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Karjala

VHS bodycam horror in the atmosphere of Soviet Backrooms. Karelia is a country of rivers, forests and lakes, where the modern world comes in contact with superstitions and ancient rituals. Soldier Solnyshkov…

10 September 2026

Karjala is an adventure, released 10 September 2026 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Karjala is

Karjala was released in 2026. It was published by SQRT Games. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Remember your feelings when you first touched your parent's videotape, the 4:3 picture format, the noise on the screen and something very interesting that lies ahead. But here the story is about something else: a creepy experiment leads a hapless soldier to Backrooms, where he has to go through several levels, meet dangerous creatures and try to get back. Explore, hide, listen to every suspicious sound, especially footsteps.... Most importantly, survive.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Karjala launched on 10 September 2026, within three weeks of Marvel's Wolverine, The Blood of Dawnwalker, Control Resonant and Onimusha: Way of the Sword.

Released around the same time: Marvel's Wolverine, The Blood of Dawnwalker, Control Resonant, Onimusha: Way of the Sword.

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When did Karjala come out?
Karjala was released on 10 September 2026 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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