The Beast Inside

"Terrifying, emotional, and brilliantly done"
The Beast Inside is one of the best horror games I’ve played. It mixes a creepy atmosphere with a deep, emotional story that keeps you hooked from start to finish. The switching between two characters in different time periods is really cool and adds a unique twist to the gameplay. Both timelines are full of suspense, mystery, and scary moments that genuinely got me. The graphics are stunning, and the sound design is super immersive—it made the jumpscares and creepy moments hit even harder. The puzzles are challenging but satisfying, and everything ties together in a meaningful way.

If you enjoy psychological horror, mystery, and strong storytelling, The Beast Inside is a must-play.

Good game

Pros:
The story is interesting and i like the concept. The graphics are good and the area you`re in is beautiful. You can skip most of the cutscenes. If you like games that are kind of like interactible movies, you will like it.

Cons:
The controls are a bit wonky at times. During a lot of past scenes you`re witnessing you can`t interact with anything, that gets a little annoying especially when your playing it through the second time for the achievements.

All together it is a descent game and i liked it.

I fucking loved it, my ending was quite fitting :)

With a play time of about 8.5 hours, this was a pretty well crafted game in general.

The story was well told, the visuals were pretty good especially considering that it came out a while ago, and the mixture of horror elements with the Thriller/Mystery side of things was well done.

Would definitely recommend this game to horror fans.

If you would like to get an idea of what the game is like, please check out part 1 of my play through here:
https://youtu.be/XdcEZjNoq8o

If you don’t mind subscribing to my channel (free to do), it is deeply appreciated.

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Absolutely LOVED!!! The story was so good! My scream counter on stream continued to increase throughout the game, and my viewers loved it. I highly recommend for horror game lovers. I couldn't put it down and knocked it out in two streams in two days.

good

I do not need the protagonist yapping every 5 seconds about the puzzle I'm working on. I understand the puzzle, but when you start yapping I get mad and lose track of what's in my head.

Not worth it at any price point.

made so janky i just didnt wanna play it

I invite you to visit my Steam curator page . Honest and passionate!

I really thought a lot about whether I would be able to recommend The Beast Inside to anyone, but I have too many problems with this title.

What Kind of Game Is It Really?

After reading about what the game would be about, I got quite interested in it. The Steam description says: "a combination of an adventure game and survival horror." I believe a more fitting description would be "an adventure game with horror elements." At first, and a little later on, the game did manage to raise some tension and, at certain moments, scare me, even though those were just cheap jumpscares. However, it quickly became clear that this element of fear simply disappeared. I feel that at some point, the focus shifted too much to "exploration," solving puzzles, and telling the story, and there was a lack of connection with solid, terrifying scares and horror elements.

Can You Truly Experience Fear Here?

If you’re a horror veteran, no, but at certain moments you can come across it. In this regard, they sometimes built tension with the audiovisual aspect, like ghosts standing and disappearing in place or walking through corridors, along with sound effects like creaking doors and objects falling, etc. However, over time, all of this faded away and was replaced by constant chasing by monsters and ghosts, which wasn’t done very well. Honestly, you don’t feel anything from it, there’s no fear or sense of their breath on your neck. It’s hard for me to say what exactly causes this, but I think the antagonists just aren’t repulsive or terrifying. They don’t stand out compared to other creatures. Another issue could be the weaker sound design here, which doesn’t play with you and doesn’t make you want to escape from whatever is making the noise. It’s just the awareness – okay, I have to get to the other side and avoid that thing, and that’s it.

A Story With Potential and Tedious Gameplay

When I started the game, I was curious about the story. I liked the concept of playing as two characters in two different timelines, along with the ability to interact with the environment. However, the biggest problem was the difference in gameplay, how the story was revealed, and the pace of the game. Starting with gameplay, one character is simply much more boring to play than the other. As the first character, you are very limited in terms of acquiring items, and nothing can really threaten you. As the second character, you have more possibilities – collecting matches, oil, ammo, using the lamp and pistol, and it's here where the most interesting things happen, and this is where the tension lies. When it comes to learning the story, both perspectives are important, but instead of a naturally developing plot, the game often forces you to perform repetitive tasks that quickly become tedious, like long walks through forests, caves, or jumping over obstacles. It didn’t take long before I was happy to switch to character number 2, and when switching back to character number 1, I lost interest in playing. As for the puzzles, some aren’t particularly difficult and don’t make much sense. Although I feel that The Beast Inside has a lot of potential, its execution didn’t meet my expectations. The endings are disappointing, and even after reading additional documents in the game, after finishing it, I had to go to YouTube to find out again, from the beginning, what exactly this story was about.

A Few Words from Me

The Beast Inside doesn’t fully deliver on the promises it makes. While it has interesting concepts and ideas, its execution leaves a lot to be desired. You can really feel the potential for a solid psychological horror, but because of the problems mentioned above, the game doesn’t fully realize it. I tried to engage, to feel the chills on my back, and to understand the story in full, but without the result I was hoping for. This production isn’t able to stand out in the horror genre. If you’re looking for something truly engaging and fresh, The Beast Inside may disappoint you.

