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PANICORE

ActionAdventureIndie

Developer ZTEK Studio

PANICORE is a survival horror game that mixes permadeath, AI monsters and a co-op experience up to 5 players (4 players in demo). Try to escape and don't get caught, but beware: they don't only hear your steps, but also your voice. From the Steam store page

265 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 7, 2026 · last updated Oct 7, 2026 · How this works

Audience score

61
Fresh

126 positive · 82 negative
95% range 54–67%

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Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
10,270 of 13,034 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)

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Reactions

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  • Steam user Steam user …5203Steam reviews · Nov 9, 2025 · 2 h played

    Boring game with barely any content, you'll play and finish each map in five minutes and never want to play again, false positive reviews make it out like it's a full game when it's not, I fell for it, you shouldn't.

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  • Dark Domain @darknwindie.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2025

    (NEW) --- Safedee - Bug [Florna]; Paranoia Arcomian Panicore - Bug/Ground [Florna-Terrus]; Paranoia Arcomian --- Bagworms/Sand Worm, Prepper, Game Console #arcomianarchives #fakemon #pokemon

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  • Steam user Steam user …9375Steam reviews · Mar 1, 2026

    This is prolly the worst game i have ever played. Its a pile a garbage where you cant take one step without the monster running from across the map to lick your butthole and make you call it daddy

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  • Steam user Steam user …1369Steam reviews · Oct 20, 2025 · 7 h played

    Very much a half-baked game. Glorified scavenger hunt with a mindless AI chasing you. Interesting for the first hour or so, but the flaws quickly become apparent, and too annoying to bother dealing with. Not going to go in-depth with it, but the main issues I had were as followed: There are a variety of enemies, but they are all essentially the same: AIs that aimlessly walk around the map and chase you if they catch a glimpse. Not entirely bad, but this just in turn makes the different…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1598Steam reviews · Oct 7, 2025 · 1 h played

    I have no idea how this game has any positive reviews. There are so many negatives with this game. I'm just going to list out the things and you can decide if those are issues you want to deal with, - The game revolves around audio, specifically your voice and volume. With this being such a critical aspect of this game, you would think it would be a focus of the developer to make sure it works flawlessly... or at least be functional. If you thought this was a reasonable assumption, you…

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  • Steam user Steam user …6925Steam reviews · Dec 4, 2025 · 7 h played

    They shouldnt lock maps behind anything, its dumb, and their maps are unreplayable and only fun the first time barely, roblox horror game quality honestly

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  • Steam user Steam user …8090Steam reviews · Nov 4, 2025 · 8 h played

    Stupid, silly and funny horror game to play with friends. My gripe? Optimization. This game gets my computer's fans to roar like a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sex-deprived Jaguar 2 weeks into mating season.

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  • Steam user Steam user …9027Steam reviews · Jul 31, 2026 · 40 h played

    play the game get ghost woman die play the game again get the same speedy ghost woman die again THEN and only THEN uninstall the game then install it again after a hr and get the same speedy ghost woman and then die again 10/10 would do it again

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  • Steam user Steam user …5641Steam reviews · Dec 29, 2025 · 1 h played

    I love how either reading comprehension is so low or this fandom is so inherently toxic that trying to leave a constructive review gets the reaction of "LoL bAd At GaEm" I'll leave my original review below but add some clarification that is apparently needed. I think the game has potential, if I didn't I would have asked for a refund instead of leaving a review and hoping to see improvement in the future. I think the game has some mechanics that make it difficult for me to enjoy because I…

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  • Steam user Steam user …7011Steam reviews · Nov 27, 2025 · 15 h played

    Played with friends after a while of not playing and used to enjoy playing the game however now the game feels a lot different from when we initially bought it back before the when the military base map was added. The gameplay does not feel fair and doesn't generally feel fun anymore. This game is basically dying a lot and spectating your friends for less than a minute and restarting over and over. This game really fell off.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5924Steam reviews · Apr 30, 2026 · 5 h played

    ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA…

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  • krum 🐟🧽 umineets @krumroll.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 22, 2024

