Stifled is an adventure developed by Gattai Games, released 31 October 2017 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, Mac and Oculus Rift.
What Stifled is
Stifled is an adventure game developed by Gattai Games and released in 2017. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, Mac, Oculus Rift, PC (Microsoft Windows) and SteamVR. It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Stifled is a multi-award winning, VR and Mic-Enabled Sound-Based Survival Thriller, where sound is the only way you see and the enemies HEAR your fear. In Stifled, the sounds made by your in-game character and yourself through microphone input reveal the otherwise hidden world through ‘echolocation’. However, undue noise will attract the attention of creatures lurking in the darkness. To survive, you will have to tread the line between making sounds to see, and staying quiet to stay hidden. (Put the microphone near your nose for even more challenge!)
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror, stealth and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Stifled holds a critic score of 64 out of 100. That places it above 23% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 7 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Stifled launched on 31 October 2017, within three weeks of Call of Duty: WWII, Super Mario Odyssey, Assassin's Creed Origins and South Park: The Fractured But Whole. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Call of Duty: WWII, Super Mario Odyssey, Assassin's Creed Origins, South Park: The Fractured But Whole.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 3 videos →
Screenshots
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