Set in the unforgiving lands of Alaska, Edge of Sanity is a Lovecraftian survival horror game with unique 2D art, a disturbing story, and complex base management. Gather resources, carefully plan your expeditions and explore the world of madness as you struggle to keep your humanity.
Vixa Games invites you to survive in the cold and desolate mountains of Alaska in Edge of Sanity, an adventure inspired by Lovecraft's myths that tests your sanity. It's a fun video game that captures the Lovecraftian atmosphere very well, although as the hours go by, it gradually loses steam. This is mainly because you have to repeat levels over and...
The blueprint for a title like this has already been set by 2017’s Deadwood, so it’s disappointing to see Edge of Sanity completely miss the mark in such a way, failing to provide a competent horror experience as it chooses to ignore its strengths to focus on tedium and repetition instead.
With a campaign, which in its 8-10 hours of duration, Edge of Sanity doesn't get boring due to its great balance of story and gameplay, challenging survival, and diverse resources and survivors to find.
A fun experience with interesting mechanics that is only let down by a dull combat system.
Edge of Sanity can especially initially appeal to fans of survival games with an admixture of horror. But gradually it falls into a stereotype. The result is not bad at all, it's just a shame that the game can't maintain the momentum it has in the first hours until the end.
