Burger & Frights

released on Aug 23, 2021
by Donitz

Burger & Frights is a short horror game in which the player rides a bike throughout a dark forest. The game was inspired by games such as Rides with Strangers, and a certain horror movie by John Carpenter.


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Surprisingly, this has really nice bike controls

Ending honestly caught me by surprise because the gameplay before it was a little silly

Cyclejaks be seething over carchads.

This... is pretty short (like, 20 minutes at most) but it was a pretty fun time! The short of it is that you're a dude on his bike heading home after picking up a burger on the roadside and finding yourself constantly looping back to the parking lot. The two things I loved most was the artstyle and control scheme, the former — while it's kind of a popular artstyle among indie horror games these days — really making something aesthetically engaging out of what's supposed to pass as PS1 graphics. The control scheme, in addition, does a really good job at simulating what it's like being on a bike: really fun to go fast on, makes you feel like you're cutting through the breeze, but also really hard to control and really easy to crash and burn while attempting to make a quick turn. There's a nice slow escalation of dread that starts from the beginning and lasts to roughly the halfway point, but when that peaks and the next three loops just become chases with some evil force I started tapping out a bit — it leaned into having to deal with the deliberate flaws with the controls and also got a little bit monotonous. It ends strong, after that, but I'd say that whole second act prrrrobably drags the game down a good deal. Still, it's free, only lasts like 20 minutes and the other two acts are a blast, so I'd say check it out if you're interested! 7/10.