This game is rated ESRB: Mature 17+ for Blood and Gore, Drug Reference, Strong Language and Violence.
This Strange Realm of Mine is a first-person shooter blended with poetry, psychological horror, and adventure elements, developed solo by Doomgriever of Doomster Entertainment and released in 2017 for PC, Mac, and Nintendo Switch. The game opens with the player creating a character who promptly dies, after which the experience unfolds as an exploration of the afterlife. Across fantastical, visually distinctive environments rendered in a hybrid 3D and pixel-art style, players encounter NPCs carrying their own personal struggles and philosophical perspectives, some of whom can be brought to a tavern that serves as a refuge from the surrounding chaos. A spiritual guide named Ulrich accompanies the player throughout. Combat involves a range of firearms and melee weapons against hostile creatures, while puzzles and story-driven sequences break up the action. Thematically, the game moves between blood-soaked horror and reflective passages on life, death, and human experience, accompanied by an original soundtrack.