    SKETCHdule 📢【10/21 → 10/27】 erm chewsday innit..... yeaa 🫀 inky HORROR game on wednesday :0 📢 PANICORE COLAB on thursday with @eliolotl.bsky.social @miaelou.bsky.social & @tomimimoruru.bsky.social 🎃 PUMPKIN CARVING HANDCAM on sunday! lets make a frisky fella :3 gonna need lots of 🤝 this week pls 💧

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  • Steam user Steam user …4463Steam reviews · Jul 24, 2026 · 3 h played

    Panicore oh Panicore, you are like an abusive ex, I love you so much and your idea, but the thought of playing you and suffering through the annoyingly hard AI makes me want to blow my brains out, Making me play on easy mode makes me feel like a toddler who cant game, and yet normal mode is so much more difficult that i feel like a pathetic gamer not being able to beat it, and dont get me started on the harder difficulties where speaking for one Nano-second leads to the might of the fat man…

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  • Steam user Steam user …4130Steam reviews · Apr 5, 2026 · 19 h played

    The game wasn't updated since December 2025, most assets are just asset flips from other games (like Demonologist), and even though the gameplay is fun for a few hours, the game after a few rounds feels too repetitive. If you're playing with friends, you'll most probably laugh a bit, make some clips of your friends screaming and never return to this game. Also, the coins are pretty easy to get and not many things to use them for.

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  • Steam user Steam user …9073Steam reviews · Oct 26, 2025 · 14 h played

    Its a 5 dollar horror game. If you're one of the few out here having an existential crisis over the minor imperfections a game of this size & caliber can provide, then perhaps you should reconsider your entire evaluation process. Panicore is a simplistic survival horror game where you and up to 4 other players are given the task to survive and escape a handful of levels varying in sizes. Some of these levels include a School, a Hospital, and as of the recent update, a Military base. Within…

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  • Steam user Steam user …6362Steam reviews · Mar 18, 2026 · 13 h played

    Very fun game to play with friends! Don't listen to those who say otherwise. Clearly they dont have friends to play it with.

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  • Steam user Steam user …0196Steam reviews · Aug 19, 2026 · 12 h played

    I wouldn't recommend this game in its current state, revisited it for the last two updates and just had no fun at all. Used to be a decent game, now there's a weeping angel monster that just decides it wants to move while you're looking at it, a horrible military base impossible to beat as a duo and a new Santa monster that is on a narrow corridor map and has zero noise so you have no idea where he is. Hoping for the a good update that'll fix those problems then hopefully it'll be good again

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  • Steam user Steam user …4891Steam reviews · May 26, 2026 · 7 h played

    i was so excited to play this game but when i realized they stole some maps from other games it made me slightly sceptical, on top of it it ruins the games atmosphere when all i do is just run around being heard all the time and it becomes increasingly annoying, when i closed the game and wanted to refund it (playtime of 26 minutes by then) i didnt realize that the game was frozen on "stopping" on steam and it just ran in the background without me knowing it, so now it says i played it for 8…

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  • Steam user Steam user …7403Steam reviews · May 9, 2026 · 1 h played

    Price matches the game perfectly. absolute bullsh1t. Bunch of dumb zombies with goofy ahh sounds (refunded)

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  • Steam user Steam user …1888Steam reviews · Apr 24, 2026 · 13 h played

    i love being chased constantly by scary monsters while my girlfriend laughs at me lovely game, especially for when A (she knows who she is) gets bricks thrown at her also very scary

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  • Steam user Steam user …1505Steam reviews · Aug 9, 2026 · 14 h played

    After playing every map, I give the game an 8/10. I've noticed a few complaints of the game "not being worth the price it is", when the game is only... $10. Considering some Triple A games have much larger development teams and still perform poorly, I'd say the price is justifiable. It doesn't require huge specs to function, it's a very straight forward gameplay loop, and each map is diverse enough to be a different experience. It has a few quirks to it with some bugs here and there, but…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9597Steam reviews · Jan 1, 2026 · 4 h played

    It's bugged and broken everywhere where it can be, voicechat doesn't work half of the time, monsters are all the same and very glitchy, the game itself looks like ir was made from free assets. It's very confusing. DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!!

