APEX-07

About APEX-07

APEX-07 is a short first-person horror game by notsospecialgames, made in Godot for Pizza Doggy's Horror Jam 3 and released on itch.io in November 2025. It plays in the browser, with Windows and Linux downloads, in about 15 to 20 minutes, and the maker states that no generative AI was used. It was inspired by a short story by ChristianWallis about an astronaut whose dead partner still shows stable life signs.

You were supposed to fix a few solar panels. Ben was supposed to make the coffee. Then something hit the hull. Now Ben is gone, the station is bleeding through the vents, and the only voice left belongs to a machine that thinks it can save you.

The maker describes it as being about isolation, malfunction and faith in broken systems. You explore flickering, red-lit corridors in chunky PSX-style 3D, restore the reactor and try to save yourself, while the station changes around you: something grows over the walls, and something knocks at the door.

Players call it creepy and disgusting in the best way, and single out its sound design. It is translated into Spanish, Korean, Turkish and Ukrainian. It suits players who like short space-station horror such as 10-103 or Mouthwashing.

How to play APEX-07

1. Open the itch.io page and play in the browser, or download it for Windows or Linux (name your own price).
2. Move and look in first person with the keyboard and mouse.
3. Start by fixing the solar panel terminal, then explore the station.
4. Follow the machine's directions to restore the reactor.
5. Keep going through the flickering corridors to try to save yourself.

Tips

• Play with headphones; players single out the sound design.
• If you are stuck at the start, look closely at the solar panel terminal.
• It is short, so play it in one sitting with the lights off.

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