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Syndrome
Developer Camel 101
Syndrome is a science fiction survival horror video game developed by Camel 101 and Bigmoon Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac, Linux and Nintendo Switch. It takes place inside the "Valkenburg", a drifting spaceship where something has gone wrong, killing most of its crew. The player controls a character that wakes up in the spaceship with no memory of what happened. The player's… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
293 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
64
Fresh
121 positive · 69 negative
95% range 57–70%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 121 | 69 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 8 | 2 | 90 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
140 of 210 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
65% recommend · 124 yes, 68 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 192 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (238 of 374 positive).
Players praise the game's atmosphere and sound design. [1][2][3] Many reviewers criticize the excessive backtracking and long load times. [4][5][6] Some players note bugs and a lack of polish. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [13]
Syndrome is part System Shock 2, Part Dead Space and part Alien Isolation but it doesn't hold a candle to any of those games and has some absolutely horrid mechanics and antiquated gameplay mechanics. This is a game where you're just moving back and forth between 8 decks of a ship, avoiding monsters but ultimately dying over and over due to a crappy stealth system. It's a never ending fetch quest avoiding poorly …
- [4]
Syndrome has the setting to be a good horror game. The environment is suitably creepy, although a little darker than is good for creepiness in some place. The storyline is ok for a horror game. The enemy designs all work well except for one that looks like it's in a red latex bodysuit in direct light. What kills the game is all the constant backtracking. You'll run into an obstacle on one level, and have to go to …
- [1]
Okay, so this isn't quite Alien: Isolation 2, System Shock 3, or Dead Space: The First Person Reboot, but it's not too shabby for a stop-gap space-horror game in the meantime. First things you'll notice, regrettably, are a distinct lack of Options (no brightness or keyboard remapping?) and the fact that the beginning of the game is very, very dark visually (perhaps too much so, depending on one's settings). The …
- [2]
ATMOSPHERE OVER SUBSTANCE In true indie spirit, this horror/sci-fi/stealth/combat game is both ambitious and flawed. On balance, there’s very little new or unique here, but there’s also plenty to like. What the game unquestionably nails is ATMOSPHERE—especially the lighting (flickering shadows, ink black corners, smoke hanging directly at eye level, epileptic florescent lighting kicking on and off) and the sound …
- [3]
- Found game on steam I never heard about - Bought it - Played it - Enjoyed it ! It has tons of atmosphere, very well done.
Summarised from 34 of the 248 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
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Players who liked Syndrome talk about atmosphere and sound design are excellent; those who didn't talk about excessive backtracking and long load times. Which matters more to you?
Reactions
60 of 293 · most liked firstIs it possible to have Stockholm Syndrome for a game
neutral · AI labelView post →Update about the English Moonlight Syndrome fan translation efforts🌕 The entire script has been translated! Now we’re in the middle of editing and reviewing the text in-game to be sure that every line and sub is perfect. We’re getting closer to our goal!
neutral · AI labelView post →Every year, dozens of college quarterbacks and tens of thousands of video game players are affected by Not Seeing Linebackers Syndrome. Raise awareness. Fight the stigma
neutral · AI labelView post →out December 18 in Japan: Baroque YA (Switch), a physical compilation containing the recent-ish reissues of Sting's Baroque & Baroque Syndrome plus a port of the Frogger-esque iOS game Baroque Become a Meta-Being & a fresh port of the 2000 PC STG, Baroque Shooting www.sting.co.jp/baroque_ya/b... 🇯🇵
neutral · AI labelView post →They have American Syndrome (the belief that politics is a game and there are no real consequences)
neutral · AI labelView post →I've got Tourette's Syndrome and it sucks! But at least it doesn't stop me from being a voice actor, game dev, and director 😁 Some games I've had the pleasure of working with in various capacities
neutral · AI labelView post →Close-game Mario Cristobal and Aggie Imposter Syndrome advisories both rising. For the entertainment benefit of you, the viewer
neutral · AI labelView post →According to some nice rando, a Player Character dying is always the product of a bad Game Master. Always. Also, people who enjoy RPGs where character death is a high possibility (Cyberpunk, CoC, Delta Green, etc.) are suffering from Stockholm Syndrome. They don't actually like those games.
neutral · AI labelView post →Introduction Syndrome is developed and published by Camel 101. The dev team had delved previously into sci-fi with their first Steam project, Mechs & Mercs: Black Talons. That one wasn’t as well received as Syndrome but at least we’re talking about experienced developers. Gameplay It’s becoming sort of a trend nowadays in video games, to focus a lot on style over substance. No one can deny that Syndorme doesn’t look the part and yet if you spend a few hours with it, the cracks do emerge along…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Syndrome is part System Shock 2, Part Dead Space and part Alien Isolation but it doesn't hold a candle to any of those games and has some absolutely horrid mechanics and antiquated gameplay mechanics. This is a game where you're just moving back and forth between 8 decks of a ship, avoiding monsters but ultimately dying over and over due to a crappy stealth system. It's a never ending fetch quest avoiding poorly coded monsters and shooting them when the game is generous enough to give you any…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I think this really is some of the most impressive modding ever done for a game. Like its better than the game its based on which suffers from the eras usual Shareware Syndrome but it goes above and beyond in every department. Everyone should just have their one man project they spent 15 years on.
