PC (Microsoft Windows)2015

The Boogie Man

Keith Baring is a cold, devoted detective whose boss decides he needs to take some time off. While on a tour of an old castle with his wife Helena, she makes a startling confession to him. Keith goes to bed bewildered - but things only become stranger as the Boogie Man's game begins...

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Steam User 4826STEAMRecommended

El peak de la saga con diferencia

Mar 20, 2026·8h·Verified

Steam User 2411STEAMRecommended

可以剧情好玩

Mar 18, 2026·10h·Verified

Steam User 6769STEAMRecommended

there is an oingo boingo reference so it automatically gets a 10/10 score from me.

Feb 27, 2026·6h·4·Verified

Steam User 5835STEAMRecommended

Probably my second favorite entry in this series. I really like the plot and how the gameplay is structured, even though the puzzles were pretty hard to figure out sometimes (they are not intuitive at all, most of the time). I really liked how it connected all the characters from the previous games and the way the ending resolves (I did not expect it). Some things I did not like were the voice acting (some VAs were really good but others were really inexperienced and you could tell, especially when it is Keith, the protagonist. His voice is really monotone and inexpressive especially in moments that really require a lot of feeling. It made Keith come off as a really bland character to me, probably more than if I had played it with VA off. No disrespect to the VAs, just my opinion); and the difficulty of the puzzles overall. I had to check the guide all the time. They added an option which was not present in previous games: now you can skip the longer scenes, allowing you to replay more easily. Bonus stuff is also really great and appreciated. I really recommend this game, please give it a try!

Feb 25, 2026·9h·Verified

Steam User 5245STEAMRecommended

This is probably my favourite game in the series, it has a solid story and good gameplay. The biggest problem with the game is the perfect ending, you will need to both replay the game as well as using a guide to get it as there are triggers that is almost impossible to figure out or stumble upon during the game. I do recommend playing these in order though, as most of the characters backgrounds are only explained in their own games.

Feb 8, 2026·10h·Verified

Steam User 6734STEAMRecommended

Story is amazing and make sure to do the bonus scenario at the end for a little extra lore to make the game make sense.

Feb 8, 2026·4h·Verified

Steam User 6246STEAMRecommended

先玩了同作者the strange man系列的其他三部，很喜欢前一部the sand man
这一部也很不错！
主角警探挺有魅力的，全英文配音很有沉浸感好评

Feb 4, 2026·9h·Verified

Steam User 0246STEAMRecommended

I really like all the games in the "Something Man" series. While there is a 4th game, I really feel like "The Boogie Man" is the series magnum opus. (though "The Crooked Man" will always be my favorite) To me, this is the most complicated of the games with a good story line, lots of puzzles and very satisfying bad endings. I can't give it a 10/10 though as the good ending just didn't quite stick the landing. I wanted more background on the villain and it wasn't quite fleshed out enough to be satisfying. 9 out of 10 cat treats.

Jan 31, 2026·26h·Verified

Steam User 6032STEAMRecommended

I didn't like this game lot and the voice acting from the beginning, but it turned out to be okay and maybe even good by the end. Comparing to the previous game, I found more fancy in this one, it can be thrilling and sometimes interesting, with some curious twists at times. Although, solving puzzles didn't deliver me pleasure at all, it was absolute hell. These puzzles can't compare to the ones from previous games, and I would just advise you get a guide and solve 'em that way. All in all, could say it's a nice game if you don't take the only flaw into account.

Jan 24, 2026·8h

Steam User 2480STEAMNot recommended

Знаете, оказалось в Песочном Человеке геймдизайн еще не так плох.

Jan 23, 2026·3h·Verified

Steam User 9534STEAMRecommended

Se sei fan degli RPG Horror questa serie di giochi fa per te. Amo gli easter egg e la saga di the strange man è uno degli apici. Ho amato interamente questa saga, forse questo è stato il gioco che ho apprezzato meno semplicemente per il finale quando si scopre qualcosa sul Boogie man. Però ho adorato comunque il gameplay e la storia. URI I LOVE YOU.

Jan 15, 2026·8h·Verified

Steam User 8887STEAMRecommended

A little too ambitious when it comes to the good ending triggers, but overall peak

Jan 12, 2026·6h·Verified

Steam User 4083STEAMRecommended

진엔딩 빼고 배드엔딩 4개 다 봤는데 정신이 피폐해짐 근데 최고의 걸작 ;ω; 난 후회안해

Jan 12, 2026·17h·Verified

Steam User 1977STEAMRecommended

É um jogo de investigação bem divertido, estou em processo de fazer todos os finais para platinar o jogo, gosto da maneira como os personagens enlouquecem aos poucos, e a arte é muito boa. Além disso sempre dou risada quando o boogie man aparece, ele é muito engraçado

Dec 18, 2025·8h·Verified

Steam User 9698STEAMRecommended

Gonna leave my booty hanging off the bed for the boogie man tonight

Nov 30, 2025·12h·Verified

Steam User 1948STEAMRecommended

Наверное первая игра в которой я НАСТОЛЬКО разочаровалась. Действительно все что тут стоящего - это счастлива концовка, с которой я лично всплакнула даже. Оставляю хороший отзыв и пометку рекомендую из-за привязки к серии Strange man. Гейм дизайн и до этого был кривоват и бесяч, вот только игру ВПРИНЦИПЕ можно было пройти без гайдов, это уже дальше ради тех же ачивок можно было бы пользоваться подсказками, но капитально гайд не требовался как обязательное условие.

Тут? Поздравляю, в гайде вы будете сидеть не вылезая. Особенно если хотите получить счастливую концовку. Для которой нужно сделать так много не очевидных действий привязанных к определенным скриптам, что это просто смешно. Доходит до маразма что глаз начинает не просто дергаться. Тут до аневризмы не долго ей богу.

Очень сомнительное решение с озвучкой которую я сразу же отключила т.к бесила до жути. Полную слушать - мозг вытечет, а вот кусками из криков и зовов - смак. Тут 10/10, больше проникаешься в ситуацию и переживаешь из-за своих выборов.

Перейдем к персонажам. Софи которую так хорошо раскрыли в прошлой игре, кажется отупела до уровня 12-ти лет. И выбешивала просто до жути, про ее гениальный план молчу, хотелось привязать ее и заткнуть рот. Как её папка только терпит.. Но, рада что после прошлой игры они действительно наладили отношения.
Дэвид... Ну...Дэвид. Нормально.
Ширли всегда была для меня максимально противным персонажем, но здесь я к ней потеплела +- раскрыли их с Дэвидом, стало легче к ней проникнуться симпатией.
Кит брутальный чувак детектив. Иногда бесит что язык запихнул в одно место, но это характер перса, так что не минус.
Ланс это журналюга Он журналюга. Всё.
Жена у нас милашка, но впечатление что все что в ней есть это то что она нас любит и что она привязана к нам. Но опять не в обиду, ее правда ищешь, беспокоишься чтоб единственного члена семьи у дэтэктивча не отобрали.

В игре как я и упоминала из стоящего раскрытие отношений Кита и его жены. Понравилось еще что тут больше снова делается упор на хоррор, хотя Бугимэн не пугает, от него скорее либо ловишь раздражение когда эта падла снова вылезает хрен знает откуда, либо смехуечки с того какой же он нелепый типчик.

В общем, Ури молодец, эксперименты проводит, новые фишки добавляет, истории пишет, классный чел и именно за это ему положительный обзор, но если Вы хотите купить игру отдельно от серии , не являясь ярым фанатом - не надо, оно того не стоит. Только как затычка лора вселенной не более.

Nov 23, 2025·9h·Verified

Steam User 8267STEAMRecommended

부기맨은 매력있었고 좋았습니다 근데 진짜 공포는 나에게 주어지는 정보가 단 하나도 없이 봐야하는 진엔딩과 뒤돌면 까먹게 되는 방대한 맵, 그리고 이제는 대부분 사라져버린 공략들 이라고 봐도 무방합니다

Nov 21, 2025·7h·1·Verified

Steam User 8817STEAMRecommended

10/10, amazing VA, story, graphics and puzzles.. different endings was amazing. im in love with these games and recommend.

Nov 8, 2025·14h

Steam User 4069STEAMNot recommended

玩的好好的，结果附加房间里男主的人设讨厌，意义不明，不知道为啥作者她非要加，而且明明打出来好结局，但是前置成就却没能解锁

Oct 30, 2025·9h·Verified

Steam User 7978STEAMRecommended

this is the best strange men series. keith is so cool

Oct 17, 2025·10h·3·Verified

Steam User 3379STEAMNot recommended

剧情上虽然体量比前两部大，不过非常空洞，比如里面头套杀人犯这个角色根本就没有任何的描写塑造，就是个凭空出现的模仿真正boogie man的变态杀人魔，到结束都觉得这个反派的出现很莫名奇妙，甚至这样不明来历没有故事的角色，贯穿整个流程。

另外离谱的就是谜题解谜设计简直是灾难级别的差，谜题体验上能把这部游戏的体验直接从8分降到1分，完全拖累了前两部作品。各种超弱引导甚至没引导，让玩家自己瞎猜，甚至还有故意误导的存在。

其中最令人恼火的就是西洋象棋谜题那里，看完了小棋盘上的各个棋子的摆放，我以为得按照棋盘上复杂的摆（顶级故意误导），捣鼓了十几分钟，终于摆成小棋盘上的样子了。没想到查了攻略踏马和我说全部归位清空棋盘才是正解，就因为画上有一句“不在战争的情况下，愚蠢士兵们都会松懈”，这尼玛叫引导？托尔斯泰来了都看不懂你在说什么。

前两部扭曲人和睡魔我都挺喜欢的，体验到这一部真的有点失望了。

Sep 27, 2025·21h·2·Verified

Steam User 1798STEAMRecommended

The Boogie Man, developed by Uri Games and published by PLAYISM, is a psychological horror adventure that continues the thematic and emotional threads introduced in its predecessors, The Crooked Man and The Sand Man. This third entry in the “Strange Man” series distinguishes itself by adopting a more overtly cinematic and suspense-driven approach. While it retains the pixel art and RPGMaker framework familiar to the series, it leans further into thriller territory, with a tone and structure that evoke classic slasher films as much as they do psychological horror. What results is a tightly wound, character-focused game that, despite its visual simplicity, delivers a gripping experience full of tension, mystery, and emotional resonance.

The story follows Keith Baring, a stoic detective who is emotionally distant and haunted by personal tragedy—the death of his son. As a result of his deteriorating mental health and strained relationship with his wife Helena, Keith is pressured into taking a vacation. The couple joins a guided tour of a centuries-old European castle, accompanied by a small group of other guests. What begins as an uneasy retreat quickly spirals into chaos when a masked killer calling himself “The Boogie Man” begins stalking the group, turning the vacation into a nightmare. Keith, torn between his own inner demons and his sense of duty as a detective, takes it upon himself to stop the killer and protect the remaining survivors. What follows is a descent into a dark, twisting narrative that explores grief, guilt, and redemption.