It was fun at first. Relies completely on jumpscares. Wouldn't call it survival horror. It kept my attention for a while but it starts to drag hard.

3/10

Throwing stuff around a house was great fun/ Then I picked up the ghost of the past detector and quickly felt the game turned into a pile of scanning stuff shit.

I really wanted to give this a good review, but I had to many issues.
The texture glitched multiple times throughout the game, making notes and objects blurry messes.
The section where you hide from Maria is plan annoying, I knew I had to get behind her but not being able to see her made each corner a guessing game.
The ending...just felt kind of lame. You can't surprise us with the "It was in your head all along" and give us multiple examples of it not being in our head throughout the entire game.

Really Enjoyed chapter 1 and 2 but the game keeps crashing on chapter 3 and does not load.

This game is positive surprise. Not mind blowing but nice story and game mechanics on indie style of game. Graphics and game world is beautiful and nice. Story not mind blowing but nice mystery story something different than boring basic horror story. Game runs very good 4k all maxed 150-200fps so optimized well.
Game got nice length especially if you read and search all notes etc. and explore game world and don`t only rush game through. Something in this game still leave me cold after finishing it maybe some boring pipe running feeling levels like mines or swamp and sometimes Adam`s chapters are little bit boring or too long maybe or game try too many things but despite everything I liked this game so 7/10 i buy this on steam discounted price so easily worth of my money.

Odd because it does a lot of things really well, but also makes some really bad choices at times. Like it feels good to pick locks and pry boards, but the random button mash cut scenes are so lame. The level design is at times spectacular, and the game play fairly nicely varied for survival horror, but then they do the same chase sequence in like four different flavors. Not really scary, but boy does it try to be. Definitely strikes a good balance of jump scares, dread, and gruesome moments. Pretty good pacing in offering a handful of different types of play. Voice acting was bad and distracting. Story was garbage. Graphics were surprisingly good. Puzzles were pretty decent, nothing particularly groundbreaking, but they had a little more meat to them then you typically get in a game like this. That being said it is a pretty damn good game if you are into the first person survival horror thing. 7/10

CW for some random unnecessary racism and edginess. Like not even opposed to that stuff being in video games, but it feels sloppy to not approach it with a little more nuance, instead of just randomly throwing a racial slur or child with a pickaxe through their head at you.

Can't bang wife, looking forward to the update

Very great game, i love the story and the very SpOoOooKiiiness of the game! im a big horror guy so whenever i get jumpscared im mostly expressionless LMAO! 10/10 Recommend

6/10 - controls felt pretty clunky, especially when opening a door or other similar mechanics.

The story was decent but rather convoluted; felt like most of the lore came from the diaries and notes within the game which I personally don't prefer. If there's that many notes within a game that explains the story then there should be a sort of recap or cliff notes.

Some of the chapters, deaths were very cheap. It takes you a second to figure out what you actually have to do and by the time you do figure out where to go or what you need you have already died. There will be multiple scenes where you have to replay just to get things right.

Overall, a decent game. Interesting story, mid quality gameplay mechanics, very frustrating at times with the deaths, but has a good atmosphere with environments with great visuals.

I think this game is worth your time to play to completion.

A masterpiece!

I had an incredible time playing The Beast Inside!

I haven't had any exceptions with this game; it hooked me from the moment it connected the past and the present. It's fascinating how two seemingly different individuals are actually linked to each other despite the decades that separate them. The voice acting is sensational and exceptionally well done. Also, I’m not really someone who gets frightened that easily, but it has made me struggle with even boss fights. Nevertheless, It is truly a sad ending for both characters. I delved into this dark and somewhat psychological horror game and I fell in love with it!

The narrative unfolds seamlessly, illustrating how severe trauma can lead to two distinct personalities existing within a single body.
The beast is merely a darker version of oneself, created to protect oneself. Hence why the beast defended both Adam and Nickolas. I found a quote in Nicolas’s room that resonated with me: "Everyone I meet has two faces. One is human, the other is a face of a beast."

I can't believe a game like this went unnoticed. It’s truly underrated. I would give it a 100/100 and highly recommend it! It’s now on my favorite games list. -ˋˏ ༻ ♡ ༺ ˎˊ-

sheesh

F. Bad game i ever played all bug everywhere

A good game overall: satisfying gameplay, nice graphics and a decent story. Perhaps not memorable, but worth the money.

One of the clunkiest games I've ever played, 2/10!

Great horror quality story game,great graphics

its too hard for me. I'll stick to outlast and stuff. but if you're good a games, then play this game, it seems like it would be a lot of fun

Great game

one of best games i have played

this game is bad the scariest thing about it is how buggy it is by the time a jump scare happens your so pissed at the mechanics of the game it don't even scare ya. chase events kill ya then rest you back to play the same 5 mins over n over tell you figure out where to run. just feels like the game wasn't finished and became a test of endurance rather then entertainment. OK on the good side the story is good voice acting and music also good just felt like its buggy mostly mid levels all in all glad i played it wished it was lil more polished

scary

Worthwhile to play.
Large variety of beautiful environments make the game feel refreshing. The game is constantly throwing new gimmicks and mechanics to keep things feeling new.

