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HORSES

HORSES

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HORSES

HORSES

Andrea Lucco Borlera

PCPremium
Health Score
37
MIXED

About This Game

A first-person narrative horror game set on an isolated farm, where a college student spends fourteen in-game days completing chores that grow steadily more disturbing. The game mixes interactive tasks with live-action film sequences and a black-and-white silent-film style, and builds to a grotesque story about dehumanization. It is a single-player, one-time purchase title with no online features.

Score Breakdown

Positive Aspects

Educational Value
0/5
Creativity
1/5
Pro-Social
0/5

Risk Factors

Addictive Monetization
0/5
Time Pressure / FOMO
2/5
Social Risk
0/5
Content Intensity
4/5

Negatives

  • •Carries an ESRB Mature rating and content warnings for physical violence, torture, gory imagery including mutilation and blood, slavery, domestic abuse, sexual assault, suicide and misogyny.
  • •Central story themes are dehumanization, abuse and sexual repression, delivered through deliberately unsettling scenes and unsettling sound design.
  • •No meaningful educational content, cooperative play or player-creation tools
  • •value comes from the narrative experience rather than skill building.
  • •Not rated in the catalog, so parents should rely on the mature content warnings rather than an ESRB/PEGI label on the store page.

Positives

  • •Single-player only, with no online multiplayer, voice chat or text chat, so there is no exposure to strangers while playing.
  • •Sold as a one-time purchase with no microtransactions, loot boxes or in-game currency, so there is no spending pressure.
  • •No daily login rewards, streaks or limited-time events that push players to return on a schedule.
  • •Distinctive artistic presentation that blends interactive play with live-action footage and silent-film imagery.

Gameplay Videos

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Official Ratings

No official ratings available.

Age Recommendations

ℹ️Ages 3-5
Not suitable for young children due to graphic violence and disturbing mature themes.
ℹ️Ages 6-8
Not suitable for this age group due to mature content.
ℹ️Ages 9-12
Not suitable for children this age given torture, sexual assault and suicide references.
ℹ️Ages 13-15
Not suitable; the game is mature-rated with graphic and psychologically disturbing content.
ℹ️Ages 16-18
Not suitable for most teens; older teens who seek out art horror should be aware of graphic violence and sexual assault references.

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