The gameplay structure remains consistent with the series’ formula—exploration, environmental puzzles, inventory-based progression, and multiple endings based on choices. Much of the game is spent navigating the dimly lit corridors and rooms of the sprawling castle, solving puzzles to unlock new areas and uncovering clues about the Boogie Man’s identity and motives. The game is more linear than its predecessors in some ways, but that focus allows for a tighter, more cinematic pace. Players will also find a number of chase sequences and danger events scattered throughout, demanding quick decision-making and occasionally a bit of trial and error. These sequences aren’t mechanically complex, but they inject adrenaline into an otherwise slow-burn experience. Puzzle difficulty is generally balanced, though a few obscure steps may require backtracking or experimentation to progress.

Visually, the game continues with the series' signature pixel art aesthetic. While not technically advanced, the visuals serve the narrative well, using lighting, color, and sparse environmental detail to establish a moody, oppressive atmosphere. The castle setting is richly designed within the limitations of the engine, and every room feels carefully curated to maintain the tension. Shadows linger in corners, lights flicker at the wrong times, and small visual cues help players remain immersed in the environment. The addition of voice acting in key scenes adds another layer of immersion, giving the characters more presence and emotional weight—though the quality of the performances can vary, the effort is commendable and elevates key dramatic moments.

The game’s emotional impact is where it truly shines. Keith is not a likable protagonist at first glance—he’s cold, emotionally withdrawn, and visibly uncomfortable around others—but his character arc is central to the experience. As the story progresses, it becomes clear that the Boogie Man is not just a physical threat, but a representation of trauma and unresolved grief. Much like the other “Strange Men” in the series, the antagonist here is as much a symbol as a character, forcing Keith—and the player—to confront the scars of past failures and the consequences of emotional isolation. The narrative threads dealing with guilt and redemption are layered and meaningful, especially as the game reveals more about the other characters and their own personal demons. The multiple endings further reflect the consequences of the choices made throughout the game, and each provides a different lens on Keith’s journey and whether or not he finds peace.

That said, the game is not without its weaknesses. Navigation can sometimes be unclear, with objectives not always communicated effectively, which may leave players wandering until they stumble upon the correct trigger. Some puzzle solutions require leaps in logic that could frustrate players who prefer more straightforward progression. The limitations of the RPGMaker engine also show through during action-heavy sequences, where movement can feel clunky and unresponsive, particularly during timed events or chases. However, these flaws are largely forgivable in the context of an emotionally-driven narrative game, especially one developed with such a small team and a focused creative vision.

Ultimately, The Boogie Man is a powerful entry in Uri’s ongoing exploration of flawed, emotionally burdened protagonists. It trades the slow, internal melancholy of The Crooked Man and the surreal dreamscapes of The Sand Man for a more focused, high-stakes narrative steeped in horror-thriller tropes. Yet beneath its slasher veneer is a story about confronting personal demons, learning to forgive, and deciding whether to remain broken or fight to heal. For fans of narrative-rich horror games with minimalist presentation but maximal emotional impact, The Boogie Man stands as another strong, unsettling chapter in one of indie horror’s most emotionally intelligent series.

Rating: 8/10

Sep 19, 2025·13h·Verified

Steam User 3531STEAMRecommended

Öncelikle söylemeliyim ki yine çok güzel bir piksel korku oyunu olmuş. Tek sıkıntı, bundan önceki 2 oyundan daha karmaşık gibi geldi bana. Başkalarında olmamış olabilir ama ben şahsen oynarken biraz sıkıldım ve uzun bir süre ara verdim. Önceki oyunlarda böyle bir şey yaşamamıştım. Belki de iyi bir anıma denk gelmedi, bilemiyorum. Tabi bu oyunu önermeme engel değil. (Helena'nın sesi oyunun kendisinden daha korkunç bu arada. Bacım düzgün konuşsana, havayı g*tünle mi soluyorsun?)

Sep 12, 2025·8h·1·Verified

Steam User 3075STEAMRecommended

Agosto 2025 - 22 de 31
Me gustan los diálogos la verdad, denotan un trabajo más serio a un simple rpg de terror de alguien random de por ahí, los puzzles algunos están bien y son relativamente sencillos de entender, pero hay otras cosas que para pasarlas debes realizar acciones que en la vida se me ocurrirían o conseguir objetos que no destacan físicamente y se pierden con el escenario, aunque igual creo que es normal ya en este tipo de rpgs el usar guías para muchas partes. Lo recomiendo solo a los que gustan de este tipo de juegos. 5/10.

Aug 25, 2025·5h·Verified

Steam User 3459STEAMRecommended

This is also different from it's predecessors, in terms of how it feels. Gameplay is good, but can also be confusing. There are a few missable content, if you're not thorough with how you play, so that's something to keep in mind. This game also got voiced dialogues, which is cool. Overall I did enjoy it's story and gameplay

Aug 23, 2025·7h·Verified

Steam User 5768STEAMRecommended

7/10

Aug 5, 2025·7h·Verified

Steam User 5051STEAMRecommended

打这么多恐怖解谜rpg以来见过的最权威的主角木板门三斧头劈开没斧头能踹开挂锁砸一下就老实了遇坑大跳飞檐走壁硬吃刀丛

很经典的暴风雪山庄大逃杀限时任务很欺诈也很好玩判定点决定剧情走向跟结局就这个he判定点跑了三遍才拿齐
不过地图大的离谱本馆六层楼还一别馆地下还死绕一般方位也是乱的

剧情方面属于传统的古堡缉凶但伏笔是真的多并且与前两作有大量呼应众所周知没见着尸体＝还活着

David你怎么又吃瓦斯了（雾）

Jul 8, 2025·19h·Verified

Steam User 4206STEAMRecommended

Первая игра из серии, прохождение которой я нигде не видел. Пройдя TCM и TSM, я остался доволен и этой частью. Она всё так же отличается по настроению и содержанию: другой герой, обстановка, угрозы, добавилась озвучка и улучшился визуал. Конечно, играть без гайда тяжко, тем более выходить на все имеющиеся концовки. С другой стороны, я сомневаюсь, что в реальности злодей будет прямо подсказывать что да как вы должны сделать для решения головоломки.
Сюжет мне зашёл, как и концовки. Жалко, что не сделали возможность остаться одному, не спасая всех. Вышло бы похоже на Until Dawn, но и круто же. Да и реалистично, потому что в такой стрессовой ситуации мы бы и не смогли всех спасти.
Отдельная благодарность актёрам, которые озвучили реплики. Некоторым бы получше оборудование, но для такого малобюджетного проекта всё равно вышло очень добротно. Игру рекомендую, тем более цена очень маленькая

Jul 7, 2025·9h·Verified

Steam User 6553STEAMRecommended

Okay, so I have a lot of thoughts on this game.

First of all, the actual journey/gameplay. What a frustrating experience it could be! I can't tell if it was because I was in a bad mood after playing The Sandman and being disappointed but a lot of the puzzles went over my head, and since the puzzles are kinda crucial to saving everyone I had to do them. But as annoying as it was, I won't let that fully color my experience; besides, I technically can't even call any of them bad, it's more likely a me problem

Second, the story by itself. The story by itself is...good. I like the voice acting, cheesy as it is. And I like the story, cheesy/melodramatic as it is; the presentation of the story feels like an anime episode, similarly to The Crooked Man, which I really like. I think it's told well for what it is, and outside of the bad ending I got feeling kinda abrupt ([spoiler]I guess after David died, Keith couldn't get over the loss of his son fully which led to that ending? I dunno, I think it could've been explained better, but it's fiiiiiine[/spoiler]) I think it's overall a good story. I was hooked the entire time, I liked/was interested in all the characters, and I think that's at least some mark of quality.

But as a sequel to the Sandman and Crooked Man...what the hell happened? This is not at all what I want from this series, not in the slightest. Not once did I ever think to myself "gee! this sure would be great if it turned into SAW randomly!", like what the hell? For was lesser as Sandman was compared to Crooked Man (the best), at least it retained the psychological horror elements that made CM so interesting and personal. This is just...way off the rails. Like it's hard to take seriously anymore. The Boogie Man is just diet jigsaw, and everything we learn about Keith just comes from his own mouth, and that just feels wholly less interesting. I dunno, I just miss how personal The Crooked Man was. Like everything connected back to David's story, while here Keith's story feels like a subplot to a main plot; a main plot that is incredibly cheesy and hard to take seriously, even, which I think rolls back into my issue with it when thinking about it in context with the sequels.

Ultimately though I guess I'd recommend it. Like, I can disconnect it from the rest of the series and have quite a good time, even if progression irritated me. And it's cheap, so if you're at all interested in anything that I've said I'd recommend it.

Jul 2, 2025·9h·Verified

Steam User 6340STEAMRecommended

I got two bad endings and still don't know who the boogie man is. Some tough puzzles, walk through was needed. Nice cross reference to the crooked man, which i have played, both games were quite different, I was worried they would be very similar, Im yet to play but have bought the handed man and the sand man. No chase scenes, which can sometimes be refereshing. Decent story, but I'll need to go on youtube to see the true ending and see if I can see who the boogie man is. Keith the main character isn't very likable, this may be on purpose though. The story is decent, something about this game felt a bit lacking, but for the price I paid i can't complain much, so maybe grab this game on a sale. The game did also glitch for me multiple times in the arrow room scene, but I did get around it finally, my character wouldnt move, and then I ended up in the black part of the screen completely out of the room, no idea how that happened, but as I said, eventually got there.

Jun 17, 2025·7h·Verified

Steam User 6331STEAMRecommended

Another of Uri's great games that has decent pacing, although the backtracking breaks the pace a little. I recommend this as much as the other entries in the series.

May 31, 2025·11h·Verified

Steam User 7964STEAMRecommended

Strange Men serisindeki en sevdiğim oyun, bundan önce gelen Crooked man ve the Sand man'i oynamanızı da tavsiye ederim. hikaye olarak bağlantılı olmasa da ordan karakterleri de görmek ve onlarla etkileşimde olmak güzel.

May 19, 2025·12h·Verified

Steam User 1947STEAMRecommended

Puzzles are the trickiest in any RPG Maker horror I've played, but mostly not unfairly so; think deeply about the clues, check nearby areas and watch out for red herrings!

Aside from the variable audio quality and occasional odd diction, the voice actors give it their all and add to the unnerving atmosphere. The story is a set of jigsaw pieces you'll need all the endings to fit together, with slow but meaningful characterisation for our hero. Though the biggest shock was Manly Badass Hero's voice!

The Strange Man series continues to climb in quality. Definitely try this one if you liked the last two.

