If you enjoyed the hellish aesthetics of Agony and the psychosexual tones of Succubus, you may be looking forward to Madmind Studios’ upcoming game, Paranoid. If so, you’ll want to check out the twelve minutes of gameplay the developer uploaded to their YouTube channel.
The footage puts us in the shows of Patrick Calman as he makes his way through a sewer. All the while, he contends with voices taunting him and hostile sewer-dwellers getting in his way.
https://youtu.be/copCSWCHDLg
We get to see a little bit of the story, in which the 31-year-old Calman is experiencing trauma from the loss of his parents and the kidnapping of his sister. The footage is still a work-in-progress, but you can get a feel for how the game looks and plays.
A different kind of hell
At the moment, there’s no release date for Paranoid. The Steam page shows an October 2023 launch window, which would make sense given that this is a horror title. A Halloween release wouldn’t exactly be unusual for the genre.
How will it compare to the likes of 2018’s Agony? Hopefully much better, as that game didn’t receive an amazing reception, with some even calling it the worst game of that year. Our reviewer didn’t even finish the game.
Conversely, 2021’s Succubus earned better scores, with it showing as “Mostly Positive” on Steam, so there’s hope for Paranoid. As mentioned, the above gameplay footage is still a work in progress, so any jank should be ironed out by the time it releases. Should be.
