Oxide Room 208

Oxide Room 208 is a survival horror game about eight people trapped in an old laboratory and caught in a deadly experiment. You explore a nightmare shaped by the failing sanity of Eva, the unwilling host of Doc’s experiment, Oxide. To survive the night, you must find Door 208 and pass through it.

The story

Doc has forced eight people into his experiment in an old motel and its underground laboratory, where atrocities were committed in the name of science. The characters include two people trying to shoot a dirty movie with an undercover cop, a cannibal hiker and his fiancée, a rock legend searching for answers, a half-naked madman, and two streamers from a horror channel. Some have motives beyond escaping, so you cannot trust everyone. Doc mutilates his victims and twists their memories to conceal his secret and unethical research.

Eva was an innocent victim whom Doc used as the experiment’s host. When her sanity reaches its limit, Oxide spirals out of control, creating an organic, hellish environment that crosses beyond reality. If a character dies, they may return as a revenant, changed for the worse.

Explore the facility

You travel through seven locations: a forest, an old mine, an underground laboratory, a greenhouse, an old motel and containment cells, among others. You can take different paths to avoid deadly encounters or find the armory. More than a dozen types of grotesque creatures inhabit the facilities; some relentlessly pursue you when they spot you, and fleeing blindly can lead you into an even greater danger.

Survive the encounters

You manage weapons and resources, and the camera shifts between close-up first-person and third-person views. You can switch perspectives and use photo mode. The environments include the motel’s hallways and the experimental facilities, with dynamic lighting and ray tracing.

Characters and music

The game features nine characters based on real actors and actresses, digitally captured using motion capture and facial scanning. Carlos Escobedo appears as the playable character Carlos Miller, and ANBR music appears as Samael Tselios. The soundtrack includes a vocal track by Sôber and a playlist curated by ANBR music.