May 18, 2025·12h·1·Verified

Steam User 6480STEAMRecommended

史蒂维：哥们是不是有病

May 7, 2025·9h·Verified

Steam User 5524STEAMRecommended

[h1]一个杀人犯拯救了一场婚姻[/h1]
离线玩的，剧情就是一群人去古堡旅游，结果碰上杀人犯的故事
优点和缺点都挺明显的
优点就是人物全程配音，并且男主声音很好听
剧情也挺有深度，游戏细节也有很多
缺点就是地图复杂，解密隐晦引导差，好结局很难打出，反正我是从中期开始就全程看攻略了
总之这是第三部，虽然每作基本都是独立的，但本作有前两作的人物，系列粉丝且脑力超群的可玩

May 4, 2025·Verified

Steam User 5782STEAMRecommended

전작의 등장인물들이 나오는 더 스트레인지 맨 시리즈의 3번째 게임. 다만 전작을 하지 않아도 캐릭터나 스토리 이해에 지장은 없다.
복잡한 구조지만 그렇게 넓지는 않은 저택에서 '부기맨'을 쫓으며 그에게 붙잡힌 사람들을 구하는 내용이다. 게임적으로는 짧은 제한 시간 내에 이전에 봤던 단서를 활용하여 위험 상황에서 인물들을 구출하는 구출 씬이 긴박감 있다.
비슷한 장르의 다른 게임과 다른 개발자 Uri의 특징인 심리적 묘사가 이 게임에서도 잘 드러나는데, 호불호 갈리는 영역일 수 있으나 독특한 점인 만큼 장점이라고 볼 수 있다.
스팀에서 제공하는 게임 매뉴얼에서 공략을 볼 수 있으므로 참고 바란다.

May 1, 2025·7h·Verified

Steam User 5577STEAMRecommended

My favourite game of the Strange Men series, I absolutely recommend playing this game. The puzzles and the story is just so much fun to engage with, Uri did an amazing job with this one!

Apr 22, 2025·11h·1·Verified

Steam User 5299STEAMRecommended

This was truly a beautiful indie game truly wow it was nice to take some times off the gacha and free to play games to play this game amazing!

Apr 19, 2025·11h

Steam User 0474STEAMRecommended

シナリオが良く、前作・前々作のキャラが登場するので、そちらを先にプレーするとより楽しめます。
謎解きの難しさがかなり高く、正直、公式HPの攻略情報を見ながらプレーしないとグッドエンドに到達するのは難しいのではないかと思います。
予期せぬ即死トラップがいくつかあるので、まめなセーブをお勧めします。

Apr 13, 2025·10h·2·Verified

Steam User 6366STEAMNot recommended

sendo bem honesto, não recomendo. o jogo tem uma quantidade gigantesca de backtracking e puzzles complexos com dicas bem ruins.
a única coisa que interessou foi a história (que foi bem sem-graça comparada a The Crooked Man e The Sandman) e a dublagem (que é beeeem amadora, mas legal ver o esforço de Uri colocando dublagem em inglês).
de resto, só dor de cabeça. se for jogar, recomendo já saber que vai ter que usar o guia no site da tradutora, vgperson.

Apr 10, 2025·9h·Verified

Steam User 6605STEAMRecommended

ストレンジマンシリーズ３作目ですが、個人的に一番好きな作品です
１～４まであって１が人気らしいですが、この３作目は大事な人を思う気持ちが痛くて切なくて胸にぶっ刺さりましたｗ
ハッピーエンドへの道のりが難易度高いので、制作者様の攻略メモを参考にさせていただきました！ありがとうございます
ストレンジマンシリーズは全部おすすめなのでぜひ１作目からプレイしてみてほしいです

Apr 4, 2025·10h·3·Verified

Steam User 8640STEAMRecommended

The Boogie Man – детективно-жахаюча історія.
Це не найкраща частина із серії, але не можу сказати, що вона аж така погана. В центрі подій у нас детектив Кіт, який із своєю дружиною приїхали на відпочинок в Livingstone Castle. Тут є давно нам знайомі персонажі із минулих частин, а також нові лиця.

Гру проходила я двічі, щоб вибити ХеппіЕнд, тому мені є що сказати.

Якщо говорити про сюжет гри, то він не є дуже поганим, але не все так добре як могло бути. Головна сюжетна вітка розписана не погано, є питання до неї, але то вже таке. Окрім основної сюжетної вітки, у нас є маленькі історії, які розкидані по кімнатам замку. От до прикладу, історія Панчінелло або паралельно із його історіє, ми ще дізнаємось про мешканців замку. Про батька і його дитину, а також їхніх слуг (ці дві історії вони не є поганими, але ось про другу хотілось би дізнатись більше).

Гра є повністю озвученою, не сказала би що озвучка на вищому рівні, але не все так погано як могло бути. Деякі голоса є дуже приємними, і навіть гарно записані, а деякі, от як голос дружини головного героя (оу мій бог… як же він мені бісив протягом всіє гри. Сам по собі голос дуже приємний і мелодійний, але як він вибивався із усієї гри). Натомість голос її чоловіка записаний досить гарно, актор дубляжу непогано відіграв, не всі емоції було передано, але в принципі, нот ту бед як-то кажуть. Окремо можу виділити озвучку головного антагоніста цієї частини Бугі Мен. Вона є гарною, в деяких моментах жахаючою, голос зразу запам’ятовується. Тому тут дякую актору озвучки за роботу.

А тепер трошки про антагоніста і протагоніста гри.
Keith Baring – наш головний герой, детектив без емоцій і в усьому цьому роді (тіпікал детектив я би сказала для таких ігор). На початку як я починала за нього грати, перші мої думки, що просто професія відбилась на його житті, тому він такий. Вже дальше, під час проходження, ми дізнаємось більше про нього і про його стан і як він до цього докотився. Сам по собі персонаж не є погано прописам, але мені чогось не вистачало у ньому, от важко сказати, що саме, але чого прям не було.

Boogie Man – антагоніст гри. Ось з ним все трохи важче. Вперше ми з бугі меном познайомились у минулій частині гри СендМен, він там у нас появився у шафі, коли ми ховались він СендМена, відсилка на цей момент була в цій частині, але не більше. Сам по собі БугіМен не є погано-прописаним персонажем, але йому не вистачає ось цього божевілля. В цій частині у нас головне «зло» просто злочинець не більше і не менше. В мене були думки, що буде сюжетний твіст із БугіМеном (хто проходив той мабуть здогадався про що я), але цього не було. З одної частини я розчарувалась, а з іншої частини ні і ні.

У висновку, ця гра не є поганою і варта того щоб у неї пограли. Сюжет цікавий, сюжетні твісти також непогані, головний злодій також в цілому може бути.

Mar 25, 2025·11h·4·Verified

Steam User 4754STEAMRecommended

The voice acting is a bit rough but overall a great game.

Mar 18, 2025·14h·2·Verified

Steam User 3812STEAMRecommended

스트레인지 맨 3번째 작 정말 어려우면서도 재미있었다.
풀 더빙이라는 점도 너무 좋았다. 또한 전작의 인물들이 나오는걸 보고 너무 놀랐다.
정말 완벽한게임이다.

Mar 12, 2025·17h·Verified

Steam User 6092STEAMRecommended

ブギーマンがテーマである見下ろし型ホラーアドベンチャー。

同作者のストレンジマンシリーズとしての三作目。
※このタイトルだけで完結しているが、過去作キャラが登場しているためそっちからやった方が楽しいはず。

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・過去作と変わらず登場人物の内面描写が良い。素晴らしいストーリー。
・ホラー感が増した。
　謎解きの緊張感はシリーズ屈指。
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・謎解きの難易度が高い。
・グッドエンド条件がシビアすぎる。

Mar 6, 2025·6h·1·Verified

Steam User 1941STEAMRecommended

Gave me Hemmoroids

Mar 2, 2025·4h·Verified

Steam User 2407STEAMRecommended

解谜很难。但每一对情侣都很好，这是纯爱战士的胜利。苏菲和爸爸也很好！

Feb 27, 2025·5h·Verified

Steam User 6506STEAMRecommended

Keith Baring, is probably one of my favorite things about this game. Like every other protagonist in The Strange Man series, he is going through a huge and transformative internal battle, but Keith deals with his emotions in an unique way. He's hard to read, he's not the typical good guy, and sometimes, you get angry with some of his decisions. I had fun observing his development as he protects himself and others while going through this huge internal battle.
Just like the previous games, I also liked the puzzles, and that mix of murder plot and a detective going through some beautiful castle scenarios is also one of my favorite things.

Feb 26, 2025·13h·3·Verified

Steam User 9461STEAMRecommended

This game was fun as hell. I used to watch folks stream these games, back in the day. It only took me until the second one to play myself, and it turned into a whole event in my household. I'd play, and voice the characters, having the others debate on choices and strategies as I went. It was a lot of fun, and out off all the Strange Men series, this one was my favorite.

Taking the cameo from the previous one and turning it into a villain in this one was a great idea. The screen presence of the Boogeyman himself was fantastic. Drama through the roof, macabre, sadistic humor--loved him, and his whole bit was a great contrast to Keith's dire seriousness. Some of those traps were incredibly messed up, and every rescue scenario left me genuinely afraid of the outcome. And even then, it's hard not to love an antagonist that's having that much fun being a freaky weirdo, to murderous effect.

This game swings wildly between fun and genuinely spooky, sometimes so fast that I could barely keep up, but it kept me on my toes. It does a good job keeping the tension up without being too much, throwing just enough weird and creepy ♥♥♥♥ at you that you can't help but be a little nervous, but not to the point you'd want to stop. The way certain puzzles and traps were rigged reminded me of the Witch's House (positively), and every time I figured something out, I felt pretty clever. Admittedly, the puzzles were challenging as hell. Some straight-up require a guide, and the good ending does too. Thankfully, they provided one, but it does feel a little galaxy-brain when you read what to do. You likely wouldn't stumble across the right actions or choices on your own. So be prepared for that.

I cannot recommend this game enough. Every RPG horror game that comes out now just makes me think of this one and the Crooked Man. I miss this series so much. You've got to play it.

Feb 20, 2025·13h·Verified

Steam User 6060STEAMRecommended

Oyunun başı sıkıcı devamı ise oldukça sürükleyici tek sorun puzzlelar çok zorlamaydı. Bazı puzzleları internetten bakmadan yapmak imkansız gibi bir şeydi. Oyunun en güzel kısmı sonlarıydı tüm sonları etkileyici ve gerçekten güzeldi. Tavsiye ederim alın oynayın.

Feb 17, 2025·12h·Verified

Steam User 4884STEAMRecommended

[h2] [b] [u]Sinopse: [/u] [/b] [/h2]

Você controla um detetive chamado Keith que sofre com alguns problemas do passado, mas ainda segue em frente, um certo dia seu chefe te chama e te ordena a tirar férias e te dá uns ingressos pra um passeio turístico em um castelo, você só não sabia que essa seria sua melhor / pior decisão da sua vida, por quê essa dualidade? Isso vai depender das suas escolhas obviamente...

