Survival horror Horror puzzle Horror escape Surreal horror Fixed camera horror

Post Trauma

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A train conductor wakes in the Gloom and must puzzle his way out.

Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox
Stores: Steam
Price: Paid
Rated: Mostly Positive on Steam (73% of 711 reviews); 4.11 of 5 on the PlayStation Store (1,127 ratings); Metacritic 64 for PC (12 critics)
Length: about 6 hours
Players: 1
Made by: Red Soul Games
Released: 2025

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What frightens Roman, a train conductor, wakes after a panic attack in the Gloom, a surreal dimension of flesh-grown corridors and nightmarish abominations, where he must solve hard escape-room puzzles and choose whether to fight or avoid what hunts him.
Content: gore, violence, nudity, strong language.

Post Trauma is a puzzle survival horror game by Red Soul Games, published by Raw Fury, made in the style of PS2-era classics with fixed cameras and save rooms. You play Roman, a train conductor who wakes in a surreal dimension called the Gloom after a panic attack, and must solve its hard puzzles and survive its abominations to find a way out.

About Post Trauma

Post Trauma is a survival horror game by Red Soul Games, a very small studio from Spain made up of fans of old-school survival horror. Raw Fury published it on April 22, 2025 for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The makers call it a puzzle horror game and a homage to the genre's classics of the PS2 era, built in Unreal Engine 5.

You play Roman, a tormented train conductor voiced by Togo Igawa, who wakes after a terrible panic attack in a surreal dimension called the Gloom. It is a place of horrifying architecture and nightmarish abominations: corridors overgrown with glowing flesh, rows of pale figures standing in the dark, a run-down hospital, rooms of flickering CRT screens. Roman can defend himself with melee weapons such as a crowbar or a sledgehammer, or look for the path of least resistance; not every enemy has to be fought.

Puzzles are the heart of it. The store promises escape-room puzzles that ask you to study your surroundings carefully and find hints and tools in unexpected places, and it recommends a pen and paper. Rely on Horror found them harder than in most survival horror games, sometimes close to point-and-click adventures, with clues for one lock spread over several rooms. There is no in-game map, only maps on the walls, and nothing glows to mark what you can pick up, so a careful eye matters.

Most of the game is seen through fixed camera angles with save rooms and limited saving on hard mode, but you move with the analog stick rather than tank controls, and some story parts switch to first person or an over-the-shoulder view. Fights are few and far between, with lock-on and a dodge. The story is told from several perspectives across seemingly unrelated settings, with a fully voiced cast and a score by Nicolas Gasparini (Myuu).

Rely on Horror praised its art direction above all, comparing it to Silent Hill, The Medium and H. R. Giger, while noting bugs and a cryptic story at launch. It scores 64 on Metacritic for PC, and players on Steam rate it Mostly Positive. It suits players who miss fixed-camera survival horror and like puzzles that make them take notes, in the line of Tormented Souls and Silent Hill.

How to play Post Trauma

Buy it on Steam for Windows, or on the PlayStation Store or Xbox store for PS5 or Xbox Series X|S.
Explore each area of the Gloom as Roman, mostly through fixed cameras, moving with the analog stick.
Study every room and write down clues; the store recommends pen and paper.
Combine what you find across several rooms to solve the escape-room puzzles and open the way forward.
Fight the creatures you meet with lock-on and dodge, or slip past them, and save in save rooms.

Screenshots

A lone figure with a flashlight faces rows of pale, mannequin-like figures standing on railway tracks in the dark

A man runs with a crowbar down a tiled corridor overgrown with glowing orange flesh

A bloodied grey-haired man raises a sledgehammer in a dim hospital corridor as a dark creature lunges in the foreground

A man in a dark office faces a wall of tilted CRT monitors glowing red, one showing a green maze

A puzzle wall of clocks showing different times beside stencilled numbers on a rust-stained wall

Top-down view of a worn red puzzle box with a brass eye emblem and four dials on a grimy floor

Tips

Keep a notebook or take screenshots: clues for one puzzle are often spread across several rooms.
There is no in-game map, so stop at the maps hung on walls and note the layout, above all in the school.
Nothing is highlighted to show what you can interact with; check corners the fixed camera half hides.
You do not have to win every encounter; avoiding an enemy can save your health.
On hard mode saving is limited, so use save rooms with care.

Questions

Is Post Trauma on PS5 and Xbox?

Yes. It is sold on the PlayStation Store for PS5 and on the Xbox store for Xbox Series X|S, as well as on Steam for Windows.

How long is Post Trauma?

About six hours for the story. Rely on Horror puts it at five to eight hours, depending on how long the harder puzzles hold you up.

Does Post Trauma have tank controls?

No. Most of it uses fixed camera angles, but you move with the analog stick in the direction you push, and some parts switch to first person or an over-the-shoulder view.

Do you have to fight in Post Trauma?

Roman can use melee weapons, but there are only a handful of fights, and the store says not every enemy needs to be fought.

Is Post Trauma suitable for younger players?

It is rated ESRB Mature 17+ for blood and gore, intense violence, nudity and strong language.