The Reflection

The Reflection is a co-op horror game about performing rituals to escape a house haunted by an Evil Being. You receive a letter signed by your missing friend, whose family has confirmed her death, inviting you to her home. You go there to find out what happened, despite having no place to play detective. The Being is not living, cannot be attacked and is difficult to evade; you must delay it long enough to escape by weakening its Power, Presence and Persistence through rituals.

Investigate the house

You follow clues in a journal to prepare and perform ancient rituals. Each has its own procedure: find the correct items scattered around the house, place and use them in the right order, and follow the journal step by step. One mistake can fail a ritual or make things worse. Objects, symbols and rooms hold clues and dangers, while curses lurk throughout the house.

Evade the Being

The Being senses your actions, movements and intent, and uses deception, mimicry, ruthlessness and brutality to stop you escaping. After each major point of ritual progress, it catches the scent of those responsible and chases them wherever they are. It tracks you with sharp instincts and learns your patterns as you learn its own. If you take too long, other malicious spirits are drawn to your location.

Play alone or together

You can play solo or online with up to four players, with difficulties scaled for each mode. Co-op supports private lobbies with friends and public lobbies with random players. Proximity voice chat lets you coordinate rituals and warn teammates; you can share responsibilities, work together to complete rituals faster, revive downed teammates or split up at the risk of going alone.

Rituals and endings

Visual cues on necessary items point to the next step. Events can change the tone by presenting a different scenario to resolve. The game has 50+ Steam Achievements and three possible endings, two of which are secrets to uncover.