The Golden Retreat

PlotIn this atmospheric anomaly game you jump into the role of a bartender working in an art deco style hotel. After your shift has ended you try to use the elevator, leave the building and head home. Unfortunately this does not seem to be easy because you find yourself in an endless loop and end up returning to the 9th floor. To reach a lower floor you need to identify paranormal anomalies and use the correct elevator to descend. Are you able to escape this horrible night shift or will something happen to you?

The Golden Retreat is basically a psychological horror walking simulator where you have to identify anomalies to proceed. Although you can interact with some objects, it's not necessary to find things that have changed.

Play Time30-90 minutes, somewhat depending on the random anomalies the game gives you.

DifficultyThe game can be very hard if you haven't played anomaly games before. Anomalies can be small details as well as things that are easy to spot. Anomalies get harder the further you progress towards lobby.

FeaturesAs you progress you discover more and more anomalies that fill up your collection. The game auto-saves the current floor, mistakes, spoken monologues and your seen anomalies. There is also a second ending. Besides that there are several settings to adjust so the game can run even on older systems.

Encounter AnomaliesYou will encounter several anomalies. Some are just small changes like an object is rotated, others are more noticable and some might even try to kill you?

Anomaly CollectionTo check which anomalies you already have seen, there is a collection to get an overview. Are you willing to find them all? Note - This can be grindy because anomalies spawn randomly but not every anomaly can spawn on every floor.

Available Options

Overall Graphics

VSync

Window Mode

Resolution

Resolution Scale

View Sensitivity

Reduce Headbobbing

Depth of Field

Master Volume

Brightness

KeyboardMove - WASD

Interact - LMB/E

Run - Shift

Crouch - CTRL

Menu - ESC

(Flashlight - F)

ControllerMove - Left Stick

Interact - A

Run - Right Trigger

Crouch - Left Trigger

Menu - Start

(Flashlight - X)