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The Kharzov Effect

By Doorway Studios

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DEVELOPERDoorway Studios

RELEASEOCT 28, 2026

PLATFORMSteam

TAGShorrorpsychological horroratmosphericpuzzlestealthfirst personmysterystory richindiesingleplayer

CHAPTER 1: 1985. Your friend has vanished into Professor Kharzov's fog-filled estate. Stalking monsters. Escape-room puzzles. Mysterious lore. Now get him out alive.

1985. Your friend never came home. Billy's bike is at the gates. Something moves beyond the fog. You go in anyway. A Horror Puzzle Built From the Inside Out. There are no weapons. There is only hiding, running, and thinking. Designed by escape-room enthusiasts and mystery obsessives, The Kharzov Effect is a first-person horror puzzle set at the fog-drenched Oregon estate of Dr. Kharzov. First-person stealth horror — navigate the grounds without a weapon. Your only tools are your wits, your patience, and the shadows. Monsters with distinct detection — some see you. Some hear you. Some feel you. Solving the estate and surviving it are the same problem.  Escape-room-style environmental puzzles — every locked door, every sealed room has an answer hidden in the world around you. No hand-holding.  Atmospheric environments — a world designed to keep you guessing.