Silent Stay had some interesting ideas, but the pacing completely killed the experience for me. The game constantly makes you walk through dark forests for several minutes just to trigger a few seconds of actual gameplay before sending you all the way back again.

Visually and audibly it also feels very inconsistent. Areas are either extremely overexposed or completely dark, and many sounds are difficult to locate properly, which hurts the atmosphere more than it helps.

Ironically, the biggest highlight ended up being the voice acting of Klaus (and the man/creature after the credits). The heavy German accent while speaking English gave the game some unintentionally hilarious moments that were honestly more entertaining than the horror itself.

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