The Red Experiment
A downloadable game for Windows
Inspired by the infamous Russian Sleep Experiment creepypasta, with new analog-horror elements.
Inside a Soviet laboratory during the Cold War, a secret experiment is underway: brains are stimulated to become unstoppable machines.
To achieve this, prisoners agreed to reduced sentences in exchange for staying awake for weeks using an experimental stimulant gas. Your job is to test their mental endurance and survive a chaos of hallucinations, paranoia, and inhuman transformations.
Explore the cursed laboratory, unravel the secrets of the top brass, pay close attention to the blurry VHS tapes and classified documents to survive one more night.
Gameplay:
Play in first or third person with classic survival horror mechanics and retro graphics enhanced by VHS filters and crackling audio. Rely on stealth and evasion. Hide to avoid detection. Your only defenses are your wits and perfectly timed dodges to escape threats.
Beware of the most dangerous enemies: relentless Stalkers who will never stop hunting you and never tire.
Is it a hallucination, or is it real?
To use a joystick click Start button or escape to return to keyboard + mouse.
Controls:
| ATTACK | 
|  |
| AIM |  |  |
| INTERACT | E | 
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| RUN | Left-Shift |  |
| CROUCH | C | 
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| INVENTORY | i |  |
| MENU | ESCAPE |  |
| OBJECTIVES | TAB |  |
| SELECT ITEM | 1 - 4 |  |
Game developed in 10 days for the #MonarcaGameJam2025 (by Cataxis)
Credits:
-Farelas
-Yusefth D
-Giancarlo Moran (Avery)
-Diego Mayorga
-Irina Voice - Delaney Gilmore (From Selene's Unbearable Night)
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Development log
- Adjustments52 days ago
- Hotfix59 days ago
- FIXED CRITICAL ERROR!61 days ago
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se me bugueo ya por llegar al final asi que no lo termine pero la verdad si me asusto bastante espero probar mas juegos tuyos
Interesting game. But during the escape sequence at the end, I think I got bugged as it won't play the animate to squeeze through the spot. Also, you might wanna take a look at the staircase going down next to the save room. The boss seem to get stuck there.
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That was cool but need some improvements and fix. 4/5
Lags increasingly badly until unplayable (played onstream, might be causally related? Mostly while viewing the in world videos)
Hey! I'm so sorry to hear this. I will try to fix it in the next update
Love the game! Few bugs close to kill me but otherwise game is impressive!
THE RED EXPERIMENT || Horror Game || GAME JAM 2025 || NO COMMENTARY
This was fun to playthrough, thanks for sharing and well done! 5/5 Here is my playthrough
Thank you so much for your kind words! It means a lot to me.
Promising, polished looking. But very sluggish/inconsistent performance
Hey! this one is lighter than the others. I'm not sure about requirements yet, but I think this might run on your pc.
Obrigado!
Please try the lastest version, the previous one has an error that made the game unplayable.
ok