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Despair: Blood Curse

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3.5/5

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3.5

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Despair: Blood Curse
Description
A third-person survival horror game featuring non-linear gameplay, puzzles, and enemies from the depths of hell. Soon after the arrival of an unexpected guest back home, Anna's mother suddenly falls ill and passes away. Quickly dismissed by doctors as another casualty of the pandemic, Anna receives...
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3.5/5

( 15 Reviews )

3.5

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2024, Crimson Sequence, ...
System requirements
Windows 10 64-bit, Intel Core i7-8700, 8 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (4 GB VRAM), Version 11...
Time to beat
2 hMain
-- Main + Sides
-- Completionist
2 h All Styles
Description
A third-person survival horror game featuring non-linear gameplay, puzzles, and enemies from the depths of hell. Soon after the arrival of an unexpected guest back home, Anna's mother suddenly falls ill and passes away. Quickly dismissed by doctors as another casualty of the pandemic, Anna receives a worrying letter from her sister suggesting that not all is as it seems. Will she uncover the truth behind her mother’s death?

Key Features

  • Use Anna's axegun to defeat enemies from a distance or up-close.
  • Non-linear gameplay. Explore and solve puzzles to unlock the mysteries of the mansion and beyond.
  • Limited inventory space. Carefully manage your inventory while always being ready for the unknown.
  • A location-based damage system. Don't waste precious ammo shooting arms and legs. Aim for the head.
System requirements
Minimum system requirements:
Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
2 hMain
-- Main + Sides
-- Completionist
2 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (10, 11)
Release date:
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Size:
7.5 GB

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Posted on: June 26, 2025

borjenautti

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Games: 83 Reviews: 1

I would not recommend this game

Very rough and janky from quality perspective. However atmosphere was good. Areas felt too big and empty for the amount of content they held, now it feels more like all I do is hold w+shift(Toggle run is a thing too that is missing here). I think these current long hallways and empty large rooms should be 33% of its current size and add more rooms and stuff to do instead. All enemies act similarly which meant that you just run backwards and aim to the head in every single encouter. Quite stupid AI. Some actual variety in enemies besides looks and methods of fighting them would be nice. Only bug I saw was problem with shotgun ammo stacking making constantly combine ammostacks in your inventory when picking up ammo which was not a big problem but annoying still. TLDR Game is functioning product but it is rough, janky, unpolished and should I say unfinished.


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Posted on: July 20, 2025

CRUMVIII

Verified owner

Games: 275 Reviews: 1

Decent survival horror with some flaws

I mostly had a good time with Despair: Blood Curse. Game looks pretty good graphic wise (especially for a Unity game) but the animations are a bit janky in comparison. Gameplay wise, gun combat is fine. No complaints there. Melee is pretty janky, once again not really helped by the animations, plus if you managed to get the first hit in, you basically stun lock the enemy to death making it a bit OP. Enemies are mostly fine. I recognize quite a few of them from the asset store but they mesh together fairly well. My only complaint is the lack of real interesting combat with bosses since it all boils down to damage sponges. Environment wise, the mansion area is great. Other areas not as much but still mostly fine. Only one boss area I found very uninspired. Game is also rather short (I played on hard too) with not a whole lot of reason to play again aside from a new unlocked weapon. Would like to see a sequel to this that addresses and improves on the flaws of this one.


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Posted on: September 28, 2025

cobakfrost

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Games: 53 Reviews: 1

clumsy movement of the protagonist

clumsy movement of the protagonist


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Posted on: December 15, 2024

durtdawg303

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Games: Reviews: 1

Exquisite!

If Resident Evil games aren't enough to scratch that itch for survival horror, this is an excellent alternative!


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Posted on: April 23, 2024

masterperry89

Games: 73 Reviews: 10

Meh.

Not worth the time to download it. It's as if an AI tried to clone the first Resident Evil and try to pass it off as anything but.


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