Ikai [Nintendo Switch]

Ikai from PM Studios for the Nintendo Switch is a first-person psychological horror game drawing inspiration from Japanese folklore.

Live the horror by the hand of its defining yokais and submerge into the superstitions of the past driven by a unique story and exploration. Ikai embodies the spirit of the classical psychological horror genre with a defenceless main character incapable of attacking the evil creatures.

However, it explores a new sense of horror by making the player face the threats directly neither fleeing nor attacking. Every mechanic of the game is meant to raise this relatable feeling of helplessness and create a tense atmosphere. The slow, precise and natural movements as a way of interaction resemble real lifes to foster immersion in the uncanny world of Ikai.

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