Why? - Chapter 1

Why? Chapter 1 is a short horror game that I found most interesting because of how it mixes fantasy with futuristic technology. I am sent into a cursed mansion to recover protected data, only to discover that the building is nothing like an ordinary house. The corridors keep changing around me and something is actively hunting me, so I liked how quickly the game creates a feeling that I am completely out of control. The main gameplay is based around exploration, hiding and survival rather than fighting. I do not have a weapon or some easy way to deal with the monster, which makes every encounter much more tense. I have to pay attention to my surroundings and decide when it is safer to keep moving and when I should find somewhere to hide. I liked that the lack of combat keeps the focus on atmosphere and vulnerability. The shifting mansion is easily my favorite idea. Rooms and corridors can change, which makes it difficult to rely on memory alone. I enjoyed the uncertainty because even places that felt familiar could suddenly become different. It also works nicely with the story because the environment itself feels like part of whatever strange force is controlling the mansion. Th…

Why? - Chapter 1 is a first-person survival horror experience built around helplessness, uncertainty, and the unsettling feeling of being trapped somewhere that refuses to obey ordinary rules. Developed and published by Orchalys, the game sends players into a mysterious mansion on a mission involving protected data, only for the situation to become considerably more disturbing than expected. Rather than relying on combat as its main source of excitement, the experience emphasizes exploration, escape, hiding, and gradually discovering what has happened within this strange location. The mansion is arguably the most interesting part of the premise. It is not simply a conventional haunted building filled with dark rooms. Its corridors can change, passages become confusing, and areas can transform into maze-like spaces that make navigation deliberately unreliable. This concept contributes significantly to the horror because learning the environment does not necessarily guarantee safety. A route that previously seemed familiar may no longer feel dependable, creating the impression that the building itself is actively working against the protagonist. The mixture of supernatural surroundi…

[h1] TLDR: don't get this game, nothing happens [/h1] This game is genuinely terrible, please do not get it. you would have a better time sitting in a chair for 45 minutes. i would rather eat a cactus then play this. when i say nothing happens, I mean its with full sicerety. also runs terribly with no quality settings. I will not be playing other chapters, I wish i didn't play chapter 1. If you say you enjoy this game, I'm sorry for your loss. Y'know, it's funny. The game constantly has: "Why?" written in blood on the walls and I was asking the same question to myself the entire time. I have never hated a game until now. you are not missing out. please don't get this. But the AI french song at the end was funny. (not good funny, like I'm gonna make fun of you funny.)

~Honest But Brutal Review~ The objectives are dull. Walk here, touch this, you need a keycard, go find it, come back.....get scared now and again by the same thing. Graphics are shoddy, everything looks bleached and off......no settings menu or anything. No combat, no alternate fun objectives or optional quests. Performance is very poor. I have a 4070 super and I hit 13FPS at one point.......♥♥♥♥♥♥ 13! I can run The Last Of Us on ULTRA and still get 80-100FPS..........sure, this is free and not made by a massive studio but optimization and graphics options are non existent here. Surely you can do better than 13FPS. I wouldn't recommend this if you want something you'll actually enjoy but I've played worse. Yes, I've got far more negatives than positives for this but that's how it is. {The 13FPS was during a specific section but it lasted like 20 seconds and throughout the game, the frame rate wasn't very stable.}

The real enemy is the memory leak.

this game was fun there is a lot of exploring, walking around if your not in to that this might not be your game. game look really good and had some good jump scares.