The game is reasonably decent but nothing spectacular. It is mediocre and somewhat above average given most modern horror games. However, the game is not particularly scary, although you do get to delve into the insanity of the two main characters in their respective timelines.

The game isn't bad but it is far from great.

The Beast Inside is a great adventure, with tons of different situations and an interesting story. Bear in mind, though, it is not a survival horror, as it claims to be, although it does have some really good horror moments.

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Nice horror game.

Story is rich with a nice background and a lot of lore, also a lot of collectibles to pick up. Story is gonna confuse you till the end and keep you on your toes.

9/10

First person horror walking sim with puzzles. I had high expectations for this game, but it failed to deliver. It is not a horrible or broken game, it just has too many issues. There are things in this game that are done right. The graphics and how the world looks (most outdoor parts) are beautiful. The forest feels fresh and living. The game also runs smooth and I never had any technical problems. Some of the chase scenes are great with a good flow. Some of the puzzles had potential. The game has different endings and at least one of them is kind of funny (not sure if that was the intention ) and I kind of want to play again to see how crazy the other endings are.

There are multiple things that ruin this game for me. The biggest might be the constant amount of handholding. The devs did not trust the player to solve things by themselves (apart from some secret puzzles that are not relevant to the story). The main character instantly says out loud what you should be thinking about when you are faced with a puzzle. The whole game is infected with the "bright paint = interact" sickness. You are not supposed to think for yourself, just follow the paint. Most of the puzzles are super easy as well, so you don't even need the help. It is just annoying, but sadly a symptom of modern games. Devs seem scared of trusting the player to think for themselves.
I kind of wish they had made a seperate game with the code solving CIA agent, because it feels somewhat tacked on here.

Another problem is the characters. Humans in cutscenes are over-animated and look awkward. The voice-acting can be decent, but most of the time it is subpar and hammy. In one scene you go from shouting and then right as you go out the door the character talks in the most relaxed voice even if you are being stalked by an unknown creeper. It breaks the immersion. They don't act like you would expect people seeing a creepy dude on their property and the arguments between the husband and wife are too stupid considering everything going on.

Many of the things you have to do in this game feels like an attempt at extending the game artificially. You will bend so many white wooden planks you will get sick of it. You will get chased by various things, and some of these chases are good while most feel like you are just on a roller coaster following the line and nothing really happens. I have nothing against walking sims, but I don't like games that pretend to be something else.

The saddest issue is that the game isn't even that scary. The start of the game is very promising. There are some really great work done with lighting and shapes that look like something in the distance and then turns out to be nothing scary. Sadly, this ends fast. The game uses jump scares alot and they are very predictable so you don't even get spooked by them anymore. This was very disappointing. I expected a good horror game like Amnesia, which could be creepy in the slow parts and scary in the fast parts, but The Beast Inside failed to deliver. The majority of the chase scenes are Scooby Doo chases were you run and run and something happens and you run, but you are just following a very obvious path.

The story is serviceable, but also extremely predictable. It can be a bit silly at times, but I kind of like that it doesn't take itself too seriously. Other times the story feels very pretentious. It took me about 6 hours on normal mode to beat this game which isn't very long, but still felt like it dragged on towards the end. Multiple endings gives some replayability, but only if you actually care about the game.

TL;DR: Thinly veiled "horror" walking sim with "puzzles". Disappointing, I expected more after seeing the reviews for this game. If you really enjoy this type of game you might get something out of this game, but for most players I think it will be disappointing.

Great horror

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berryyy good and scaryyyyyy

I wish there was Arabic

the game is odd and not was i was expecting in a way that wasn't bad or anything but just interesting.

the game play was somewhat cool having too slightly different experiences as you switch between the two protagonists with one being more classic horror and the other having a more unknown stalker horror with different mechanics behind how you learned their stories.

speaking of story it was okay i think there was a lot more room for improvement but for what it is, its not bad the endings while having similarities do leave room for how you think the game should or would end.

the game play again had a lot of room for improvement, things could have been smoother and better explained but it wasn't the worst thing in the world but, for the secondary protagonist there was a few sections that got annoying and or tedious taking away from some of the horror aspect kind of like what markiplier said in his first video on escape the ayuwoki but, most of the game was very well executed and got me to jump with interesting level designs and little details and had some puzzles that took a little thought.

overall its not a bad game i got 7.9hrs as of posting this review for 3$ and i enjoyed it so if its ever one sale give it a shot

Trash

As a video game developer, I really enjoyed this game. I bought the game in 2020, but played it for the first time in 2025 and finished it.

A nice, decently paced horror flick that I wish got a bit more love.

It is not perfect, it definitely has some bugs and kinks to sort out, but never anything so bad that the story didn't make up for.
The mystery was good and I even doubted my own sanity at times.
Nice puzzles, even some off-the-path you have to search for to get more story.

I liked it very much.

holy shit

Good

Schizophrenia simulator

The best game :]

From what ive played its pretty good but i kept falling through the world at the shed during the cutscene so devs you should probably fix