Kritsana

Kritsana is a horror game about reviewing a case from rural Thailand. In 1997, Kritsana told his psychiatrist, Dr. Thanapat, that something was in his house. Kritsana set up cameras to record what was happening, but after watching the tapes and reading his notes, Dr. Thanapat dismissed it as a hallucination. The events continued. In 2004, you take over the case and examine the recordings, notes and other evidence to see what was missed.

The case locations

The tapes come from four places in rural Thailand: Kritsana's grocery store, where he lived; the auto repair shop where his father worked; Dr. Thanapat's clinic; and the local temple.

Watch and report

You switch between cameras and look for changes, from small details such as a jar appearing on a shelf or a door being open when it should be closed, to footprints, a bird falling dead in front of a camera, or an alarm sounding in an empty shop. When you spot an anomaly, you report it and keep watching until 5:00 AM. The system fails if you make five incorrect reports in a row or allow four anomalies to accumulate at once, forcing you to start over.

Investigate the evidence

Before and after each tape, you review evidence including Dr. Thanapat's notes, records and what was left behind. Completing a location reveals more of its case file; finding every anomaly there uncovers all of its contents. The game has one ending, and how much of it makes sense depends on how much evidence you find.

Anomalies and horror

There are over 200 anomalies across the four locations. A first playthrough takes around 2 hours, with more time needed to find everything. The horror is slow and quiet, with a few jump scares and long stretches of silence.