neutral · AI labelView post →it's @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social back on mothership!!! she talked to various game designers/artists about faces in games and the curse of Same Face Syndrome
neutral · AI labelView post →I feel like Ragnarok did a lot to address my issues with the first GoW relaunch game--namely having women that are actual characters--but wow doing a whole new game featuring Faye as the protagonist in the afterlife is an incredible way to make up for Doing A Fridging/Dead Wife Syndrome in it too
neutral · AI labelView post →Video Game Horror FanARTS Day 5: Irisu Syndrome
neutral · AI labelView post →Okay, so this isn't quite Alien: Isolation 2, System Shock 3, or Dead Space: The First Person Reboot, but it's not too shabby for a stop-gap space-horror game in the meantime. First things you'll notice, regrettably, are a distinct lack of Options (no brightness or keyboard remapping?) and the fact that the beginning of the game is very, very dark visually (perhaps too much so, depending on one's settings). The atmosphere, however, can't be faulted, and the sound is a particular stand-out,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I did a keynote thing! Back in November, the folks at @adventurex.bsky.social kindly invited me to speak to a rowdy and welcoming crowd of game devs, which I did, and now there's video proof! The topic: IMPOSTOR SYNDROME Thanks again. It was a blast. Can't wait to see y'all again in November :-)
neutral · AI labelView post →I seriously think that arguments along the lines of "Trust me, the game gets really good after 20 hours" are gaming's equivalent of Stockholm Syndrome.
neutral · AI labelView post →See written review below or watch it here: https://youtu.be/_6L-rxDT51M TL;DR: SKIP TO CONCLUSION! Syndrome is a first person sci-fi horror adventure. You wake up from cryosleep, on a spaceship, with deadly monsters roaming within. You have no memories of what happened on the ship or to the rest of the crew members. Unsure of what you should do, you follow the guidance of two other people that have contacted you over voice comms. The story is told via text logs, and voice dialog. The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Build IKEA flat pack furniture in a monster-filled warehouse in this indie job sim game from hell! Stockroom Syndrome has a demo out now on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/5126990/... 20 min gameplay Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr6C... A game by indie dev @huffingtonpants.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Syndrome has the setting to be a good horror game. The environment is suitably creepy, although a little darker than is good for creepiness in some place. The storyline is ok for a horror game. The enemy designs all work well except for one that looks like it's in a red latex bodysuit in direct light. What kills the game is all the constant backtracking. You'll run into an obstacle on one level, and have to go to another level, and possibly even a second level, before returning to the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It’s so fun seeing everyone QRT this with what game it is for them. We all have Stockholm Syndrome with different captors ❤️
neutral · AI labelView post →#arcade #retrogames #retrogaming #PastTimesArcade Alien Syndrome (Sega, 1986) I always loved the topper on this game. Located at Past Times Arcade, Girard, OH.
neutral · AI labelView post →dont buy it no matter how might look good or decent you will spend 3 hours by following orders to go between deck 3 and deck 4 thats it go get key from deck 3 to open a door in deck 4....oh here is a locked box ok go to deck 3 to bring a box opener then come back....you will do htis he entire game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →OH NO THEY MADE GEAR ACQUISITION SYNDROME: THE GAME
neutral · AI labelView post →Yunyun Syndrome Rhythm Psychosis will be the last good game to come out
neutral · AI labelView post →How Gold Plastic Syndrome is Killing Toys and Game Consoles
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is a fantastic start to a game. It does play a lot like alien isolation, but actually even outperforms it in several aspects. Even though this game has weapons, (which I think if fantastic, since so many horror games don't do this,) they will NOT make you feels safe at all, while in the Alien game I did feel like it took off some of the edge. This is partly due to such scarce ammo, equivalent to the early RE series, that when you miss with a bullet it almost feels like the game's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Looking for hobbyist J->E translators to work on the second Twilight Syndrome. The first game is fully translated (editing WIP) but I'm getting too busy with work to handle the second game alone. No hacking knowledge needed, we have web tools. Shoot me a DM if interested!
