Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle

Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle is a third-person story-driven survival horror game prequel to the critically acclaimed Daymare: 1998. Step into the shoes of agent Dalila Reyes, a former government spy now in the service of H.A.D.E.S. unit and prepare to face the true horror.

Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle is a shooter, horror and third person game developed by Invader Studios and published by Leonardo Interactive and 4Divinity.
Released on August 30th 2023 is available only on Windows in 13 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Turkish.

It has received 706 reviews of which 518 were positive and 188 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.0 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle into these genres:

Shooter Horror Third Person Survival Horror Female Protagonist Action Exploration Adventure Old School Singleplayer Combat Story Rich Gore Violent Military Survival Zombies

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: WINDOWS 7, 8, 8.1, 10 (64-BIT Required)
Processor: Intel®Core i5-4460, 2.70GHz or AMD FX-6300 or better
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or AMD Radeon R7 260x with 2 GB Video RAM
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 23 GB available space

Reviews

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Oct. 2024

A good Game! Very similar to Resident Evil games but not a copy. But you do have to remember that this is a AA/indie game, so don't expect the same quality as RE games. Pros: 1. Graphics, it looks amazing. If you showed me screenshots of this game then I would have thought it was a AAA game. 2. Atmosphere, very well done. Dark, creepy and eerie. Exactly what it should be for a horror game. 3. Combat, very good. Almost exactly the same as RE except the freeze gun adds it's own unique twist to it. 4. State of game, perfect. No bugs, crashes or glitches. Cons: 1. Story, not that good. The story is interesting but confusing and sometimes doesn't make sense. I didn't get attached to any of the characters (including the MC) and I think it might be due to my next point. 2. Dialogue, horrible. Feels forced and awkward. It made me want to skip every cut scene but I couldn't otherwise the already confusing story will get even more confusing. 3. This didn't really bother me but it will for most people, enemy variety. There are only 3 different types of enemies in the game (actually 5 but thats only cause 2 of the enemies look the same but are different colours) Overall, I think any RE or survival horror fan will enjoy the game if the start playing it with the correct expectations. (That it is a AA/indie game with flaws you should expect from a AA/indie game)

Sept. 2024

Loved it, honestly, I'd say my only complaint is the moments where you're doing nothing but walking for a good minute and a half till you reach the next bit of gameplay. But in a sense, this game is more of a visual spectacle than its predecessor, to the point where even my beefy rig will chug on frames (Looking at you medical area.). I really hope we get more games in this universe, Invader is cooking with the lore and I'm a sucker for anything that feels and plays like Resident Evil.

Aug. 2024

lets get the obvious out the way with... this isnt a AAA budget so the cut scene acting is a B movie Horror film. The main 2 guys in the Story both look like the went to a blind plastic surgeon but after that... no complaints. Unlike Daymare 1996 THIS game plays as smooth as RE2, 3, 4 and 8 remake. it looks great and has boat loads of superb little details and Easter eggs in it from 1994. Youd actually be forgive if you thought it was running on the RE engine. The aiming system has had a VAST upgrade since 1996 and works like a dream on controller. Enemies appear from nowhere which always keeps you on your toes and the different sections of the game so far have been visually superb. Clearly a lot of work has went into this, ive seen games from EA and Square Enix in recent years where you can tell the DEV team did'nt care about the game and it was a money spinner but not here, i feel care and attention was taken to make the game play nice and smooth. Story is ok, its a survival horror but overall id say solid 7.8-8 / 10

Feb. 2024

I'm excited to see what else these developers can come up with. It's a regular take on over the shoulder games inspired by RE4. The game is short, you access new areas by finding items scattered through-out the levels, which eventually lead you to another hallway and rinse and repeat, there are some nice ideas going on in this game, but it certainly on a budget. If you're crave an atmospheric short cinematic game that's half decent, you'll enjoy this. But I was left wanting more.

Jan. 2024

I really freaking loved Daymare: 1998 so there was no way I would not play the studio's next project: Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle. A quote from a fellow player that seriously sums up the genre: [quote=VelvetSR]FEAR meets Resident Evil meets Dead Space meets.....Lovecraftian horror? People complain so so much about this game, expecting some sort of AAA production and quality, nitpicking flaws and reasons why this is not good enough. But they forget that this is a project made by such a small handful of people with a heavy focus on 90s horror gaming style of creativity. The people of invader Studios share such a strong love for the RE series that they even collaborated with people who actually worked on the RE games, and they even have a cameo of the guy who portrayed Chris Redfield in the 1996 Resident Evil cinematics! Here is the short version of my take: Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING is an upgrade from the previous game. Combat, animation, graphics, physics, direction, photography, animation, character design, voice acting. You can see that there has been so much care and love and attention put into this game. And this is the kind of things you don't easily find in the AAA industry. The elephant in the room ever since the reveal trailer has been, and I get it, that the lore is going to a different direction than the traditional zombie survival that we all love and wanted. Quite honestly I was also very sceptical. I would so love to see a return back to a RE1, 2 and 3 level of zombie survival horror, starting with weak weapons and limited resources and try to make my way through killing creepy undead, and not starting with a SMG and a shotgun killing electromagnetic anomaly infused monsters. But the whole experience doesn't want to be that. In fact the game doesn't try to push and give us direct lore connections to Daymare 1998. For me this could easily be the equivalent between 2 games that exist in the same world design. And maybe some time in the future we might get a title that connects them. And maybe not and that's just fine for me. I loved it.

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