Faith

2017Airdorf GamesPC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch

Faith is a pixel horror game inspired by the era of MS-DOS, Apple II, Atari, and ZX Spectrum classics. Forget blue-and-pink neon. The 1980s were scary. No Internet, it was hard to reach you if you weren't home, and the U.S. was engrossed in the “Satanic Scare” which fueled widespread paranoia about devil-worshiping, witchcraft, and occult practices.

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What it feels like

The atmosphere builds slow anticipatory fear rooted in 1980s paranoia and the player's precarious position as a young priest. An active, present threat of demons and cultists clearly intends the player harm throughout. The world presses a suffocating weight of demonic and cultist threat onto the player throughout.

Dread80%

Menacing70%

Oppressive65%

Melancholic55%

What it's about

Horror is the primary creative directive—a pixel horror game structured around frightening and disturbing the player. The protagonist is a priest struggling against demons and his own weakening faith, making religious belief and doubt central to the narrative. The game is rooted in satirizing and critiquing the 'Satanic Panic' of the 1980s, using historical paranoia as dark commentary.

Horror90%

Faith & Religion80%

Satire & Commentary75%

Supernatural & Occult70%

Psychological Horror60%

Conspiracy50%

How it plays

As an adventure game, environmental puzzles are likely woven into exploration and progression.

Environmental Puzzles45%

How it looks and sounds

The game is explicitly described as inspired by MS-DOS, Apple II, Atari, and ZX Spectrum classics, with deliberate low-resolution pixel visuals as its defining aesthetic. The pixel-art retro style strips visuals to essential shapes, creating a minimalist aesthetic through technical constraint. The 8-bit aesthetic evokes early 3D rendering styles and low-fidelity retro graphics of the era.

Pixel Art95%

Minimalist Visuals50%

Retro 3D25%

How it's structured

Described as single-player focused with no multiplayer component. The game has a bounded, authored story arc centered on the protagonist's journey and struggle.

Single-Player85%

Campaign75%

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