Persephone

Persephone is a story-driven, mission-based survival horror game set in a simulation. You are sent in to debug, retrieve and format files, restore order to the system and contain the malware behind the crisis. Collecting errors helps uncover the simulation’s mystery, but each one makes a formless enemy move faster.

Evade the antivirus

The simulation has no weapons, so you must use its backup protection systems to avoid a roaming, frenzied antivirus. If it envelops or captures you, your energy drains until you are logged out. Completing this phase leaves the antivirus dormant or automatically uploads it to the I/O tower.

Lead the shades

Incomplete user files have been overtaken by the dormant TITAN virus. You can release the shades and lead them to the I/O tower for upload and deletion, but keep your distance: they quickly drain your power, especially when several surround you.

Format the simulation

With the help of the TITAN, destroy the houses and ensure the virus is removed from the system. Stay away from it, or it will remove you almost immediately. Once there are no protection systems or corrupted user files for the TITAN to control, it can roam freely. Use it to delete the storage cells, then carefully guide it to the I/O tower for upload, containment and examination. Approaching it will instantly drain your energy, log you out and fry your brain.

Power and failure

Every enemy drains your energy, darkening the level until you have to redo it. If your power runs out, you must replay the most recent session.