayer, Survival Horror

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Very Positive84% · 132
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Wayward Harbor is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About Wayward Harbor

Wayward harbor is a short first-person horror experience (about 15 min) that takes place in a creepy dark fishing harbor. The player will need to find their way out of the harbor by exploring the environment, searching for key items, while avoiding the monster that is roaming the harbor. Due to the unique abilities of the monster, it will only be visible in the mirror, that the player is holding.

This short horror experience was developed by 3rd year students at Howest - Digital Arts & Entertainment: Daniil Shashenkov, Vitaly Tarnover, Christopher Null, Lars Korden and Martijn Dhondt

Music composed by Gonçalo Oliveira, a student from the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp:

Survive in a thrilling horror experience by using a handheld mirror. You can't trust your naked eyes!
The unique mirror mechanic is a new, fresh take on the stealth genre, will you able to get out of the harbor alive?
Explore a dark fishing harbor and find your way out by solving obstacles on your way to the boat.

Wayward Harbor — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

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

Not recommended Jun 30, 2025
[h1] Short horror story with fisherman's biggest fear, NOT FISH... but levitating corpse. Hide under table and you're safe so don't worry about the monster. AI follows you but it's kinda easy to hide from it and the only risk taken is when searching. Grab necessary items and quickly get to the boat in order to escape. Gameplay is spooky, with good visuals but AI is breaking the whole experience. Check in the mirror to see what's behind you is cool but buggy nature leave nothing but levitating deadly corpse behind. You might wanna check it out if you like unusual horrors. [/h1]
6 found this helpful
Recommended Dec 1, 2025
[h2] The horror game that makes you feel like you're parking a car [/h2] [b] The game uses a surprisingly unique and clever mechanic: you must rely on a mirror to be able to see the enemy. The lore is almost inexistent, the real focus goes to the objective, the monster and the scenario. There's a lot of inspiration in H.P. Lovecraft's work, which is clear by the references to him in the environment. I can't say I did enjoy the way you open the doors, you gotta push them instead of pressing a button to open, which is kinda frustrating. The main objective is to get into a boat and escape. It's short, can be beaten in less than 30 minutes Overall, it’s a solid game with one of the most creative mechanics I’ve seen recently. It takes some practice to get used to it; once you do, the game becomes engaging, but if you don’t, it can feel more frustrating than rewarding. Game rating: 6/10 [/b] [code][b]---- Check out my curator page to discover more horror games: [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45837348/] The Horror Archives [/url] [/b][/code]
4 found this helpful
Recommended Aug 31, 2026
10 minutes long ok free horror game.
3 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 20, 2026
This recommendation is because the game is free, and the use of a mirror is a cool idea for a game; however, I didn't love it. I found listening was more helpful than the mirror, so I ended up not really using it which was kind of the point. I was hoping the mirror would be useful for fighting, stunning, or delaying the monster somehow instead of just a run and hide game. I really expected it to help you find items like the keys... maybe a sparkle that you can see only with the mirror? My expectations may have been too high. TLDR; good idea, worth a try, but the demo was enough game time with this game for me.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Aug 14, 2025
Yes.
Recommended Aug 7, 2025
Great little game. Absolutely loved the mirror mechanic!

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