Refraction

About

You wake up in a strange room with no memory of how you got there. Every hour resets to the same moment, but each cycle adds new details about the violent event you’re forced to relive. You explore a shifting environment as fragmented audio logs and environmental clues hint at the truth. The loop tightens as you uncover secrets buried beneath the space’s cold, clinical design. The game’s tension comes from its slow burn and unreliable perspective. Player reviews call the pacing “nervous and methodical,” with some cycles lasting just minutes before a reset. Community threads debate theories about the protagonist’s role in the violence. As a PC-only indie title, it leans into claustrophobic horror without combat or flashy set pieces. The loop mechanic itself becomes the source of unease, with one Steam review noting “the dread of knowing what’s coming, but not why.”