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm honestly surprised this isn't higher rated as it is, while inherently flawed, a very laudable effort to deliver a great indie survival horror experience. I wasn't expecting that going in as I hadn't checked it out much before getting, I was honestly expecting something more like Doom. But this game has a flawless intro, holding off on the first encounter with the monstrosities until it has established a solid atmosphere and it is very effective. Now admittedly, there is a slight decline…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Where do I even start at this one? Can I recommend this game to anyone? Hell no. I followed this game quite some time and was really interested to play it. Then I saw the review of Gggmanlives. Well he didn't liked the game. First I didn't want to believe the game is bad. Now I played it and sadly Gggmanlives was true. This game is horrible. After 2 or 3 hours in it (It took me 11 hours to finish it) I could only hate the game. Yes, this is not an overstatement. So let's start with some…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's pretty terrible. A combination of System Shock 2 and Outlast, with none of the depth of the first or thrills of the second, Syndrome proves consistently dissapointing in its inept design and production. Now for some quick pluses and minuses! + The ship looks gorgeous, and the lighting design is truly effective at generating a tense and frightening atmosphere. + It's gone, in the past week, from entirely bug-riddled to only mostly bug-riddled. - Evertying else. Seriously, everything. But…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've been seeing a lot of people loving the Steam game #Dressmaker so thought I'd share this story about the creator: his wife has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and can't sew anymore so he created the game to give her back her hobby 🥹😭 mashable.com/entertainmen...
neutral · AI labelView post →I know they’ve said Stockholm Syndrome isn’t a real thing, but what explains all of us idiots still watching this game?
neutral · AI labelView post →Syndrome is a survival horror game in a sci-fi environment. You are a citizen of a starship, when you wake up you are confused, but its only an effect of the cryosleep, But no all so easy, you are not seeing any people around you, its strange. You are receiving a radio signal from other crew member and after this you know: at the ship something happened very strange and scary and almost of crew members are dead. So this is the short story of the game, begins in this order what i wrote, well…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I thought this game was an improvement. I think I have Stockholm Syndrome (Spurs Syndrome?)
neutral · AI labelView post →Flashlight on "Z". They put flashlight on z... Yeah, just like that, i'm not joking, they've actually bound flashlight to z. You know, that most uncomfortable for reaching button on your keyboard. The game is dark enough and batteries for the flashlight are scarce (i'm absolutely okay with that), so very often you'd need just to turn your light on for a couple seconds just to see where you're going. And they suggest you to do it by pressing z every time. Considering that you CAN'T remap that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ATMOSPHERE OVER SUBSTANCE In true indie spirit, this horror/sci-fi/stealth/combat game is both ambitious and flawed. On balance, there’s very little new or unique here, but there’s also plenty to like. What the game unquestionably nails is ATMOSPHERE—especially the lighting (flickering shadows, ink black corners, smoke hanging directly at eye level, epileptic florescent lighting kicking on and off) and the sound design (minimalist synth music, the low hum of engines, hissing of steam pipes,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Suda 51 expressed interest in creating a new ADV game recalling the likes of Moonlight Syndrome. Also seems like there have been offers for localizing other titles following The Silver Case Remastered. Nothing concrete but cool to hear: www.famitsu.com/article/2026...
neutral · AI labelView post →Perfect match for a fan of horror survival like me: - It's in space - It has monsters - It has weapons - You will die and probably curse a lot of times - You won't know what's really going on
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really liked a lot of the level and sound design. BUT...I hate couple of things that ruin every game for me. ABSOLUTE-DEALBREAKER: - Make people run around from point A to point B and back and forth. On top of that the loading time between each deck is 1-2 minutes. And I have a pretty decend pc. CoreI7 4790K, 8gb-ddr3, gtx1070. Pretty pissed if I get something on deck 4 in 5 minutes. Go back to deck 5...loadin 2 minutes. Whoops you need this cockring from deck 4 and back again loading 2…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Had an accident at work? Stockroom Syndrome is a PSX-style horror game about building flat-pack furniture and surviving the night shift. Play the demo + wishlist the full game: store.steampowered.com/app/5126990/... #StockroomSyndrome #IndieDev #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieHorror #MarketingMonday
neutral · AI labelView post →This is the classic survival horror game where the protagonist wakes up alone an unarmed in a strange place. Soon comes the melee weapon and then the firearms, always with the ammo in short supply. The levels are big and creepy with plenty to explore. Monsters are scary and much more powerful than the player, and there are also some environment traps that must be avoided. You'll recognize some influences from games like System Shock and Dead Space, which is all right. Good play for any survival…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very atmospheric with excellent sound effects and ambience. It starts off with you on the edge of your seat in fear but past the first half of the game you get a bit used to the anticipation of enemies. But that being said I play quite a lot of horror games and I may just be becoming imune, Dead Space doesnt even phase me. The graphics are good, the sound excellent, the story is a bit meh but not game breaking. One annoyance I found with the game is the constant to-ing and fro-ing from one…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →clock tower devs high school girl horror game is translated finally playing Twilight Syndrome part 1 now twitch.tv/RetrogradeTom #retrogaming #ps1 #gaming #twitch #horror
