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Distrust

Inspired by John Carpenter's "The Thing." A helicopter crash left a group of explorers stranded near an Arctic base. As they try to find a way back, all they are doing is sinking deeper into a nightmare scenario. When they sleep, they attract a terrifying force that sucks the life out of their bodies, but the longer they battle exhaustion and stay awake, the less likely they are to survive... As the survivors try to sleep just enough to stave off fatigue without dying, they slowly go mad and eventually reach the point where they can no longer trust their senses. In time, they can't even tell t

Release date
January 23, 2019
Platforms
Windows, macOS
Developer
Cheerdealers
Publisher
Alawar
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Inspired by John Carpenter's "The Thing." A helicopter crash left a group of explorers stranded near an Arctic base. As they try to find a way back, all they are doing is sinking deeper into a nightmare scenario. When they sleep, they attract a terrifying force that sucks the life out of their bodies, but the longer they battle exhaustion and stay awake, the less likely they are to survive...

As the survivors try to sleep just enough to stave off fatigue without dying, they slowly go mad and eventually reach the point where they can no longer trust their senses. In time, they can't even tell the difference between reality and a hallucination. Guide the survivors through a randomly generated Arctic base, overcome the severe climate and fight the unfathomable! Gameplay involving an extreme climateRandomly generated levels15 characters with unique skills and abilitiesTons of quests, game events and plot twistsAltered perception of reality: you cannot trust what you see Gameplay involving an extreme climateRandomly generated levels15 characters with unique skills and abilitiesTons of quests, game events and plot twistsAltered perception of reality: you cannot trust what you see

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★ 7.0/10GOG · 59 ratings
GOGLast checked November 4, 2026

Most helpful8

★ 1 / 5
Apparently, this game has a complete character cut out for the GOG release. (He's a smoker and you unlock him by smoking cigarettes. Cigarettes seem…
★ 3 / 5
First thing you need to know: this has nothing to do with The Thing by John Carpenter. This is not a bad thing in itself,…
★ 2 / 5
Whatsoever. There's a very light sanity mechanic where stuff happens to the screen or the audio, like you everything turns green or you hear whispers…
★ 4 / 5
I really enjoyed the game! You begin with three characters available, out of which you can only take two (there's an achievement to unlock an…
★ 1 / 5
There is a lot here that is really great and plays really well. Pro tip, don't say "oh I'll fix that window so I can…
★ 3 / 5
The mood in the game is nice, the basic mechanics is also fine, but there are many absurds that I noticed in a couple of…
★ 3 / 5
First of all, this game is hard. You will die a lot until you understand the game enough to succeed. You start with two chatacters,…
★ 4 / 5
Winning requires your 1 to 3 characters surviving in each zone (6 in total) while figuring out how to get to the next. Distrust is…

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★ 5 / 5
I don't even like roguelike/roguelites. Idk how I so often find myself playing games of genres I don't actually like, and then somehow enjoying them.…
★ 4 / 5
so the Game is cool nice grafick but what i dont like charac.. changer eat sleep to much work for char.. search and run
★ 2 / 5
I have to admit that I'm new to this kind of games. Since it was cheap on sale I wanted to give it a shot.…
★ 3 / 5
I never managed to complete it. It's good up to the point where you need to micromanage too much but can't pause AND check stuff…
★ 1 / 5
There is a lot here that is really great and plays really well. Pro tip, don't say "oh I'll fix that window so I can…
★ 4 / 5
Winning requires your 1 to 3 characters surviving in each zone (6 in total) while figuring out how to get to the next. Distrust is…
★ 3 / 5
First of all, this game is hard. You will die a lot until you understand the game enough to succeed. You start with two chatacters,…
★ 4 / 5
The CO-OP is pretty nice because you have to communicate with the other person to get stuff done quickly. The stages get harder and harder…

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