The Kharzov Effect

The Kharzov Effect is a first-person horror puzzle set in 1985 at the fog-drenched Oregon estate of Dr. Kharzov. Your friend never came home; with Billy’s bike at the gates and something moving beyond the fog, you go inside to find out what happened. You have no weapons and must rely on hiding, running and thinking.

Explore the estate

You navigate the grounds using your wits, patience and the shadows. The monsters have different ways of detecting you: some see, some hear and some feel. Solving the estate’s puzzles and surviving its threats are intertwined.

The environmental puzzles follow an escape-room style. Answers to locked doors and sealed rooms are hidden in the world around you, without hand-holding.

Uncover the mystery

The puzzles form part of a layered narrative, with more lore revealed as you go deeper. The game also contains a hidden, ARG-inspired thread made entirely of easter eggs that extends beyond the game itself.

Its setting uses details from the 1980s, before the internet and mobile phones, when no one would believe what you found. The Kharzov Effect is the first chapter of an unfolding story.