Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles

Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles is an episodic, single-player survival horror game set in the Outbreak universe. As an epidemic spreads through the city and countryside, monstrous beasts and disfigured remnants roam in growing numbers, slaughtering everything in their path. In the opening chapter, Lydia is separated from her fellow survivors and takes refuge from the horde in a large manor. She must explore it, find supplies and a way to wake from the nightmare, though she somehow knows her fate is already sealed.

Explore and survive

You search rooms, read logs, find keys and solve puzzles as you try to stay alive. Supplies are limited, so you must decide when to fight and when to flee to another room. A limited inventory and supply caches require you to manage what you carry and store items for later use. Saving is also restricted: you must find floppy disks to record your progress.

Game modes

The game includes Story Mode, a single-player survival horror experience, and Battle Mode, in which you scrounge and fight your way to the exit. Battle Mode is a tough action mode. The game also has four episodes, and you can choose which episodes to play. The base game includes Story and Battle Mode content for chapter one and is required to play subsequent chapter DLC.

Survival and combat

You can use firearms and melee weapons against the undead, or run from threats to safety. Multiple difficulty modes are available, including Nightmares mode, where enemies can kill you with one hit. The game can be played solo without an internet connection.

Presentation

Fixed cameras frame the environments and show your last moments. Controls for gamepad, mouse and keyboard are customizable.