I Hate This Place: Isometric Survival Horror in a Reality-Warped Nightmare – Worth Surviving?
I Hate This Place is an isometric craft-based survival horror on cursed Rutherford Ranch, blending scavenging, building, and stealth.
I Hate This Place: Isometric Survival Horror in a Reality-Warped Nightmare – Worth Surviving?
I Hate This Place casts you as Elena, awakening in the cursed Rutherford Ranch—a warped hellscape where reality frays amid grotesque creatures and supernatural forces. This isometric survival horror demands scavenging resources, crafting gear, building shelters, and surviving a brutal day-night cycle while evading monsters that stalk by sound. Released in late January 2026 by Broken Mirror Games, inspired by Kyle Starks and Artyom Topilin's award-winning comic, it captures '80s horror vibes with bold, surreal art. Core Survival Mechanics Gameplay revolves around a tense loop: explore by day, fortify by night. Scavenge haunted forests, derelict towns, and infested bunkers for wood, metal, food, and rare components—every corner hides loot but also ambushes. Noise is lethal; footsteps, combat, or dropped items alert blind-but-sound-sensitive horrors like the Horned Man, who pursue relentlessly. Craft essentials at workbenches: weapons from scrap pipes, traps from wire, or gardens f…