About Astray :
There are quite a few things I liked about this one and overall it’s a solid effort with some cool ideas. Setting it in a museum is a good start, and some of the areas have a very believable, real look to them. I’m always a fan of setting-based horror games and this one uses that well. It has some effective creepy atmosphere and sound, and some of the puzzles were fun to solve, if a little easy. And I don’t say that to boast. I’m a terrible puzzle-solver in games who frequently needs a guide, but this one didn’t stump me at all. But, sadly, the shortcomings just kept it from working for me. The one monster, while creepy, was dumb and non-threatening, easy to escape or just glitch out entirely. An obvious setup for a chase scene had me just walking right in front of it with no reaction, as the detection radius seems to actually be very small. The moments where I was tense that I had almost been seen, I probably wasn’t close at all. That along with some irritating physics puzzles that can glitch out and send boxes flying across the room, and a player character with a painfully small jump ended up eating up all the goodwill inspired by the positive aspects of the design. I don’t like voting down games that I thought were original and creative, but the execution lacked too much for me to recommend this one. It might work for you if you’re willing to overlook its flaws, but it didn’t do it for me despite my love of all things horror.
