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Connection: The Nightmare Within

Connection: The Nightmare Within

Inspired by the classics such as Resident Evil, Silent Hill and Alone In the Dark: Detective Stone investigates a shadow conspiracy. Explore atmospheric levels, fight monsters, and solve puzzles. Unravel a story of twists and turns. Choose classic fixed camera, or over-the-shoulder.

Released Oct 25, 2024 Developer Dragon Level Platforms Windows ActionHorrorAdventureMysteryPuzzle
View on Steam ↗ $7.99 (US · as of 2026-05-15)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

86.1%positive158 reviews
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“This game is, to put it nicely, a professional copycat. It borrows (or perhaps ... heavily studies) almost every aspect from other horror games. The concept feels heavily inspired by The Devil Within, with elements from Resident Evil and puzzles borrowed from games like…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“Very decent survival horror game. It plays very similar to RE games. -short -no quick binds on weapons -the fast enemy type that also makes itself invisible is very annoying -voice acting, especially character models and animations are quite bad -story is all right -combat works…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“A decent enough retro survival horror for the fans of the PS2/PS3 era. Around the level of Hollowbody, not as good as Tormented Souls or Post Trauma. Pros: - The difficulty is just right, but the boss fights are more difficult than average. - The puzzles are quite decent. - The…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

39achievements
29.3%median completion
4.5%rarest: Curious Explorer
63.8% of players 59.5% of players 59.2% of players 56.4% of players 55.8% of players 55.0% of players 50.4% of players 48.1% of players 47.8% of players 43.7% of players 42.0% of players 42.0% of players 41.5% of players 39.9% of players 37.3% of players 34.3% of players 34.3% of players 32.0% of players 31.0% of players 29.3% of players 26.7% of players 26.2% of players 25.7% of players 25.3% of players 24.8% of players 23.3% of players 23.2% of players 22.5% of players 22.3% of players 21.9% of players 18.7% of players 18.1% of players 16.9% of players 16.4% of players 13.1% of players 11.8% of players 7.6% of players 5.0% of players 4.5% of players 63.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
63.8%Mindspace Agent — Entered into Kane's mindspace.
59.5%Memory Finder — Found a memory of the Shadow Haven facility in Kane's mind.
59.2%Combiner — Combined two items together.
Rarest badges of honor
4.5%Curious Explorer — Your curiosity has rewarded you with an extra pouch bag.
5.0%Fixed Camera Master — Completed the game in fixed-camera mode.
7.6%Bonus Looter — Found a way to unlock bonus loot in the church.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Mar 04, 2026
PS2 Graphics Mode + Key Rebinding Update

New Feature: PS2 Graphics Mode We’ve added a brand new PS2-style graphics filter that transforms the game into a nostalgic early-2000s experience. When enabled, you’ll notice: Lower-resolution renderi

Feb 16, 2025
ID Cards Patch

This small patch should fix the ID cards achievement. If you've already collected the ID cards, there's a small chance the achievement could properly fire off when starting the game. If not, you would

Feb 12, 2025
Achievements have arrived!

We heard your feedback loud and clear, and we are happy to announce that we've finally updated the game to include achievements. There are 39 in the game! The achievements are as follows: Memory Finde

Feb 09, 2025
Arabic Language + Controller Bug fixed

- Arabic translations were broken, and should now be fixed in this latest update. - An input bug when playing with a controller and operating the radio's in Kane's home has been fixed.

Nov 07, 2024
Tiny Patch!

- A few misc bugs were patched that could break certain spots of the game for a few minutes. - Korean translation fixed in The Haven Poem - Some players were missing key elements of a certain puzzle,

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAction, Adventure
Player tagsAction · Horror · Adventure · Mystery · Puzzle · Thriller · Third Person · Atmospheric · Detective · Psychological Horror · Survival Horror · Zombies (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Hindi, Telugu *
ControllerFull support
Achievements39
Official sitehttps://dragonlevel.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: 64 bit Windows 11 / 10 / 8 / 7 Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz / AMD FX-8150 3.6GHz or equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 550 Ti / Radeon HD 6790 2GB VRAM* Storage: 20 GB available space