[h2] [b] [u]Minha Opinião: [/u] [/b] [/h2]

Cara, não tem segredo, assim como seus antecessores é um jogo magnífico, sinceramente, considero ele o melhor dos 4, ganhando por pouco até do The Crooked Man. O game possui uma ótima estória, bons momentos reflexivos, boa gameplay, puzzles simples, sem contar que é extremamente barato, simplesmente magnífico, recomendo demais!

Infelizmente finalizei os 4 jogos da saga "The", fico triste porque acabou, mas fiz questão de platinar todos, muito obrigado URI por essas obras de arte!!

Feb 1, 2025·7h·Verified

Steam User 9249STEAMRecommended

Loved the references to movies in this game. The puzzles are tricky but fun. This one is less focused on emotional moments but makes up for it with the mysteriousness and spookiness. Bonus points for ManlyBadassHero voice acting in this game.

Jan 20, 2025·9h·Verified

Steam User 0444STEAMRecommended

Very interesting story and just the right difficulty on the puzzles. Only critique is that the layout is highly confusing, even after multiple playthroughs.

Jan 19, 2025·13h·Verified

Steam User 0734STEAMRecommended

The Strange Man series is a series of games I find myself consistently returning to, and The Boogie Man seems to be the one I look forward to the most each playthrough. Probably because Keith reminds me of Aaron Hotchner from Criminal Minds x.x . Finding them on sale in a bundle was a lucky deal but they're worth it even at full price.

Jan 12, 2025·56h·Verified

Steam User 4512STEAMRecommended

A história de [i] The Boogie Man[/i] é sensacional, o mistério acerca da identidade do assassino e o passado dos personagens é muito legal de acompanhar. A atmosfera sombria também é bastante interessante. Minhas únicas críticas são que a dublagem é PÉSSIMA, e que a progressão desse jogo é meio confusa. Às vezes, o jogador precisa realizar certas ações depois de certos eventos, mas só depois de pegar tal objeto e interagir com tal personagem, etc... Na minha opinião, isso enfraquece a gameplay. Eu sei que o intuito é ser difícil, mas eu gostaria de não ter que ler um manual pra jogar. Ainda assim, é um jogo foda. (Só tô arrependida de não ter jogado os jogos na sequência, eu nem sabia que tinha uma série. :C)

Jan 5, 2025·11h·Verified

Steam User 0146STEAMRecommended

Для начала - предисловие для всех игр серии. Каждая игра без исключения имеет ОТВРАТНЫЙ геймдизайн, решение головоломок в игре может быть настолько не очевидным, что весь геймплей превращается в беготню по локации (обычно ВСЕЙ доступной карте, потому что где окажется ключевой предмет - да хрен его знает) и прокликиванию абсолютно всех предметов в комнате. Ради геймплея или интересных загадок вам ну точно не сюда и лучше даже не пытаться, есть огромное количество куда более интересных и честно и правильно построенных игр жанра, в которые стоит поиграть (те же Yuppie Psycho, Mad Father, Misao). Однако в играх ест нечто другое, что, например, меня зацепило. Но это более конкретный вопрос.

С ходу: Бугимен для меня - самая запоминающаяся игра в серии, как хорошим, так и плохим. Буквально, несмотря на серость замка, в коем детектив проводит всю игру, игра кажется самой цветастой и запоминающейся из всех, НО не только приятными цветами, но и, по ощущениям, говном, размазанным по экрану.

Бугимен это САМАЯ еб*ная игра в серии с точки зрения очевидности решения головоломок (с чем может посоревноваться только следующая игра) и, ♥♥♥♥, получения хорошей концовки... Получение хорошей концовки?... ЭТО ПРОСТО П*ЗДЕЦ. Нужно выполнить, с*ка, 6-7 гребаных маркеров для хорошей концовки и только в этом случае вы можете получить её. Напомню: в предыдущих двух играх концовка зависела от выборов в диалогах, не то чтобы очевидных, но вполне можно было догадаться о правильных вариантах. Знаете, как выглядит первый маркер хорошей концовки? Кхем-кхем... [spoiler]В комнате где над каждым шагом надо думать дважды из-за ловушек нужно пройти не насквозь, а крюком к одной из стен, чтобы посмотреть на картину, чтобы затем тоооолько после этого протыкать одно конкретное место в комнате (картина на него указывает НАСТОЛЬКО косвенно, что можно сказать она связана вообще с другим), затем подвигать ловушки, получить ключ, СЛОМАТЬ дверь топором, открыть другую дверь найденным ключём, и вот тогда будет катсцена, важная для хорошей концовки. И таких ШЕСТЬ ♥♥♥♥♥. Там есть сегмент за второстепенного персонажа, где он НЕ МОЖЕТ выжить, если игрок прошел по определенному месту на полу. Казалось бы, относительно логично, но было п*зда неприятно и неочевидно.[/spoiler] Загадки здесь тоже просто душка: [spoiler]в комнате на втором этаже посмотрел на надпись, что-то типо "рыба знает ответ". Что надо сделать? Нет, это никак не связано с аквариумами в ближайших комнатах. Надо спуститься в зал, где лишь в начале игры была заставка с диалогами и больше туда незачем было возвращаться, чтобы полапать настенное чучело рыбы и достать ключ. Один вопрос: что ♥♥♥♥♥? Или головоломка с шахматами, где в одной комнате висит надпись о воинах, которые без боя должны отдыхать в крепостях, и картина с определенной расстановкой фигур шахматных на доске. В следующей комнате хаотично разбросанные по доске огромные шахматные фигуры, которые можно двигать. Что с ними надо сделать? Поставить как на картине? Один ♥♥♥, нужно выдвинуть их за доску.[/spoiler] Каеф.

Но это техническая часть игры. Что же касается всего остального... Это моя любимая часть серии. Сюжет единственный в серии по большому счету обошёл стороною мистику, впервые в играх показал самые настоящие убийства и трупы людей (не призраков, не скелетов, не феечек, а прям окровавленные тела, изуродованные, жестоко убитые), впервые сделала главного злодея - полноценным персонажем с характером. Бугимен - БЛЯЯЯЯТЬ, как же он ах*енен! Этот чувак появляется впервые под свет софитов и электронный бит, чёто раскидывает го про игру типо пилы, убивает одного из третьестепенных персонажей и скрывается во мрак, оставляя игрока с ощущением, что его только что вы*бали, причем гламурно так, по красивому, со стилем, а он и не понял ничего. Это чел буквально говорит детективу: "У твоей жены такая классная жопа!" И еб*шит его шокером. Образ, который создаётся в голове игрока, наполнен живостью и таким уровнем безумия, которого ожидаешь от какого-нибудь джокера: для Бугимена, напоминаю, убийство - игра и шоу.Он снимает свои атаки на камеры, расставляет ловушки, направляет прожекторы с разноцветным светом на трупы и себя самого... Даже его внешний вид - пакет, эмоции на котором выражаются следами крови, петля вместо галстука... Он шикарен! Именно этого ждёшь от игры, в названии которой написано имя главного злодея - запоминающегося антагониста!

Но даже с запоминающимся антагонистом история не будет хорошей без качественного протагониста. Кит Берринг - лучший персонаж серии, имхо. Брутальный детектив, который всем диктует собственные правила, который будучи измождённый, уставшим и раненым все равно идёт вперёд, который устал уже от собственного бремени носителя справедливости, но не может остановиться. И его драма заключается не в его работе на самом деле. Его отношения с женой, Хеленой, тоже прекраснейшим персонажем, его история до событий игры, то, какие эмоции он чувствует и как проявляет - честно говоря, смотря последние сцены перед титрами, меня не столько зацепил сюжетный твист с буги и Китом, сколько показались знакомыми те слова и чувства, которые изливал Кит... Понимая его прямо как-то становится по тёплому грустно. Игра этим и цепляет: все здесь не только атмосферно построено, не только интересно изучать стены замка и думать над решениями загадок Буги, но и следить за взаимоотношениями персонажей, чувствовать их эмоции. Противопоставление пар Кита и Хелены с Девидом (возмужавшем со времён Кривого человека как персонаж, оставшийся таким же глупым по концепту, но ставшим живее) и Ширли, взаимоотношения Софи с Хеленой, её желание помочь вопреки здравой логике, страх её отца за дочь, тот фотограф, который по итогу оказался весьма неплохим персонажем, смерти людей, с которыми всего двадцать минут назад ты душевно разговаривал о быте... Это всё цепляет. Цепляет, конечно, и ноткой пугающей атмосферы здесь, но Бугимен это не хоррор. Не за этим сюда надо приходить. The Boogie Man - это история нескольких людей, переживающих друг за друга, и история двух людей, которые из-за полученных ран шли совсем не тем путём, сильнее и сильнее разрушающим их жизнь, и история о том, как один из них смог помочь как остальным, так и, наконец-то, себе.

Ради этого сюжета я 3 раза перетерпел тупые загадки и дебильную систему флажков хорошей концовки (потому что на втором прохождении я не получил хорошею концовку тупо из-за бага, не засчитавшего мне почему-то все маркеры). И мне кажется, оно того стоило.

Jan 3, 2025·15h·1·Verified

Steam User 2093STEAMRecommended

david hoover vc sempre será famoso. keith baring <3

Dec 27, 2024·12h·Verified

Steam User 3233STEAMNot recommended

The Strange Man 시리즈 3번째 작품

1번째 작품과 2번째 작품은 다소 불친절해도 재밌게 플레이하였으나 이번 작품부터는 불친절이 도를 넘어 게임을 포기하게 만들 정도. 이정도로 폼이 팍 죽는것도 쉽지 않은데 참 아쉽다.

Dec 25, 2024·4h·1·Verified

Steam User 2983STEAMRecommended

yes

Dec 25, 2024·9h·1·Verified

Steam User 7555STEAMRecommended

(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧
https://youtu.be/9bjFBKCFR3o

Nov 24, 2024·5h

Steam User 1330STEAMNot recommended

It's not a bad game, more like a "meh" game, but the reason why I'm giving it a negative review is that you NEED a guide to get the good ending. You can't logically make out the choices you need to make to get the good ending. Heck, just playing the game normally, I felt like I needed a guide. After The Cooked Man and The Sandman, this is definitely the weakest so far. Also, the main protagonist isn't likeable whatsoever. I get that's the point, and he does make up for it in the end, but I was rather annoyed at him while playing. It's a negative review from me, but I guess I could recommend it if it's on sale and you like these sorts of games.

Nov 21, 2024·6h·8·Verified

Steam User 3879STEAMNot recommended

狗屎解密，♥♥♥♥

Nov 16, 2024·2h·Verified

Steam User 7050STEAMRecommended

I full completed the game a while ago, so it's not really fresh in my mind, but I'd still like to write a review on The Boogie Man.

