The Complex: Expedition
Moderate overall intensityWhat's in it
Atmospheric found-footage horror built on dread, suspense, and unsettling empty liminal spaces rather than gore or frequent jumpscares, with strange occurrences that unnerve but do not attack.
A pervasive mood of being lost and alone in an unfamiliar, unsettling place, with a hint of an unseen presence.
Who can reach your kid
What it is
The Complex: Expedition is a single-player first-person horror walking game set in the 'Backrooms,' an endless maze of sterile, deserted hallways and half-remembered spaces like malls, waterparks, and apartment buildings. You explore alone after an expedition goes wrong, presented through a grainy, VHS-style camcorder view with little sound beyond your own footsteps and breathing. There is no combat, no inventory, and essentially no way to die; the experience is driven entirely by tension, isolation, and the constant feeling of being watched. Strange occurrences happen without warning but do not harm you. There is no sexual content, no strong language called out by players, no substances, and no online interaction — the whole game is played solo and offline.
How it's framed
The game frames its content as pure atmospheric dread: it uses empty, misremembered environments and cinematic quiet to create unease rather than showing violence or graphic imagery. The threat is ambiguous and psychological — the discomfort of being lost somewhere inhuman — and nothing is presented as gory, sexual, or celebratory.
Details
- Developer
- pgWave
- Publisher
- pgWave
- Released
- Jul 18, 2025
Similar games
We built this because we needed it
Balanced Play pools your kids' game time into one budget across Steam, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox and more. We're taking 100 founding families — free for life.
Claim a founding spot →Free for life for the first 100. No card, no spam.