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  • Steam user Steam user …7959Steam reviews · Dec 4, 2025 · 1 h played

    I would not recommend this game, it's confusing, there is no direction at all, the amount of bugs is atrocious and worst of all it's just plain boring.

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  • Steam user Steam user …0458Steam reviews · Jul 24, 2026 · 1 h played

    The atmosphere is great but it has some bugs Not really worth the price 4.5/10

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  • Steam user Steam user …3928Steam reviews · Jul 10, 2026 · 1 h played

    Surprised this has Mostly Positive reviews, buggy mess we get killed behind walls or below stairs also feel very stiff and clunky would understand if it's a new early access game but it isn't This is NOT your group next game, Pick something else

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  • Steam user Steam user …4690Steam reviews · Jun 27, 2026 · 23 h played

    Came back after a long break because of the new maps... and somehow ended up grinding for 100% achievements again. 😅 + Great atmosphere, especially with friends. + The monster can still give you a good scare. + The new maps are a nice reason to come back. - After many hours, some parts start to feel repetitive. - It can get pretty chaotic with friends... although that might just be a skill issue. 😄 You can definitely play it with just two players, but on higher difficulties it…

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  • Steam user Steam user …0522Steam reviews · Dec 15, 2025 · 13 h played

    PANICORE Positives: + Very nice graphics, shadow and lighting effects + Good sounds + Creepy atmosphere + Cooperative mode + In-game voicechat + Fun to play (mainly in coop) + Cool lobby with mini-games + Achievements + Unlockable characters + Random spawning items + Well made maps to explore + Each map has two possible exits + Puzzles + A lot of options and adjustments are available + Low price Negatives: - The voice volume adjuster is very difficult to get right (its almost impossible…

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  • Zen Knight @ Anime Expo | Vtuber | Space Trash @zenknight.vtubers.socialBluesky · Oct 30, 2024

    Schedule for the week is here~ Tonight I'm doing a collab on a game called Panicore! Its a survival horror game >.> Tomorrow is probably Alien Isolation, but I just got Phasmophobia so that might be on the table lol Then weekend we have OW2 and FFXIV! #vtuber

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  • Miaelou ☎️☕🐾 【V.H.S】 @miaelou.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 21, 2024

    🗓️SCHEDULE OF THE WEEK 🗓️ 10/21 ➜ 10/27 ฅ(ᵔ꒳ ᵔマ.ᐟ Alien movie & game again !!! 👽👽👽 THURSDAY, PANICORE with friends @eliolotl.bsky.social , @krumroll.bsky.social and @tomimimoruru.bsky.social 💗‼️ Finishing the week with BAD PARENTING 💢 ⏰ all times CEST

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  • Steam user Steam user …4676Steam reviews · Aug 13, 2026 · 15 h played

    Been coming back to the game every now and then when a new map dropped. Enjoyed it, raged a bit but overall enjoyed the game. Within the few years I got 15hrs on track and watching out for new content updates.

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  • RusticIvy Gaming @rusticivygaming.bsky.socialBluesky · May 25, 2025

    CherrySweets44, Zeldaryn, & myself let BubbaHead pick a game for us to fly. He chose a Little Lovely Horror game 🎮😭 Panicore #YouTube #gaming #gamergirl #youtubevideo youtu.be/vXxOQEfZZlk?...

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  • AloxVT @aloxvt.vtubers.socialBluesky · Mar 9, 2025

    It has been a hot minute since I played Panicore with the crew, but Me, @m3telscorp.bsky.social @emptymilkies.bsky.social & @danknee04.bsky.social are going back into Panicore! This is gonna be so much fun to be back in the game! #vtuber #lewdtuber #mootuber #cowtuber #panicore

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  • Steam user Steam user …1951Steam reviews · Sep 28, 2026 · 27 h played

    I am Henry. I lost two friends for making them buy this game...

