The WhatsNext verdict
If realistic home-invasion horror and slow-building domestic paranoia are your thing, Carson House delivers a notably stressful atmosphere. Players seeking substantial mechanics or tightly constructed storytelling may find the errands and uneven plot frustrating.
What it does best
Turns ordinary home invasion into sustained dread
A tense VHS-nightmare atmosphere that keeps the house feeling unsafe
What might put you off
Slow domestic errands and limited gameplay
Scattered story and underwhelming antagonist
The setup
What you are walking into
In the third episode of Fears to Fathom you play as Noah Baker, an 18 year old who got a small job offer to house-sit for the COO of a local media company for the weekend, he takes the offer as he had nothing interesting going on for that weekend. It wasn't long before he began experiencing something very unsettling about the place. Little did he know what was about to come.
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