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Despair
The main character wakes up in a tunnel of the subway and tries to find out that happened to it and other passengers of the train. To understand that after all it happened to the gone passengers, the player should investigate strange catacombs being deeply underground.
View on Steam ↗ $0.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Alt F4 is the best key for this "game".”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedPrice tracking
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Indie · Horror · Action · First-Person · Adventure · Atmospheric · Walking Simulator · Singleplayer · Short (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Russian |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP / 7 / 8 Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD equivalent Memory: 2 MB RAM Graphics: DirectX9c compliant card with at least 1024MB of VRAM DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX9c compliant