neutral · AI labelView post →A message from our corporate mascot Lefty Luusi for HØLM - Stockroom Syndrome - a flat-pack building horror game store.steampowered.com/app/5126990/... #gamedev #horrorgame #indiedev #psxhorror
neutral · AI labelView post →Who's that scary monster? That's the Echo. It can't see you. Unfortunately, it can hear you. Play the free Stockroom Syndrome demo + wishlist the full game: store.steampowered.com/app/5126990/... #StockroomSyndrome #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #IndieHorror #HorrorGame
neutral · AI labelView post →Short review: I'm about half-way through the game, and I have to say that despite the bugs, for the price as well this is a GREAT indie horror game! Far better than most I've played recently and that's WITH the bugs in THIS game which are actually worse than previous idie horror titles I've tried. If that doesn't tell you to buy this game, nothing will. You can fight back, it DOES make it a little less scary, which sucks, but hey Dead Space was still scary, this game is too! So don't let that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →- Found game on steam I never heard about - Bought it - Played it - Enjoyed it ! It has tons of atmosphere, very well done.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →build flatpack furniture during the night shift in a Scandinavian furniture store while demonic creatures hunt you in the horror building game Stockroom Syndrome
neutral · AI labelView post →The story is borrowed and so are the monsters, but its still fun and spoopy all while giving you more gameplay time than resident evil 7 for only 20 bucks....thats said its only worth about 20 bucks, the game has a very "indie" feel to it. Still im going to give it a thumbs up if you like horror. However, -Rep for putting a logo that looks like an ad for camel cigarettes in the game. Kind of lame
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The headline of this game made it sound very much like a more minimalist Alien Isolation, from a smaller development team, and it certainly captures a lot of the horror of that loneliness in space. You're Galen, who wakes up on a ship in deep space to find he's alone and the crew appear to be dead. Finding out what happened is the key to unravelling the mystery and escaping nightmare. Ok, in a change to my usual format I'll get the bad aspects out the way first: The lack of polish is pretty…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am trying really hard to not pay attention to the AI fantranslation/homebrew trashfire anymore but what do you mean there are FOUR different translations of Twilight Syndrome and one of them doesn't even use the proper title of the game
neutral · AI labelView post →Another nice game that slipped into the limbo of the unknown. The story takes place in a spaceship where everything seems to have went wrong. After a slow start where tension rises, the enemy shows up and the action starts. There are different types of monsters, some are quite easy to evade or defeat, some others are fast and powerful, and can kill with 1 or 2 strikes. The ship is big and the ship looks cool, but the levels could use a bit more visual variety, like specific paint jobs for…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Loaded it up. Woke up from cryo. Had a lady contact me via walky talky and say "something bad has happened" I then was told I had to turn on the power.... I've played this game 1000 times before. Didn't play for long but already the script and voice acting was bad and the first minutes aren't enthralling or pull me in like a video game should. Uninstalled and requested a refund. Sorry guys. I've played this game before and Im not interested in your iteration of this scifi trope
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Backtracking. That's all you need to know. Lots of it. The game structured horribly and you're constantly sent to press a button on a deck you've been previously. Sometimes it's plain ridiculous. Should I add that the decks are pretty vast and you can't run for long? Well, if you love walking and lift cabin makes your heart beat faster, – it's your kind of game! You're free to wander around the ship, but there's nothing there to go astray and some locks can't be open even if you know the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Meet the monsters of Stockroom Syndrome. The mannequins just want to give you a neck massage. The Tonttu just wants to help tidy up. And the Echo... Play the free demo + wishlist the full game: store.steampowered.com/app/5126990/... #StockroomSyndrome #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #IndieHorror
neutral · AI labelView post →Twilight Syndrome Tansaku-hen (Full Game) youtu.be/qQAjh-p41KE Four hours of Twilight Syndrome goodness! #japanesehorror
neutral · AI labelView post →I was looking forward to this game. Because I like games like ALIEN ISOLATION, SYSTEM SHOCK and more .. The atmosphere is perfect, really gave me a good scare, but after longer playing I can not recommend. She disappointed me :( - The weapons here are a JOKE, enemies impossible to defeat them using weapons either - Graphical stuttering constantly, No vsync options - Physics locked to lower frame-rate and look very odd and causes objects to behave strangely - Zero pathfinding clues. Good luck…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Syndrome had me go through exiciting and sometimes scrary moments during 28 Hours, since I absolutely love the Alien Isolation / Soma genrer. Recommend you give it a try!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The atmosphere is great, feels like Dead Space and alien Isolation. There are some bugs like for some reason my sensitivity keeps reseting when I go to the menu but nothing else too major. If you want to get into the halloween vibe this is the perfect game.
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