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  • Steam user Steam user …2332Steam reviews · Feb 1, 2026 · 1 h played

    Kinda just sucks. Game tells you little about the rules of the monster. The assumption is that you're supposed to be silent, and rely on the sounds it makes to track where it is; except the engine can't tell which floor you are on, so if the monster is beneath you on a separate floor, you get the sounds as if it's right next to you. This makes it impossible to identify when you're supposed to be hiding and when you can get mobile. Immediate uninstall.

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  • Steam user Steam user …6129Steam reviews · Jan 23, 2026 · 8 h played

    This game single-handedly caused my spleen and appendix to rupture simultaneously.

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  • Eucheon @eucheon.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 9, 2024

    Good evening everybody, I’m going #live with @veelascharm.bsky.social, @ladyinstarlight.bsky.social, and maybe @akirerosales.bsky.social? to play Panicore. Come join us in this sound based horror game! Twitch.tv/eucheon

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  • Steam user Steam user …2018Steam reviews · Sep 23, 2026 · 3 h played

    A game slop. They bought all the assets from fab and threw them together, and call it a game. they didn't even bother to actually develop it.

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  • Steam user Steam user …1007Steam reviews · Jun 14, 2026 · 2 h played

    We bought this game with great expectations. First of all we experienced some bugs inside the trailer and also lobby. The NPCs are not very well planned. I think they have some AI problems. Also it was boring after the second map because of the lack of challenge. Jumpscares in some parts was good but it does not worth it.

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  • Steam user Steam user …0074Steam reviews · May 24, 2026 · 20 h played

    this game is sooooooo goood. i enjoy playing it so much. especially the russians in the random lobbys are so nice to you. the monster in the highschool kinda looks like my brother which makes the game experience so much more personal to me. my mommy alwas told me that santa was a big guy but i haven't imagined him that fat but there are nice gifts on that one map that are shiny. the lobby is build cool as well because there are funny plants there. what i like the most in the game is the music…

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  • Steam user Steam user …2403Steam reviews · Apr 24, 2026 · 1 h played

    Holy smokes. Just go play Outlast trials, this is NOT scary in the least and has no atmosphere. (Refunded update)

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  • Steam user Steam user …7514Steam reviews · Feb 22, 2026 · 12 h played

    Great game. Beat all the maps with my 4 buddies. All the people saying this game sucks just never beat Granny or even played Granny types games which this is. It is meant to be hard and at times can be a little buggy but its not as common as people are saying it is. Looking forward to the new maps coming this year in 2026. Keep up the good work. I give this game an 8/10. Lots of fun, can be very difficult on certain maps like Santa or the Submarine but you just gotta learn to loop with…

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  • Steam user Steam user …7719Steam reviews · Dec 22, 2025 · 1 h played

    The game is boring and the monster is too sensitive to ambient microphone noise on the lowest difficulty with sound detection

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  • Steam user Steam user …7450Steam reviews · Dec 14, 2025 · 3 h played

    Nice game when I played with my friend but sadly only played with them it's fun with friends hopefully I can get a friend to buy and play this game with me.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7281Steam reviews · Nov 22, 2025 · 4 h played

    This game is best played with two or more players otherwise you’ll miss out on half the fun It’s a fun and light game.

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  • Juni 💜 Bunny Vtuber & Video Editor ✨ @junibnuuy.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 20, 2025

    its not panicore its brainrotcore🥀 I desperately want to play this game again #furry #vtuber #panicore

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  • Steam user Steam user …8023Steam reviews · Oct 12, 2025 · 1 h played

    this is just a game full of unity default assets very poorly made game not even worth 5 dollars...

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  • Nerapi @nerapi.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 26, 2025

    Thanks for fun with @tehtig3r.bsky.social @kairathemystic.bsky.social @imndnile.bsky.social as we played a new game in Panicore! We learnt at higher difficulty = be very quiet So we mostly played on easy to learn the mechanics of the game! (who needs a tutorial right?) I think we all enjoyed it?