First of all, the theme of the game. While The Crooked Man was more urban exploration, and The Sand Man had a fantasy vibe to it, The Boogie Man is almost a textbook murder mystery. It's up to you to decide whether that's good or not, some may find it too cliche, but as someone who doesn't dabble in murder mysteries often, it was quite fun! I also have to mention the artstyle, which is highly subjective, but in my opinion is very charming and wonderful. I've always been a fan of the artstyle of these games, though the combination of pixel and non-pixel 2D art in the series can be a bit jarring, and the skip option that is always present during every cutscene made my screenshots much more ugly. The sound design is nothing fantastic either, though I wouldn't say it was bad, just like the rest of the series more or less.

On to the puzzles, they were a heavy improvement from both the prior titles. The Sand Man seemed overly-complex and nonsensical, with puzzles lacking hints. It seemed like it almost required a guide to be playable. The Crooked Man, in contrast, wasn't bad but may have been a bit too simple or hand-holdy at parts. In my opinion, The Boogie Man seems to hit the perfect balance between these two. I did get stuck many times, but unlike The Sand Man where the solution to the puzzle made no sense even after I had searched it up, it always seemed to make sense in The Boogie Man. Whenever I was stuck it seemed to be more my fault, I would over complicate things, probably due to my prior experience with The Sand Man. I've seen some complaints about backtracking, which this game does have a lot of, but I didn't seem to mind it. It felt fitting with the theme of the game.

In terms of the story, it's beautiful as always. It didn't feel anywhere near as confusing as The Sand Man, and got me to empathize with the characters just as much as the previous games did. I love Keith and Helena so much (David will always be my number 1 though). I can't recall any specific details, and it's even harder to explain without spoilers, but every ending was impactful in its own way.

Speaking of endings, this game continues the trend set by The Sand Man that has actual endings instead of game overs that were rebranded as endings. Again, endings are based on 2 choices, however both of these happen prior to the actual ending of the game. I suppose my only complaint is that it's hard to correlate why those specific choices led to those specific endings, it seems like they barely correlate, though this is just from my fuzzy memory. One major difference is that game follows the sort of "True Ending" formula I've seen many games do. To get the best ending there is a very specific order of events you need to follow, basically, doing sidequests that aren't necessary for any of the other endings. Though I personally needed a guide for this, it didn't feel too complex. My only complaint is that a lot of the events for the true ending are time locked, if you progress too far they are gone forever. It adds to the accomplishment when you do achieve the ending, and fits with the story of the game, but it did feel slightly irritating.

Overall, The Boogie Man solves many of the problems found in the previous titles of this series, not only does it have a fantastic storyline, but it carries the cute artstyle as well as keeping you engaged with well-made puzzles. I highly recommend it to anyone who's a fan of the series!

Edit: I completely forgot to comment on the voice acting! It was the first time it was introduced to the series. I remember it being a bit jarring near the start, but it really did grow on me. This is the hardest part to review, again, since I have not played in a while. David's VA really fit how I imagined him to sound, same with Sophie's (although I vaguely recall not liking her voice when I had just started the game? I'm not sure why). I do believe that there were a view lines that were delivered weird, with the emphasis put on what seemed to be the "wrong" words, but nothing that broke the immersion. I do recall not liking Helena's voice all too much, but again, I can't recall why. Looking back, it seems to fit her pretty nicely. Overall, though it might take some getting used to, the voice acting is one of the best parts of the game!

Oct 28, 2024·11h·Verified

Steam User 8310STEAMNot recommended

[The Worst Game Ever Designed]
1) The game doesn't offer an auto-save feature and it kills you out of nowhere
after playing for abt an hour or so, which forces you to waste your playtime
and replay again. In order to watch a good ending, you need to do this endlessly.
2) Clues and objectives are extremely unclear. I have never been stuck in the opening of a game,
but this one was an exception because the book in library turned into a progressing device
only after talking to everyone, which was utterly ridiculous. Not only that, players seemed to get stuck so many times throughout their plays, according to other reviews.
3) Horrifying voice acting. It is a nice feature to have the game fully voiced, but the acting is painful to listen.
I assume this is why the game offers partly voiced feature as well.

If you really want to play something like this, I'd recommend playing their other games,
because reviews say the others were good. For me, I'm done with this developer.

여태 본 도트 공포게임 중 최악인 게임.
이 게임은 정말 심각하게 매우 너무 [불친절]하다.

게임은 플레이어에게 어딜 가야하는지, 현재 목적이 뭔지, 전혀 알려주지 않으며,
게임 속에 나오는 힌트들 조차 직설적이지 못해 진행방식을 알기 정말 힘들게 설계되어있다.

심지어 자동 저장이 없고, 저장 타이밍이나 죽을 수 있는 타이밍 조차 아예 알려주지 않기 때문에,
게임이 1시간 정도 지난 후 갑자기 플레이어가 죽어버리게 함정을 설치를 해놓는 바람에
그동안 위협을 느끼지 않은 나는 저장을 따로 하지 않았고, 그 바람에 1시간짜리 플탐을 날려버렸다.
(게임 제작자가 컷신 스킵을 놓았던 이유가 이것이었던 것.) 타리뷰를 읽어보니,
너무 난데없이 죽어버리게 만들어 놓은 장치들이 많아 보인다.

또, 특이하게 게임이 풀더빙이 되어있는데, 연기와 녹음 퀄리티가
길바닥에서 아무나 붙잡고 읽게 만든 수준이다.

정말 이런 게임이 하고싶다면, 제작자의 다른 게임을 하는 것을 추천.
타리뷰에 의하면, 다른 두 게임은 괜찮았다는 평.

Oct 20, 2024·2h·4·Verified

Steam User 5151STEAMNot recommended

Having played The Crooked Man and The Sandman, I went into The Boogie Man hoping for the same emotional depth and narrative focus. Unfortunately, this third entry is a major step down.

Instead of building on the strengths of its predecessors, The Boogie Man veers off into low-budget thriller territory—think Saw meets Seven, but without the tension or intelligence. The writing is clunky, the characters feel like parodies of themselves, and the gameplay? A tedious mess.

Progression is often locked behind puzzles and events so unintuitive that you're basically required to consult a guide—not just for the “good” ending (which I had zero interest in chasing), but just to keep moving forward. This completely kills any sense of immersion or suspense the game tries to build.

A frustrating, immersion-breaking experience. In my opinion, The Crooked Man remains the standout of the series by a wide margin. Skip this one unless you're a completionist with infinite patience.

Oct 19, 2024·5h·Verified

Steam User 0952STEAMRecommended

[h1] Genre [/h1] Ein Psycho Horror Adventure im RPGMaker

[h1] Story [/h1] Wir spielen einen Detective namens Keith und stecken bis zum Hals in Arbeit. Unser Chef zwingt uns daraufhin frei zu nehmen um Urlaub mit unserer Frau Helena in einer Burg, was als Touristenattraktion bekannt ist und werden soll, zu machen. Kurz nach unserer Ankunft stellt sich heraus das ein Wahnsinniger Mörder namens Boogie Man dort sein Unwesen treibt und so beginnt ein Kampf ums pure Überleben

[h1] Gameplay [/h1] Es ist der Dritte Teil der "Strange Man" Reihe und meiner Meinung nach bisher der Beste Teil. Es spielt sich genauso wie die Vorgänger. Wir lösen verschiedene kleine Rätsel, sammeln Gegenstände ein und retten verschiedene Charaktere aus brenzlichen Situationen. Diese Situationen haben immer ein Zeitlimit wo man schnell reagieren muss, sonst heißt es entweder direkt Game Over oder man verliert einen Charakter und läuft in ein Bad Ending rein. Glücklicherweise kann man zu jederzeit manuell abspeichern und zwar wo man will. Das Spiel ist im allgemeinen aber auch ziemlich Fair und man weiß eigentlich immer was zu tun ist, wenn man denn alles genau erkundet und sich Räume merkt. Das Spiel hat komplettes Voice Acting und das nicht einmal schlecht. Für ein RPGMaker Spiel eher ungewöhnlich das es Vertonung hat und ich fand es super. Die Atmosphäre des Spiels ist ebenfalls sehr gut gelungen und die Charaktere sind likeable

[h1] Achievement Schwierigkeit 4/10 [/h1] Es gibt insgesamt 28 Erfolge. Die Erfolge sind auch hier genau wie bei den Vorgänger Spielen. Man muss mehrere Endings erreichen und viele Situationsbezogene oder Gesprächs Erfolge. Es gibt einen sehr guten Guide in der Community falls man Hilfe braucht

[h1] Pro/Contra [/h1]
+ Sehr Gute Story
+ Gutes Voice Acting
+ Gute Atmosphäre
+ Die Charaktere sind likeable
+ Mehrere Endings (überwiegend aber Bad)
+ Günstig
+ Nettes Bonus Material nach dem Happy Ending
+ Achievements
+ XBox 360 Controller Support

[h1] Fazit [/h1] Meiner Meinung nach der bisher Beste Teil der "Strange Man" Reihe. Die Story, die Atmosphäre, das überraschend Gute Voice Acting machen es zu einem tollen Detective Psycho Horror Adventure. Ich kann es jedem Fan von Horror oder Detective Adventures sehr Empfehlen

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Oct 15, 2024·9h·5·Verified

Steam User 7588STEAMRecommended

This is kinda bad. No offense. I appreciate the effort put into this tho.

