Cryostasis

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Year 1968. Arctic Circle, Russian North Pole station "Pole 21". The main hero Alexander Nesterov is a meteorologist accidentally caught inside an old nuclear ice-breaker North Wind, frozen in the ice desert many years ago. This steel creature once fought for its life and freedom, but it has fallen into an ice trap and all the creatures on its board lost not only their natural look, but a right to die. Cryostasis is a story about a drama of a Captain and his Ship evolving in t

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Platforms

PC (Microsoft Windows)
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Community rating

3.6 / 5

50 ratings

Critics rating

3.3 / 5

5 reviews

Genres

ShooterPuzzleAdventure

Themes

ActionScience fictionHorrorSurvival

Game modes

Single player

Player perspective

First person

Keywords

ghostshelicopterexploration1980sbloodypsychological horrortime traveldeathdoctortime manipulationhand-to-hand combatbrawleraction-adventuresteambacktrackingmutantsartificial intelligencesnowsurvival horrordogsilent protagonistdarknessboss fightdigital distributionsingle-player onlyplatform exclusivevoice actingcowhumanpolygonal 3dwasd movementnon-player charactercorpsepolar bearsprinting mechanicsice stageragdoll physicsbranching storylinemeleeauto-savingbetrayalvision obstructionnonexistent light sourcejump scare momentquicksavingnon-linear storytellingbeen here beforeremoved from steam
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Developer
Action Forms Ltd.
Publisher
Aspyr Media · 505 Games · Zoo Corporation
Release · PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Worldwide — Apr 24, 2009
  • Worldwide — Feb 27, 2009
  • Worldwide — May 06, 2009
  • Worldwide — Oct 30, 2009

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