There comes a time when the victim of an existential horror is going to have to take responsibility for the terrible decisions that led them to their incomprehensible fate. The signs weren't subtle, and every action was clearly the wrong one assuming the goal was self preservation. For example, when there's a rickety cabin in the woods swamped by garbage, the correct move isn't to preserve the structure but rather toss in a can of gas and a match. Nothing good is going to come of trying to sort the place out, and yet in Hoarder the cleaner shows up after dark to start the job. It probably would have been quicker and less painful to high-dive into a wood chipper.
Long Past the Point When a House Is No Longer a Fixer-Upper
Hoarder starts off as a cleaner game, where you take on the mundane job of recovering a dilapidated property and end up questioning every decision that leads you deeper into the house's mysteries despite being unable to look away. This isn't the first game to fuse comforting work and horror, with titles like Dredge or Reka exploring the fusion of semi-cozy and disturbing, but there's...