Oct 5, 2024·5h·2·Verified

Steam User 0683STEAMNot recommended

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Sep 23, 2024·5h·Verified

Steam User 6080STEAMRecommended

这部给到3.7/5吧
总体来说，从灵异恐怖变成悬疑解谜了。而且剧情方面有很强烈的美影感。因为第二部的原因所以第三部出现的妖精都不怎么恐怖了。本以为是酱柜男的事情哈哈哈。

虽然剧情总体没什么大问题，地图空旷的地方也变少了，比前两部地图要好很多，但是因为这次地图太大了，很容易迷路，比较好的就是到后面的地图以后，前面地图没什么用了就稍微范围小了一点。

其次就是解密部分，稍微比前两部加大了难度，有几个谜题挺谜语的，令人摸不着头脑。还有就是he的判定点，搜了一下一共有五个，感觉要是不看攻略很难拿到。所以我直接跟攻略流程下来了，四个be云了一下。

首先看到前两部人还是听高兴的哈，其次本作有了全语音，对于这个价格也是很棒的一个地方。还有一些小彩蛋，比如苏菲被狗追的时候，我就猜到是杀人了，暗示的很明显哈哈哈。

然后就是本作反派设定，感觉有点诡异。实际上和标题没有特别大的关系，只是一个心理变态的杀人犯，因为只是他自己叫自己是柜男。感觉非常牵强，真正的柜男也就出场了一次。

而且还专门挑选了主角进行游戏，所谓的正义与邪恶的游戏。he点是看老婆的录像带，感觉是boss的恶趣味，boss还只把除了主角团以外的人全杀了，非常的巧合呐。
感觉反派的人设也有点迷迷糊糊的。实际上只是一个住在这里的变态？

比较喜欢的就是老婆这个人设了，虽然战斗力不强但是很坚强。对前作的几个角色也丰富了人物设定。and好喜欢雪莉和大卫的声音（嘿嘿

感觉这一部主要是在写爱的伟大

Sep 13, 2024·4h·Verified

Steam User 6186STEAMNot recommended

个人给分：5.5(±0.5)/10
总结性评价：剧情相较前作质量有提升，男女主人设很棒，地图设计也有很明显的进步，cg数量变多了，全语音也可圈可点(尽管只有个别角色算适配的配音，别的僵硬到要不是最后跳名单我看到他们有CV我还以为这几个是AI呢)。但是由于一贯地(极度)缺乏事件和谜题引导，充斥着各种误导信息/假信息，谜语人现象和为了醋包饺子这种生硬的设计桥段频繁出现，导致游玩体验仍然是灾难性地糟糕，属于不看攻略必卡关的类型，谁玩谁知道。配角基本就只是走个过场，推进剧情的方式也还有着The Crooked Man那老一套本章配角的故事映射主角的故事的影子，但所幸后续跳脱出了这个框架。超过半数的剧情组成要素也是由于作者为了写好男女主的人设和故事牺牲了非常多的东西而变得可有可无。在此框架之下这个故事本来可以写得更优秀，但是现实是游玩下来之后除了这两个部分之外的地方全都是落得个差强人意的下场。

[h2]以下涉及剧透内容[/h2]
[h3]由于本就不多的出场人物中有出现几位前代角色，致使作者可以从这几位的人物故事上省略很多笔墨去塑造，这既是优点也是缺点。好处是明显的本作的故事可以基本锁定在男女主之间，坏处就是对于没玩过前作的玩家来说，直到通关可能都不知道除开男女主以外的人有什么作用。
这里一并带上剧情来讲，本作男主肯斯作为刑警工作繁忙，以儿子出事故不幸过世为契机，男主心里怀着悔恨与懊恼，却被工作一直支走，没法经常陪在妻子身边安慰她、陪伴她，产生了心病，但是仍然是撑到了女主从悲痛中缓过来的那一刻。沟通减少，导致二人的心结和隔阂加深。由本作主体的古堡事件的推进，才得以解开这个长久以来的心结。女主海伦娜则是当之无愧地本作塑造最好的一位人物了，坚强、勇敢、对男主的信任和忠诚矢志不渝。时不时玩家也会发现女主其实也是一个普普通通的小女人，也会不经意间露出沮丧低落的神情，但是很快又会被她仔细地藏起来。孩子去世对她的打击也非常大，从阴影中走出来后，丈夫却陷入了低迷，这时她却也能一如既往地扮演好一个(共同)撑起家庭的女性形象，不得不敬佩。
这实际上就是本作的所有剧情了，其他所谓的古堡旅游、古堡杀人，包括其他所有的设定其实都形同虚设(因为其实压根等于没有)，一路上的流程就是去救人，然后根据这些角色的死活决定分支走向，总体上(包括结局分布)都是可以预见的，想打he自然是不能死人，还要根据实施流程收集一些影响要素才能达成he。而剧情上很大的一个缺陷就是对于古堡的主人(我忘记那个金毛叫啥了)的动机描述得很不到位(在游戏结尾警察说金毛对动机保持沉默，我也沉默了)。随着这一点的缺失，游戏中一连串的要素，像是城堡里挂的那些画(以及上面的注释)、Boogie Man留在各个地方用来嘲讽你的信息(包括纸条、血字、各处的日记(比如一开始书房里提到的城堡过去的用途、中后段小孩房间关于小丑的故事、后段牢房里以前的奴仆留下的纸条)都变得意义不明、没头没尾，我只能联想到说是城堡的前主人(就是故事里的那个暴君)从小就虐待金毛(具体可见好结局boss房前的纸条)，例如让他抄几百遍圣经，把他关进衣柜里之类的，导致金毛心里不健全，日后变成愉悦犯开始杀人报复。我不确定那个纸条里的小孩是否指的就是金毛，而不论是否，Boogie Man的故事、男女主的故事、以及金毛的故事之间的联系都还是太牵强了，即使游玩了三遍以上，看这剧情还是有一种先射箭后画靶的感觉，像是作者一开始定名的时候定了Boogie Man这个名字，然后定题定了男女主的故事，然后往里面实在想不到要填充什么东西只能嗯填金毛和Boogie Man的联系，古堡杀人这种桥段则完全是个壳子而已。至于其他角色的作用，就跟第一部The Crooked Man一样，完全是在主角和配角之间起一个映射作用，牺牲了配角的戏份，用了丰富主角的塑造，作为一个独立游戏，只能说是不得不做的取舍。

地图设计是本作非常值得称赞的一点，在本来就抱有一个相当大的地图的预期的前提下，本作的城堡地图设计则是非常浑然一体，场景也很立体，上下贯通。我不是路痴，所以自己玩的时候记路并不困难，后续也有很多捷径开通，不至于说绕路绕半天。游戏不切换场景的前提下，城堡里自然也没有无用的房间和区域，作者也很好地分割了每一部分流程进度所要你游玩的区域，对路痴应该算比较友好的吧。

而本作最最糟糕的一点就是它的谜题设计和引导，用灾难性来描述真是一点儿不为过。这里不是说谜题的难度怎样怎样，而是引导的部分要么是直接缺失，要么就是还给你安上误导信息，要么就是信息干脆是假的，完全没把玩家当人。不知道作者设计谜题的时候在想什么，开着上帝视角设计谜题和玩家实际游玩的视角、能拿到的信息能一样么？玩家不是你肚子里的蛔虫，不是你设计完一个谜题，然后自作聪明地搞各种挖坑反套路和假信息之后还能正确解读出这个谜题的AI机器人，玩的时候真是憋了一肚子火。这个现象泛滥到几乎整个流程的谜题都有这个雷点，随口就能给你报出一串来，比如：
1).游戏最一开始的鱼缸谜题就是个下马威，非要当谜语人，我在这里卡了好一会都没想到它是要我去找餐厅里的那个鱼标本，就只因为信息里有个鱼字；
2). 胶片房和通往3F楼梯的谜题，你一开始在那放个假线索骗玩家我也就认了，当你在塑造Boogie Man这个反派诡诈狡猾。但是胶片房的线索和密码锁的谜题之间根本没有引导，你哪怕让主角嘟囔一句线索引导都行，我又在那看了好一会，才慢慢意识到要看颜色和对应胶片的数字。得，以后所有制作人设计解谜谜题都向你看齐，线索丢在一旁，搞一堆晦涩难懂的谜语然后一点关联引导不给，就把玩家放在那发愣，你说这个设计不是为了拖退款时间我都不信的；
3).3F的盔甲房，你别说初见，不看攻略你玩几遍能知道这里有一个he判定点2？需要你去看那副意义不明、完全没有注解的画，然后得出三把剑交叉在一起的信息=要你去找一块三个盔甲视线交错的地砖？
4).解救兰斯，一大堆干扰选项，开关是没用的，铁板在这里有没有起作用我也不知道，我看能互动放上去我就放了。左边那个面板的线索，给了你门外一大堆错误选项这碟醋，骗你去数门外字母总数，就是为了输错然后Boogie Man来嘲讽你一句这碟饺子，我真的是无语到不行；
5).动物雕像房的解谜跟油画给出的线索完全不一致，不知道是翻译错误还是这个就是游戏设计有问题，反叛者、漠不关心者、懦夫这三个在油画中所给出的的顺序和站位跟实际答案根本对不上；
6).解救苏菲和理查德这里，我勉强能get到作者想干嘛，也就顺着下楼去找了，但是我相信很多人可能完全没对上这个电波(或者说哪里有电波？)导致只能地毯式搜索+穷举。此外，这里可能也是本游戏里唯一谜题给了高亮提示的地方了；
7).大卫这一段都还算好，但是he判定点4初见触发简直是难如登天，你随处可见作者的恶意(即使不是恶意，也是刻意)；
8).西洋棋盘谜题，又是谜语人，“战争没开打，警卫会松懈”=黑白两边归位，哈哈，行，你说是就是吧，你都谜语人了，我还有什么好说的；
9).苏菲这一段也勉强说得过去，因为我已经受过作者的电波洗礼，有在The Crooked Man里(强制)要你在无引导的情况下强制对着空洞交互踢下怪物，或是凭空对着桌上的酒瓶使用道具以驱逐怪物这种桥段，我在躲狗这这一段前拿到钥匙就有预感作者又要复刻这种桥段了，在看到场景里有柜子后直接心领神会地互动逃课了。实在不行就硬着头皮走位吧，反正也不难；
10).he判定点5，也是勉强get到作者想干嘛，关灯躲在角落，也是顺利触发了。不过听到脚步声要躲起来也就是主角嘟囔一句引导的事，偏要刁难玩家搞初见杀，我很难评，只能希望大伙也顺利触发了；
11).大卫逃出这段没啥好说的，但是后面转到男主这里，还是那句话，你就不能让男主嘟囔一句“要赶紧去下水道找大卫”类似的引导吗？2分钟的时限，你不说，我哪能立马知道别馆那个地方掉下去是下水道，要我立马出别馆去本馆的下水道，而不是要我去找别馆别的什么地下空间？真是为了难而难，为了恶心而恶心；
12).到结尾也没啥了，boss战难度很低，你卡进柱子里攻击距离比他远，随便就打死了。he路线更是把boss当路边一条按个嘲讽随便就踢死了，爱的力量是无限的.jpg。剧情合理性一坨稀碎，整个故事的外包装禁不起推敲，搞半天不知道为什么Boogie Man(金毛)要来杀男女主(以及其他角色)，也不知道这个游戏主题的Boogie Man和男女主的故事有什么关系。反派就纯粹是个无差别杀人愉悦犯，因为上司一家有事没来，就连找男女主麻烦都只是偶然事件，偶然到让组成这个故事的各个要素之间的联系都变得非常薄弱。通篇下来，能看的只有男女主的塑造，再根据打出的结局发个刀发个糖，也算是个善终了。

最后提一下这个结局的部分，本作一贯地只有10个存档位，但是相比前作却多出一大堆影响分支和结局的剧情点，所以存档点其实完全不够用。要打成he一共有5个判定点，其中判定点1、3、5是找录像带并看录像带，还算是比较简单的，但是要注意要提早看掉，由于随着剧情推进，游戏流程是不可逆的，录像带会失效，所以最好是刚入手录像带就找房间看掉；判定点2(盔甲房找钥匙)和4(钢琴房找密室)则是在没有任何线索引导的情况下显得非常苛刻，不看攻略的情况下，脑子如果没转过来基本是能给你找到红温破防的那种程度。所幸he相比前作是由自知之明地多了，作者至少这个没整蛊。这里要再再夸一下女主的人设塑造以及她的CV，很适配而且配得很入戏。[/h3]

Sep 8, 2024·8h·5·Verified

Steam User 4657STEAMRecommended

{Gráficos}
Se ve mejor que en la realidad.
Hermoso.
Estilista.
Bueno.✅
Decente.
Malo.
Horrendo como patada en la entre pierna.

