GAMES
FEAR THE SPOTLIGHT
S TAY IN THE SHADOWS WITH THIS AFFECTIONATE ’90S HORROR TRIBUTE
★★★★
PC, PS4/PS5, XBOX SERIES X|S
A deadly beam, but great for finding contact lenses.
IN THE ERA of next-gen consoles and sparkly photo-real graphics, it’s curiously refreshing when a game takes a deliberately retro approach. That’s very much the case with Fear The Spotlight, a new indie horror from two-person development team Cozy Game Pals and the first toe-dip into video games from horror masters Blumhouse. Originally released on PC in 2023 —it now makes the leap to consoles with an additional chapter —this is a game which genuinely feels, graphics-wise at least, like it could have been made in 1996. For anyone who grew up on classic PS1 horrors like Resident Evil and Silent Hill, the experience is uncanny.