The WhatsNext verdict
If you like short pixel-horror adventures where exploration uncovers disturbing family secrets in a creepy mansion, Mad Father delivers focused atmosphere and story, provided you can tolerate obscure puzzles and an ending that leaves Aya’s fate troublingly unresolved.
What it does best
A haunted mansion that keeps you genuinely uneasy
Exploration and puzzles keep revealing something worse
The family secrets keep getting darker
What might put you off
Short, occasionally obscure adventure-game progression
The ending’s moral ambiguity
The setup
What you are walking into
Mad Father is a horror-puzzle game that follows the experiences of a young German girl by the name of Aya Drevis.
Where it lives
PC (Microsoft Windows)MacNintendo Switch
Genre
PuzzleAdventureIndie
Vibe
Horror
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