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Evil Nun: The Broken Mask

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A summer camp that is really a prison, and a nun with a giant hammer.

Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
Stores: Steam, Epic
Price: Paid
Rated: Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam (95% of 1,162 reviews); 4.48 of 5 from 505 ratings on the PlayStation Store
Length: 10 to 15 hours
Players: 1
Controls: Keyboard and mouse, or a controller (full controller support on Steam).
Made by: Keplerians and Carlos Coronado
Released: 2023

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What frightens A religious summer camp turns out to be a trap: you are locked in a dilapidated school guarded by Sister Madeline, a possessed nun with a grinning, red-eyed face and a giant hammer, who hunts you through classrooms, attics and burning rooms while you sneak, solve puzzles and look for a way out.
Content: violence, blood, jumpscares.

Evil Nun: The Broken Mask is a first-person stealth horror game from Keplerians, the makers of the mobile Evil Nun. Locked in Eagle Junior High School by the possessed Sister Madeline, you gather the pieces of a broken mask, solve puzzles and craft items with the help of other trapped children, then escape by one of three routes. She listens for noise and follows you into vents, so you sneak, hide and lay traps.

About Evil Nun: The Broken Mask

Evil Nun: The Broken Mask was made by Keplerians with Carlos Coronado. Keplerians publishes it on PC, where it entered Early Access on Steam on 31 October 2022 and came out in full on 7 December 2023, the same day Feardemic released it on PlayStation and Xbox. Feardemic brought it to Nintendo Switch on 26 January 2024. It remakes the studio's mobile Evil Nun, a series with close to 100 million downloads, with a much larger map: a cursed summer camp at a Catholic school called Eagle Junior High School.

You are selected for a religious summer camp that promises to be the ideal place to make friends, and as soon as you arrive you realise it is a hoax. You are locked in a dilapidated school guarded by Sister Madeline, a smart and creepy possessed nun who punishes children with a gigantic hammer, and you find you are not the only child trapped.

Your main goal is to gather all the pieces of a mask and put them together, solving puzzles and mysteries across six chapters, crafting items with the help of the lost children and finding one of three escape routes. Sister Madeline searches every corner and talks to you depending on what you do. She reacts to loud noise, such as a knocked-down picture or vent cover, follows you into vents and hard-to-reach places, and a red glow shows where she is around corners. If she catches you, she hits you and you wake back in your room. You can play stealthily or booby trap the building and lure her into the traps, and there are minigames along the way.

Its makers put the main content at 10 to 15 hours on Normal difficulty, and more levels open after the three escapes. Difficulty settings change how fast and how clever she is, and Ghost Mode stops her from seeing or killing you. The game saves at the end of each chapter, with no manual save.

It suits players who liked the mobile Evil Nun or Granny and want a bigger stealth escape on PC or console.

How to play Evil Nun: The Broken Mask

Buy it on Steam or the Epic Games Store for Windows, or on the PlayStation, Xbox or Nintendo store.
Explore the school and its grounds, staying out of Sister Madeline's sight.
Gather the pieces of the mask and solve the puzzles that guard them.
Craft items with the help of the lost children.
Escape by one of the three routes.

Screenshots

Evil Nun: The Broken Mask screenshot: the nun swings her hammer in a room on fire under a burning cross

Evil Nun: The Broken Mask screenshot: hiding under furniture as the nun stands in a lit doorway, with a key on the cracked floor

Evil Nun: The Broken Mask screenshot: a glowing mask on a cross-shaped stand in a round stone archway

Evil Nun: The Broken Mask screenshot: the school's rooftops and parking lot at night above a misty wooded valley

Evil Nun: The Broken Mask screenshot: top-down night view of the nun carrying a bundle to an old white van by a garage

Tips

Listen for Sister Madeline before you move into an open room; headphones help you hear her calls.
Do not assume a hiding place is safe; she follows you into vents and other hard-to-reach places.
Drop a glass figure or make a noise to draw her away from where you need to go.
Set traps in the building and lure her into them when sneaking is not enough.
Progress saves only at the end of a chapter, so quitting partway restarts that chapter.

Questions

Is this the same as the mobile Evil Nun?

No. It is a larger game for PC and consoles from the same studio, with a new map, six chapters and three escape routes.

How many endings are there?

Its makers list three escape routes.

Can you fight Sister Madeline?

Mostly you avoid her, sneaking and hiding while you solve puzzles; crafted items help you face her.

Is Evil Nun: The Broken Mask on consoles?

Yes: on PS5 and PS4, Xbox One and Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch, as well as PC on Steam and the Epic Games Store.

Is there an easy mode?

Yes. The difficulty settings change Sister Madeline's speed and intelligence, and in Ghost Mode she cannot see or kill you, so you can explore without being caught.

How long is Evil Nun: The Broken Mask?

Its makers say the main content takes 10 to 15 hours on Normal difficulty. Once you know the way, a single escape can be much shorter.