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  • Sylverado | VT 🌵 🐮 @sylverado.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 29, 2025

    A change in the plans outlaws! Instead of playing my silly goose game, I will be joining @misunakaziya.bsky.social and @ariacheshirevt.bsky.social playing Panicore! Join as we try not to get each other killed! 🚨 STREAM IN 1 HOUR (5PM MST)🚨 #vtuber #vtubing #ENGVtuber #ENVtuber #Monstergirl

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  • Katsu Lumnis 🟣✨️ @katsulumnisvt.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 23, 2024

    Schedule for this week!! Yes, we celebrate Christmas for 3 days. Christmas Eve is its own thing. But anyway! Panicore is gonna be my first Spooky:tm: game since actually forever, so... Expect me to not talk much? Or be nervous? ^^;; Hosted by @sushihebi.bsky.social!

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  • Delightful Dadbot, Soulstone! @soulstone.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 26, 2026

    Tonight's stream of Panicore was tons of fun! I sure did get jumpscared by my chat as well as real life stuff and in game monsters lol. Big thanks to @cryptictar.bsky.social & @nanalia404.bsky.social for teaming up and carrying me in game. Huge thanks to all the dynamos that hung out in chat! <3

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  • Steam user Steam user …8947Steam reviews · Sep 12, 2026 · 5 h played

    This is a fun one to pick up every now and then, I'm quite surprised by how scary it actually is! Its fun looking for things to try and escape, and finish the objective trying to avoid the monster of the stage. Though i do wish each monster did something or had more of a gimmick to them to make them stand out a little more, its really just hid and seek. But don't get me wrong, this game is very fun and like i said its given me a good scare more times than I'd like to admit. they really nail…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1917Steam reviews · Aug 17, 2026 · 5 h played

    i didn't like this game. it's too hard for no reason and we got bored

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  • Steam user Steam user …1598Steam reviews · Mar 27, 2026 · 1 h played

    ♥♥♥♥ game, cant normally calibrate microphone

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  • Steam user Steam user …0079Steam reviews · Jan 3, 2026 · 12 h played

    has some glitches but good horror coop game with friend especially aslum level is scary and difficult.

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  • Steam user Steam user …8626Steam reviews · Oct 23, 2025 · 13 h played

    This game is so much fun with friends, but it has a few downsides: - I'd say the monsters are a bit too basic — jsut don’t talk, and you just run away if they chase you. - The hospital map is a pain when it comes to finding items. - The submarine map is too small, and there are a lot of one-way paths that can just kill you if you’re unlucky. BUT we really loved the military camp map ! The objectives were clear, there weren’t a thousand things to check for items, and the monster was fun and…

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  • Miss Marakar, Pooka Witch Vtuber🐇🧹 @missmarakar.vtubers.socialBluesky · Oct 14, 2025

    THE SPOOPY TIME IS HERE!~ Please come and join, @viatrixvt.bsky.social, @tawlyn.bsky.social, @natureclaws.bsky.social and I as we return to our favorite spooky game from last year: Panicore!~ -ACTIVATE- www.twitch.tv/missmarakar #Vtuber #ENVtuber #Panicore

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  • ⚖️Jake Light⚖️ | Femboy VTuber Lawyer [VGen Comms Open] @jakelight.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 30, 2024

    Fireworks made this game better apparently. www.twitch.tv/jakelight/cl... #vtuber #envtuber #vtuberuprising #panicore

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  • Steam user Steam user …0825Steam reviews · Sep 27, 2026 · 1 h played

    I don't understand how this game has good reviews, its the opposite of fun. Very frustrating you can't understand your friends because you have to talk silently, and wander aimlessly hoping you stumble across what you need. 2/10

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  • Steam user Steam user …5806Steam reviews · Sep 19, 2026 · 2 h played

    This game is awful. It doesn't have any redeeming qualities. There isn't a part of this game that makes it worth it's $10 price point. You can probably find a counterfeit game on Roblox with a better gaming experience than play whatever the hell this is. Hell, there was a game called Damned that does what this game is trying to do better. And your friend plays as the sound seeing monster. It's so much more interesting than this god awful thing.

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  • Steam user Steam user …1406Steam reviews · Aug 26, 2026

    You have to watch other videos just to get through the tutorial. Nothing actually teaches you to play and controls are touchy. worth the $7 but not much more.

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