{Gameplay}
Excelente.
Muy bueno.✅
Bueno.
Intermedio.
Mehh.
Malo.
Mediocre.

{Audio}
Excelente.
Muy bueno.
Bueno.✅
No está mal.
Malo.
Mejor ni utilices audifonos.

{Audiencia}
Niños.
Adolescentes.✅
Adultos.✅

{Escenarios}
Terrible.
Feo.
Ni feo ni bonito.
Bonito.✅
Hermoso.

{Requisitos}
Si enciende el Pc, lo corre.✅
Bajo.
Medio.
Alta.
Ordenador de la NASA.

{Optimización}
Excelente.✅
Muy Buena.
Buena.
Es jugable...más o menos.
Que es optimización??

{Dificultad}
Walking Simulator.✅
Fácil.
Fácil de aprender / Difícil de dominar.
Promedio (Depende de la dificultad establecida).
Difícil.
Dark Souls.

{Farmeo}
Nada que farmear.✅
No es necesario para el progreso.
Solo necesitas un poco de farmeo.
Demasiado farmeo.
Necesitaras una segunda vida.

{Historia}
0: No hay historia.
5-6: Está bien.
7-8: Bien escrita.
9: Historia épica.
10: Perfección.✅

{Soundtrack/OST}
Excelente.
Muy bueno.✅
Okay...
Mehh.
Un screamer es más bonito.
Te duermes.

{Tiempo de Juego}
Muy corto (0 - 5 h).
Corto (5 - 20 h).✅
Larga (35 - 60 h).
Muy larga (60+ h).
Infinita (∞ h).
Después puedes volver a jugarlo pero estarías repitiendo el juego.

{Precio}
¡Es gratis!.
Debajo de su precio.
Vale la pena el precio.✅
Sí, si está en oferta.
Podría estar barato.

{Bugs}
¿Bugs?.✅
Pocos Bugs.
Pueden llegar a ser molestos.
Bugs, bugs everywhere.
Hay algo de juego en mi bug.

{Puntuación}
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10✅

Sep 5, 2024·5h·1·Verified

Steam User 3632STEAMNot recommended

색약 테스트기에서 2시간 고민함

Sep 3, 2024·10h·Verified

Steam User 0992STEAMRecommended

Que jogo sensacional, absolutamente incrível, a história é muito boa, tem um ótimo mistério e desenvolvimento dos personagens e da trama, cada final complementa o outro e faz você entender cada vez mais todos os aspectos da história e principalmente do protagonista.

Sep 1, 2024·15h·1·Verified

Steam User 4408STEAMNot recommended

TCM was enjoyable, TSM had some charm to it, despite being vastly different tone-wise and much shorter in length compared to the first. Then comes an entry that's not as captivating, nor it being an entry that bears much cohesive direction - Especially with it's puzzles.

I found the setting to be quite dull and the premise doesn't really stand out, as far as niche RPG horror games go. As for the Voice Acting, it was... Well, it's optional. I don't want to say much about the characters, although some of them can be rather grating.

This game really fell out of my favour when I found out just how convoluted the specifics were, never mind the navigation being a bit of an annoyance. But if you're willing to see this game through, you'll have to give it the 1986 Zelda treatment: Where there's more reading for guidance, than natural exploration.

Aug 24, 2024·4h·Verified

Steam User 1546STEAMRecommended

진엔딩보기더럽게힘들다진짜

Aug 8, 2024·6h·Verified

Steam User 0683STEAMRecommended

[i] Don't blame it on the sunshine, Don't blame it on the moonlight, Don't blame it on the good times... [/i]
[i] Blame it on the boogie [/i]

The Boogie Man is the third instalment to the Strange Men Anthology and is the most dark and gritty as it centres around a twisted killer that wants to play a game with the protagonist.

[h2] Plot & Characters [/h2]
You play is Keith Baring, a hardened detective that is sent on a vacation with his wife, Helena, by his boss, ♥♥♥♥. The vacation, a group tour of an old castle with some familiar faces as well as some new ones. David and Shirley make a return from The Crooked Man, now married after that game's events, and Sophie with her dad, Richard, make a come back from The Sand Man. The new members of the cast include Lance, a photographer for a magazine, Stevie the tour guide, and Brendon, the owner of the castle.

Half a year has past since the events of The Sand Man and this addition to the series focuses on Keith, who has been forced to take some time off work to just relax but he's unable to completely shut off from work, which is one of the main reasons behind the current strain on his relationship with his wife. This leads to Helena making a startling confession to Keith later that evening, leaving him bewildered as he goes to bed, only for things to take a strange turn. When Keith wakes, everyone is missing, including his wife, and he soon comes face to face with a stranger calling himself the Boogie Man. This mysterious stranger proposes a little game between him and Keith, one which leaves Keith having to find the others before the blood of those around him stains the castle floors.

As far as set ups go, The Boogie Man had me hooked from the first scene with the titular character himself. As a villain, Boogie is an entertaining character and actually feels like a threat without having to chase the main character around. Since he goes after those around Keith, it really makes you feel the weight of being responsible for whether they live or die. The plot hinges on this as you go around the castle solving puzzles to progress and save the other tour members.

[h2] Game-play & Presentation [/h2]
A big thing that will be noticed upon playing this entry to the series and that is that it includes voice-acting, unlike with the two previous games. Overall, I think the VA work is fine for what it is but don't go in expecting top quality. Some characters I really enjoyed the voice acting for, like Lance, Boogie, and Richard. However, others are more tolerable than good, one of those unfortunately being Keith himself, as he sounds a bit edgy and maybe too emotionally stilted for my liking but I don't hate it. There is the issue of mic qualities being a mix bag, this can also be something that fluctuates between lines read by the same character, David being the biggest offender for this.

(A couple fun facts I just wanted to point out was that ♥♥♥♥ is voiced by a YouTuber called ManlyBadassHero, which I actually watch fairly often, so that was a pleasant surprise. Secondly, Helena is voiced by the same person that voiced Rockette in Red Haze, another indie horror RPG, that I recognised straight away.)

On to the game-play.
You'll find your typical RPG Maker horror game elements in The Boogie Man, being the exploration and puzzles. Which is the same game-play as Uri's other titles. A main draw back I have with this game in particular is the sheer size of the map, which often had me wandering around while lost, just hoping I would stumble across the right path to take. Many of the rooms just become redundant after collecting an item and solving a puzzle in them too.

There is a few times throughout the game where you'll be on a timer to save a character or just survive through which helps raise the stakes as failing can be fairly easy. This is what will help you reach different endings depending on who you save or fail to.

A quick last point for this section, the art for the cgs are still just as good with Uri's distinctive style and they're even more cleaned up time time around.

[h2] Endings [/h2]
This will be spoiler territory as I will be going over each of the five endings in brief detail.

Bad End 1: "The Boogie's Fine Tonight"
[spoiler] To get this ending you'll have to fail to save both Sophie and David, letting them die. Keith finds Helena's dead body and realises that he accidentally caused her death and kills the Boogie Man in a fit of rage. After returning from the castle and being interrogated by the police, Keith heads outside to an alleyway and soon tells someone to come out of hiding, which they do. It's then revealed to be the Boogie Man, who then takes off the bag from his head, showing himself to be Keith. The real Keith raises his gun and after a shot goes off, it shows that he committed suicide. [/spoiler]

Bad End 2: "The White Room"
[spoiler] To get this ending you have to fail to save Sophie, but have David alive. The stairs in the hallway collapse and Keith pushes David out of the way, leaving himself to fall instead. When he wakes up he can't find any of the others and according to the police, no witnesses were around. Keith returns home and wanders into his son, Tod's room, and hallucinates that Tod is there. Tod asks where his mother is, to which Keith responses with a "I don't know." Keith then falls asleep beside Tod, saying "I'll be waiting here, where the sun never shines... where the shadows run from themselves. I'll just be waiting." [/spoiler]

Bad End 3: "Precious Box"
[spoiler] To get this ending you have to fail to save David, but have Sophie alive. Keith defeats the Boogie Man and throws him off a balcony, killing him. When Keith and Helena return home they decide to go through with their divorce, but decide to remain friends, later meeting up at their favourite bar a week after. Keith then returns home with Helena and ends up murdering her. He lays her on their bed lamenting over the fact he wasn't able to protect her or Tod before going into the bathroom and shooting himself in the head. [/spoiler]

Bad End 4: "Happy Dream"
[spoiler] To get this ending you'll have to save both David and Sophie, but fail to trigger all the good end flags. Keith defeats the Boogie Man but ends up being stabbed and eventually dying soon after. David and Shirley end up taking in the now widowed Helena. she sits at the window, having dreamt of Keith, only for reality to pull her back. In an attempt to console her, Shirley tells Helena a bit about her past, being abandoned as a baby and how she got along with David's mother. Suddenly, David breaks a glass sculpture and Shirley gets into an argument with him. Helena gives that one last message as she speaks of wanting to only have happy dreams from now on then jumps out of the window to her death, in order to be with her deceased husband and son again. [/spoiler]

Happy End: "Come Rain, Come Shine"
[spoiler] In order to get the good ending, you'll have to save David and Sophie, as well as trigger all the good end flags. Keith mocks the Boogie Man and defeats him, revealing his true identity as Brendon all along. Brendon ends up restrained and later taken into custody, and the others give their testimonies. The police realise that Keith had hallucinated some things, such as the blood on the walls and floors. In the end, Keith and Helena go to visit Tod's grave and Keith vows to get therapy to better himself and asks Helena for her support, which she gladly gives. Keith is later seen crying at the grave. [/spoiler]

Overall, the bad endings all have their own flavours of depressing and really shows how one little slip up will affect so many but it does make getting that happy ending all the more worth it as it's such a sweet ending for Keith.

[h2] Final Thought [/h2]
The Boogie Man is a worth while experience to go through, especially if you've already played any of the other Strange Men games, and at such an affordable price it's a steal.

Aug 7, 2024·11h·3·Verified

Steam User 0234STEAMRecommended

We're so back with this horror title after TSM
It was great, though there was a LOT of backtracking there as well, to the point that I knew the map (almost) by heart at the end of my playthrough!! Same complaint for some of the puzzles, sometimes they were so random that I couldn't figure it out on my own. But, the story was as good as its predecessors, the characters were amazing as always and the addition of voice acting is pretty interesting, probably not everyone's cup of tea, but a great and enjoyable try nonetheless!
It has its flaws but I've grown so attached to The Strange Man series that I can only 100% recommend it if you liked the two first entries, it's still a good game from a good series and it deserves a lot of love <3 (and the same goes for Keith and David)

Aug 7, 2024·6h·2·Verified

Steam User 6656STEAMRecommended

Ok, this one was pretty amazing. But bad endings are horrendous.

