For a lot of people, indie game POOLS will lean into horror territory. While the walking simulator doesn’t have any monsters chasing you down, the liminal design of its environment is very ...

POOLS takes the often memed concept of a swimming pool as a Backrooms-esque liminal space and makes an actual horror game out of it. Ashley Schofield Published: May 3, 2024 ...

The Backrooms, a liminal space so internet-famous it spawned its own canon, ... swimming pools. There's no exact criteria for what comprises a liminal space—you know one when you see one.

Let's start at the beginning. What is the definition of a liminal space? Liminal spaces are those eerie, not-quite-there places where memory is awakened but no accompanying recollection arises. It ...

Google searches for the words "liminal," "liminality" and "liminal spaces" began climbing in March of 2020, when the pandemic first hit North America. The liminal space Reddit has roughly 400,000 ...

Now, liminal horror is leaning into its strengths. Borderlands 4 Price Best Switch 2 Games All Switch 2 Games Upcoming 2025 Game Releases Best PS5 Games Xbox Games Showcase Announcements ...

The ultimate liminal space, though, is the pool where they have their showdown with the entity. Silent Hill This wouldn’t be a list about liminal spaces in horror without mentioning the 2006 ...