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Ascent Games Ltd · Published by Ascent Games Ltd
5 user reviews — 80% positive (5 reviews) · 6 achievements
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Explore a PSX-style horror game where your senses are your tools for survival. Sacrifice one sense for another to detect threats and make it out alive. Experience the sensory deprivation as you sneak throughout the warehouse, doing your last tasks for the night.
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Action, Adventure, Indie · 2024 · More under £5 games
Navigate through a PSX-style horror warehouse as you explore and survive by sacrificing your senses. Sneak and survive in Zaru's tense, indie adventure from Ascent Games Ltd.
About this game
Zaru is a single-player, first-person, retro-style horror game in which your goal is to lock up a warehouse on a night whilst avoiding various monsters that can only be detected by giving up sight, hearing or speech through in-game mechanics.
Synopsis
You are a warehouse worker in 1980's America. Your job is to lock up the warehouse on an evening after work. Except you aren't alone.
Beings roam behind and between the shelves. Beings that can't be perceived conventionally.
To witness their movements you will have to give up one sense to enhance another e.g. giving up your sight to be able to accurately hear a being and where it is.
Swap between your senses to keep on top of the beings' movements while making sure you don't neglect any of them.
To survive, you must complete various tasks given by fellow employees, lock up and don't let the beings touch you.
No-one is around to save you when something goes wrong.
Key Features
Avoiding the monsters by swapping your sensory prowess
Doing tasks left by fellow workers
Shouting at a pigeon to get it out of the warehouse
Microphone required for gameplay, headphones recommended for intended experience.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Pentium G4560
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GTX 680
- Storage: 1 GB available space
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
1 Year Anniversary Update
Hey everyone, it's been a while, hope everyone's doing ok. Have been saving up a few things I've been working on for this update, admittedly not a massiveamount but enough to classify it as a major update in comparison to the fixes previously.Changelog:Improved gamepad controls for main menu.Fixed timing of sound when a crate is dropped.Decorated the office some more, including a calendar that tracks the date in case you forget which night you're on.Altered some of the text positioning on the credits.Added a resolution option to the settings.If anyone has issues or has any ideas for features to add to the game, please make a community post or email me at ascentgames.social@gmail.com.Read full article on Community Announcements (Ascent Games)Patch NotesOfficial
Patch Notes 1.0.3
Changes NoSee monster's shadow aura has been changed to be much less visible to prevent avoiding the spirit altogether. Steam achievements have been added to the game.Read full article on Community Announcements (Ascent Games)Patch NotesOfficial
Patch Notes 1.0.2
Changes: Changed NoSee monster's surrounding darkness away from volumetric lighting as it was causing crashes for many players. Fixes: Fixed crash related to NoSee monster. Fixed monsters' pathfinding getting stuck in certain rooms.Read full article on Community Announcements (Ascent Games)Patch NotesOfficial
Patch 1.0.1 Notes
Changes: Changed NoSee spirit's sound to be muffled or even entirely negated if behind an object or wall to allow for hearing distinction between floors. Changed crouch functionality to allow it to cancel toggled sprint for quality of life. Changed filing cabinet drawers to become non-interactable once they are closed properly to allow clarity when checking which drawers are properly closed. Fixes: Fixed ability to turn torch on when it was being put away. Fixed HUD element being selected when tab was pressed. Fixed wrong monkeys being displayed on loading screens. Fixed tutorial option not being toggleable on gamepad.Read full article on Community Announcements (Ascent Games)AnnouncementsOfficial
Game Release
Zaru is out of beta and almost released on time. Thank you to anyone who helped with the playtest and I hope you see the adjustments that were made from your involvement. Inevitably there will be bugs and crashes for various hardware but I hope to fix anything that is encountered. If you run into anything please make a post in the community or email me at ascentgamessocial@gmail.com and I will fix it in another patch as soon as possible. Thanks for readingRead full article on Community Announcements (Ascent Games)