Jul 21, 2024·11h·Verified

Steam User 8480STEAMRecommended

Um jogo bem desenvolvido, puzzles muito bem feitos e terror razoável. 7/10

Jul 21, 2024·8h·Verified

Steam User 6430STEAMRecommended

Finally revisited this series after 3 years, and this was the strongest entry so far.

An awesome setting and great puzzles and scares. Made me genuinely care about the characters and their fates. It was great to see familiar faces and the world of the strange men anthology continue.

Ending made me ugly cry. 10/10, can't wait to play the final entry.

Jul 21, 2024·7h·2·Verified

Steam User 7087STEAMRecommended

스토리 잼씀. 하지만 진엔딩 조건이 좀 까다로웠음. 헷갈리는거나 좀 기믹이 많아서 1회차 대부분 공략보면서 함. 맵이 매우매우 넓어서 몇 회차 해도 못외웠음. 그래도 나쁘지는 않다 ㅇㅇ

Jul 19, 2024·11h·Verified

Steam User 0303STEAMRecommended

This game is absolutely fantastic. It feels different from both it's predecessors, 'The Crooked Man' & 'The Sand Man', yet URI and this series continue to deliver fantastic games. I loved the story, voice acting & characters. I'm very pleased about bringing the old characters back (ahhh I wish Paul & Marion were here too!), and I'm very happy with how the new characters panned out. The story of the characters and the game was fantastic with both tragic and surprise events keeping me engaged. I haven't played 'The Hanged Man' yet however I believe this game to be the best in the 'Strange Men' Series as it's truly a masterpiece. I also see it as a true ending of this series... for now....

Anyhow, a very cheap game this great! I'd recommend it to anybody! Excellent Game!

Jul 17, 2024·15h·1·Verified

Steam User 1567STEAMRecommended

После интересного эксперемента в лице песочного человека я ожидал что-то подобного в The boogie man. Но на удивление разочаровался малость в игре. Ибо выяснилось, что несмотря на то, что это новая история, она имеет небольшую связь с прошлыми играми.

Касательно истории - в этот раз мы играем за детектива по имени Кит, он детектив, больше внимания уделяет работе и по характеру холоден. Из за этого его отправляют во внезапный отпуск в тур по местному замку вместе с женой, которая будет играть важную роль в сюжете. Помимо этого мы встречаем героев из двух прошлых игр, которые тоже попали на тур, и всех вместе их объединяет одно - они попадают в ловушку, из которой придется выбирать по ходу всей игры.

С злодеем в этот раз вышло скудно - он слишком много болтает, убегает и пытается всех убивать при помощи ловушек, однако какой-то особенности в нем нет кроме того, что он пытается своей болтовней демотивировать героев, заставляя их вспоминать события прошлых игр. Но на этом и все. Он даже не пытается пугать, из за чего ему просто не веришь.

Зато атмосфера в игре сделана также хорошо, как и в прошлых играх. Разраб умеет держать в напряжении даже когда ничего не происходит. Хоть вся игра и происходит в замке, ходить по нему все также страшно из лежащих тут и там трупов, а также всяких ловушек(одна ловушка даже заставила меня вздрогнуть). В общем с этой игры и далее атмосфера будет играть на пугание лучше, чем злодей.

Геймплей остался тот же - исследование и загадки, однако есть ощущение, что упор сделан больше на разговоры, чем на сам геймплей, ибо есть ощущение, что игра проходится быстрее предыдущих. Скорее всего это связано с появлением озвучки, которая в подобных играх является редкостью, хотя качество оставляет желать лучшего, ибо кто-то озвучивает нормально, а кто-то недоигрывает. К счастью голоса можно отключить, а катсцены пропускать. Однако ощущение быстроты все равно остается, особенно когда хочется пройти игру на все концовки.

В итоге, не смотря на скоротечность, скудноватый сюжет и такого себе злодея, игра все еще имеет место быть. Она также может напугать, изучать замок страшно, а наличие героев из прошлых игр радует, хотя видно, что игра намекает, что пройти прошлые игры надо, иначе некоторые моменты не поймешь. Так что если и играть в бугимена, то только в совместке с другими играми серии

Jul 7, 2024·7h·1·Verified

Steam User 7041STEAMRecommended

This is an incredible instalment in "The Strange Men" series, better than even "The Crooked Man", in my opinion. Its gory visuals and claustrophobic setting create a tense atmosphere that will keep you on edge throughout, and its focus on challenging (but not impossible to solve) puzzles means that you'll be spending a lot of time in that atmosphere. I also like the protagonist, as flawed as he is, as well as the other characters, and I LOVE the story, just as much as I do the previous games. I highly recommend this one.

Jun 27, 2024·14h·1·Verified

Steam User 8093STEAMRecommended

Está bastante bien, no es de mis favoritos de la saga, pero está decente para pasar un buen rato.

Jun 27, 2024·11h·Verified

Steam User 3333STEAMRecommended

the game is more expansive than its prior counterparts, the story and writing stand stronger than ever especially with the mystery and connection to previous titles, however the puzzles and gameplay elements must be the weakest of all the three games, even the area design took a hit as you mainly explore a dull gray castle as opposed to the many vibrant enviroments of Sandman - voice acting while a nice addition can get scuffed at times - especially the protagonist's voice

Jun 15, 2024·5h·Verified

Steam User 2229STEAMRecommended

i adore this game great puzzles amazing endings and store well looked into each character feels well defined and i love the voice acting!<3

Jun 9, 2024·13h·Verified

Steam User 3040STEAMRecommended

use the guide itll help a lot

May 30, 2024·6h·Verified

Steam User 7935STEAMRecommended

Tkm david

May 30, 2024·14h·Verified

Steam User 0970STEAMRecommended

This game is a blend of the horror from The Crooked Man and a little bit of the comedy from The Sandman. Voice acting is ok, with the Boogie Man being the one with the most consistently good deliveries. The connections between rooms not being on the same side makes it a bit tricky to navigate. Bad Ending 3 is the best ending. The Happy Ending is a bit underwhelming. Overall very fun game.

Apr 25, 2024·13h·Verified

Steam User 9636STEAMRecommended

Really good, while sometimes the puzzles feel a little uhh.. weird or dont make much sense the story is still very compelling.. Although It is frustrating sometimes, I have restarted about three times to go for happy ending ToT So if played be VERY particular about checking EVERY thing. And I mean EVERY SINGLE THING because it is WILD how many lil secret things are sprinkled about.. Anyway, its cheap and not a big game at all, finishable in about four hours if done right. :))

Mar 31, 2024·11h·Verified

Steam User 3433STEAMRecommended

这一作没有自己打完美结局，太累了，而且又很压抑，只打出来坏结局了，剧情还好就是解密做的不太行。

Mar 17, 2024·5h·Verified

Steam User 0524STEAMRecommended

Tenho uma LONGA história com jogos de terror feitos no RPG Maker. Comecei a jogar desde a época que a maioria era disponibilizada de graça pelos criadores, e cara que saudade. Jogar esse jogo me lembrou daquela época, era muito bom passar horas e horas jogando vários desses joguinhos.
Agora, focando no jogo, a história é uma "continuação" digamos de outros dois da série desse criador. Os outros dois são MUITO bons, assim como a história deles, a dessa é bem escrita e interessante e acabei achando até mais do que os outros. Não teve tanto terror, mas foi bem divertido e os puzzles bem legais. Alguns complicados, outros não. Quase chorei no final, achei bem bonitinho a história do casal principal. Além de que no jogo também aparece personagens dos outros dois jogos, o próximo é o final da serie se não me engano e tenho grande expectativas.
Num todo, o jogo é divertido, não é tão longo, a história é boa e a trilha sonora legalzinha também. Nada demais na trilha sonora, mas da pra apreciar em algumas partes. Recomendo esse, assim como os outros da serie também.

Mar 12, 2024·5h·Verified

Steam User 5958STEAMRecommended

The biggest highlight in this game is the voice acting, it added quite a bit of charm to the game and each VA suited the character they played perfectly, especially the Boogie Man. Haven't played the other something-man games, but am really looking forward to playing them now. Puzzles were a lot of fun to work through, doubly so when you realize you can't pause the game to stop the timer so you can look around.

Mar 7, 2024·10h·2·Verified

Steam User 3955STEAMNot recommended

I liked the first two games, they were interesting and the puzzles were interesting but not to harsh. This take it to a new level of ridiculous and backtracking so much that its annoying. Than on top of that, it finicky with certain dialogues like the arrow. If you just break open the door with axe, no matter what, you die. No you have to walk away first to get the cut scene, than suddenly you can dodge the arrow. Really? There's also too much reliance on doing thing in the exact order, like for the happy ending. Even following a walkthrough I somehow missed one thing, not seeing Helena in a cell. I ain't playing the whole game again.

Mar 7, 2024·4h·2·Verified

Steam User 0541STEAMRecommended

nice game, nice ending. Good voice acting :)

Mar 1, 2024·12h·Verified

Steam User 6250STEAMRecommended

全结局全成就达成！这一作感觉体量比前两作都要大地图给我跑死了......解密部分做的太恼火了特别多误导的和无用信息，只能理解为橱柜男的恶趣味了，剧情也中规中矩吧，但是毕竟有前作的角色在玩起来还是很开心的，还有沙人的彩蛋嗯嗯嗯

Feb 25, 2024·9h·Verified

Steam User 4177STEAMNot recommended

I am so very sad. The first 2 games were so much fun and I loved them.
First of all:
-The story was really interesting. Boogie man was a fun character.
-love the try in voiceacting. It was not the best but I appreciate the try.

Now why I can't recommend. I might not be the most clever one but normally I can figure out the puzzles myself after some time. But in this part I was stuck so many times and the solutions were absolutely unclear. It would have needed just small things to help. (a shimmer on the shelfdoor you can take after pushing it over, just a sentence were to go next, etc. )

And to top it off you have to do a handful of steps throughout the whole game to get the good ending. If you don't do them you can't get it. And it doesn't help that you can't just go back and do those steps quickly. You can't tell your buddy to wait outside so you can go back in the room for example. I am really not thrilled enough to play through the whole game AGAIN to get the happy ending. Too much walking.

I really hope the devs went back to their old ways in the last game. It hurts me to say that I don't recommend this game....but it is more frustrating then anything :(

Feb 17, 2024·6h·2·Verified

Steam User 3835STEAMRecommended

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Feb 15, 2024·4h·1·Verified

Steam User 4140STEAMNot recommended

解谜方面真的是答辩中的答辩

Feb 4, 2024·10h·Verified