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Is Nightmare Side: The Game worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Horror fans who want a radio-station setting rooted in Indonesian lore
- Players who enjoy exploration within a real-world location recreated in detail
- Nightmare Side listeners interested in seeing the show's setting and presenter in a game
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a broad world with multiple locations rather than one haunted radio office
- Players who prefer horror without a danger system tied to prolonged solitary listening
- Players looking for a combat-focused adventure
Our take on Nightmare Side: The Game
Instead of treating a horror broadcast as background atmosphere, the game makes listening itself part of the threat structure. Staying alone with the program for longer increases danger, turning a familiar radio habit into a pressure mechanic within a single real-world location.
What is Nightmare Side: The Game?
Explore the Ardan Radio office in Bandung, Indonesia, a real location recreated in the game at a one-to-one scale.
The setting draws on Nightmare Side, a horror radio program that has shared spooky stories from Bandung residents since 1997. Its central mechanic connects listening with danger: spending longer periods alone with the broadcast raises the threat. The game incorporates Indonesian lore gathered through investigations and interviews, alongside new discoveries created for the experience. Dimasta, the show's presenter, appears in the game, which also includes recordings from selected broadcast episodes. The radio station provides the main setting for exploration, while the program's history and recorded material shape the horror framework.
How Nightmare Side: The Game plays
- 01Solo Listening Mechanic
- Remaining alone with the radio program for longer periods increases the danger faced in the game.
- 02Recreated Radio Office
- The Ardan Radio workplace in Bandung serves as the explorable setting and was reproduced at a one-to-one scale.
- 03Indonesian Horror Lore
- Investigations and interviews contribute local folklore, while the game adds new unsettling discoveries.
- 04Broadcast Material
- Dimasta appears in the game, which includes recordings from some Nightmare Side episodes.
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Nightmare Side: The Game: platforms & release
Is Nightmare Side: The Game worth it?
It is worth it if: horror fans who want a radio-station setting rooted in Indonesian lore. Skip it if: players seeking a broad world with multiple locations rather than one haunted radio office.
Where can I download Nightmare Side: The Game?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Nightmare Side: The Game's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Nightmare Side: The Game on?
Windows only.
