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AT A GLANCE
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.