The Subtle Domestic Dread Of Anatomy

This lo-fi indie game turns quarantine into a waking nightmare.

- Steven Messner

NEED TO KNOW

RELEASED 2016

OUR REVIEW N/A

EXPECT TO PAY £2.30

LINK kittyhorrorshow.itch.io/anatomy

When I was a kid there was nothing more terrifying than a dark basement. I vividly remember the dread I’d feel having to go down into the darkness to fetch something, those awful steps between the edge of the upstairs light and the basement light switch that loomed just in the darkness. Each time I’d head upstairs, I’d hit that switch and scramble for the steps – scared that whatever might be lurking in the darkness would grab me if I were too slow. That was all a funny memory to me as an adult, but then, a few years ago, I played Anatomy by indie game developer Kitty Horrorshow. All those fears came flooding back, and it took me weeks before I felt comfortable being alone in my own basement.

Just like the basement in my childhood home, though,