Review: 'Signalis' is a survival horror that takes you back to 90s gaming

"Signalis" is a survival adventure with pixel graphics that sees you shooting, puzzling and battling with your own inner demons while stranded on an alien planet. — Photo: rose-engine/dpa

BERLIN: Back in 1999, games like "Silent Hill" set a benchmark for the survival horror genre with its atmospheric focus. Now, almost a quarter of a century later, "Signalis" picks up this thread again.

Players slip into the role of the technician Elster, who is stranded on an alien planet after her spaceship crash lands. While searching for her missing co-pilot, she comes across an underground labour camp.